UT NDT

By FIELD ENG Date 02-28-2001 21:09

LETS SUPPOSE TWO GUYS WANTED TO BREAK INTO THE UT INSPECTION BUSINESS FROM SCRATCH. THE GUYS HAVE A UT MACHINE-FAIRLY NEW. WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE ARE PROCEDURES AND ONE DOESN'T HAS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AND THE OTHER HAS LEVEL II EXPERIENCE AND CAN QUALIFY FOR A ASNT LEVEL III CERT BY WAY OF SCHOOLING. (HENCE THE SIGN-IN NAME)
NOW FOR THE QUESTIONS:
1.) DO THESE GUYS HAVE TO HIRE ON WITH A ESTABLISHED TESTING FIRM TO GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE( FOR THE LESSER EXPERIENCE GUY)? OR
2.) CAN THESE TWO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES BY USING ASME AND AWS CODES AND QUALIFY THESE PROCEDURES?
3.) SINCE THIS IS A NEW COMPANY, CAN A COMPANY LEVEL III BE DESIGNATED WITHOUT THE ASNT CERT?
OF COUSRE THESE TWO GUYS WOULD FABRICATED WELDMENTS WITH KNOWN FLAWS TO PRACTICE EVALUATION TECHNIQUES USINGTHE UT METHODS AS DESCRIBE IN THE MENTIONED CODES.

I HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD IDEA OF HOW THIS CAN WORK, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD THROW THESE QUESTIONS OUT YOU SINCE I READ SUCH GREAT REPLYS IN THIS FORUM.
THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT

By DGXL

Date 03-02-2001 05:16

Lets suppose these two guys puchased a copy of ASNT SNT-TC-1A or CP 189 before they venture out with their fairly new digital scope?

Lets suppose these two guys just started testing welds or materials, and someone overlooked a discontinuity that cause a failure of a part, which in turn caused a malfunction, or worse yet, an injury or even death?

Lets suppose these two guys ended up in a courtroom trying to explain their required training, experience and documentation?

Smart a%! remarks aside, if your asking these questions, why not make it a threesome and either hire an ASNT Level III, or contract the services of one?

By NDTIII

Date 03-03-2001 18:39

That is one of the best pieces of advice I have heard on this site so far.