Information on the certification of DGZfP-qualified personnel in compliance with the U.S. American publication SNT-TC-1A: 'Level certificates'

The NDT personnel qualification in compliance with the code of practice of the DGZfP has long been accepted and appreciated in West Germany and in some neighbour countries, and increasingly is recommended in national regulatory publications. In international business, however, it is the U.S. American code of practice SNT-TC-1A that frequently is applied. Although the DGZfP qualification code in formal terms and in principle fulfills the requirements of the SNT-TC-1A, there have been problems on the part of foreign customers who hesitated to accept the DGZfP qualification. The reason most frequently was that the very extensive in-house documentation material required according to the U.S. American code could not or only insufficiently be shown. The code of practice presented here is intended to serve as an aid in laying down the Written Practice, taking into account the DGZfP qualification. The model version presented certainly will not meet all the various requirements of customers, and has to be modified so as to fit individual conditions. (orig./HP)