Current industry standards and practices for qualification of NDE personnel -- What is performance demonstration telling us?
- SubSea International Inc., Corpus Christi, TX (United States). NDE Services
This paper presents an overview of the most commonly used documents relating to qualification requirements for personnel who perform nondestructive examination (NDE), primarily ultrasonic (UT) examination in the oil and gas, petrochemical, and power industries. Nondestructive examination has been used for many years to ascertain the condition of a wide variety of components. An essential element in the effectiveness of nondestructive examination is the qualification of the personnel who are responsible for and who perform nondestructive examinations. One of the most effective methods of ascertaining the proficiency of equipment, procedures, and personnel is by a performance demonstration conducted on samples containing actual flaws. In the last 10 to 15 years, performance demonstrations have indicated the level of proficiency of personnel to be considerably lower than had been thought.
- OSTI ID:
- 418163
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960706-; ISBN 0-7918-1769-5; TRN: 97:002016
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) pressure vessels and piping conference, Montreal (Canada), 21-26 Jul 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of NDE engineering codes and standards and materials characterization. PVP-Volume 322; NDE-Volume 15; Cook, J.F. Sr. [ed.] [Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)]; Cowfer, D.C. [ed.] [Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC (United States)]; Monahan, C.C. [ed.] [Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John`s, Newfoundland (Canada)]; PB: 100 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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