ASNT NDT Level III Consultancy

ASNT NDT Level III consultancy

How does ASNT NDT Level III Consulting Services benefit your company?

Let’s address the issue of having an ASNT Level III employed or on retainer in order to meet the recommendations of ASNT (The American Society for Nondestructive Testing). What’s the reason.

Because it is so stated in SNT-TC-1A, the ASNT document that has been used since 1966 (now in its 2011 edition) to guide and direct an effective path of training, qualification and certification for NDT personnel. This document was originally published to produce agreement and guidance in the development of highly skilled and ethically motivated NDT technicians. It is reviewed and published again on an average of once every four years to meet the challenges of modern technology.

An important statement contained in SNT-TC-1A is that all personnel performing NDT per the codes we use, such as AWS, API and ASME, “shall be certified according to the guidelines found in the document SNT-TC-1A”.

SNT-TC-1A makes some other important points clear:

1. Employers of the NDT personnel shall be the Certifiers of NDT personnel.
2. A representative (Certifying Authority) of the employer shall sign all certifications.
3. An ASNT NDT Level III, employed or contracted, shall sign all certificates.

All of these to establish the fact that the Certification process is (1) very important, (2) worthy of serious attention by serious people, and (3) the culmination of an honest process performed with an expectation of excellence.

According to SNT-TC-1A, an ASNT NDT Level III shall be employed or retained to provide guidance and oversight for the training, qualification and certification of the NDT level I and II candidates being trained for certification to level II status.

So How does Level III Consulting Services benefit your company?

Most of the answer is provided by the serious, skilled and honest work performed by the technicians that the Level III has trained to understand how important their work is to the health and safety of the hundreds or thousands of people who will be working on or near the products you build and install in busy industrial facilities around the world.

Faithful application by the ASNT NDT Level III of the SNT-TC-1A precepts make the difference between long term repetitive success and reputation destroying failures that would not have happened if the NDT technician had been properly trained, qualified and certified according to SNT-TC-1A.

The following is a sampling of some of our NDT Level III services,
• Third Party Consulting NDT Level III
• Audit company NDT programs and make/recommend changes or updates;
• Review personnel certification program and make/recommend changes;
• Review and make/recommend revisions to all procedures;
• Recommend and/or write and implement NDT procedures;
• Review personnel files, update and provide training if necessary;
• Develop NDT staff;
• Review all training programs and make/recommend changes;
• Review NDT exams and rewrite if necessary;
• Inventory all NDT equipment and make recommendations;
• Re-certify personnel requiring re-certification;
• Interface with management to discuss/recommend improvements to the NDT program;
• Audit and review all records to insure that they are being kept up;
• Train personnel in any NDT method or technique needed;
• Visit NDT personnel in the field to insure they are meeting client requirements;
• Interface with your clients as needed to discuss and resolve any problems;
• Resolve any internal NDT problems;
• Set up new NDT programs.

Essentially we will be your ASNT NDT Level III without the cost of a full time Level III, thereby saving you money.

The program is tailored to the specific needs of your organization to ensure that your program operates within the established guidelines and with the highest possible efficiency. Contact us for a personalized review of your needs.