ICNDT Guides

Qualified NDT personnel are essential for ensuring quality and safety. Certification based on international standards like ISO 9712 helps verify their competence and supports global standards. ICNDT, with over 60 years of experience, promotes best practices in NDT standard implementation.

In response to a large-scale fraud by an Authorised Qualifying Body (AQB) in 2017 affecting over 3000 certificate holders, the ICNDT Working Group 1 (WG1) has developed guidelines aimed at preventing similar incidents and mitigating risks for Certification Bodies delivering ISO 9712 personnel certification.

These guidelines emphasize the need for robust procedures and controls to eliminate fraud, offering guidance on best practices for training, examinations, and managing impartiality.

The document serves as a standalone resource to ensure the integrity and reliability of certification schemes.

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) is of great importance, ensuring the safety of the public. The knowledge and competence of those who specify NDT is an essential pre-requisite for the achievement of quality and reliability as well as the competence of those who execute NDT and handle and respond to the results.

The ICNDT, with a track record of almost 60 years in international cooperation, has prepared this Guide to help disseminate best practice in NDT education and training.

NDT and condition monitoring are vital for modern safety in areas like transport, energy, and manufacturing. Advancements in NDT are ongoing, but challenges remain. A workshop at ECNDT 2014 focused on NDT's importance, research needs, and funding. This brochure highlights these points and encourages collaboration between industry, research, and NDT societies.

The concepts described in this guide can serve as a primer for developing a security programme that decreases the possibility your sources will be lost or stolen. If the measures addressed here are applied effectively, they can enhance the security of your sources at fixed locations, during transport, and at temporary job sites.