By HJLBX
Date 06-12-2016 22:41
Edited 06-12-2016 23:04
A lot of the experience that qualifies a person to sit for the exam does not prepare the applicant to pass the exam.
For example, NDT technicians that inspect welds using only MT, PT, RT, UT - even though their experience will qualify them to sit for the exam - they will not pass the exam without extensive study.
The vast majority of NDT technicians never even see a governing code book (it is the supervisor or project manager that reviews the code). NDT technicians are only given the inspection firm's written inspection procedure.
And, of course, NDT technicians never have to write or review WPSs, PQRs, WPQRs, administer qualification tests, etc, etc.
Even a lot of the quality control inspectors that work at structural steel fabricating firms are not prepared to pass the exam. It is because their job function might be limited to layout and fabrication inspection only -- with a small amount of weld inspection. And they may never have to do any of the required paperwork, etc.
The onus is completely on the applicant to prepare themselves to pass the exam...
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It's only through repeated review of a lot of material (at the least) or repeatedly performing inspections to a code, preparing & reviewing documents, administering WQTs, etc, etc - that really prepares one to pass the exam.