SECTION MEETING NOTICE
SEPTEMBER'S
MEETING
The Logistics
of Performing ACCP Examinations
at Remote
Locations
Wednesday -
September 8, 2010 @ Brady's Landing
Join us for the first meeting of our 2010 - 2011 year and
welcome Gene Reinhart and Garry Allen of Reinhart &
Associates.
The ASNT Central
Certification Program (ACCP) includes written and practical
examinations for Level II and III certifications. ASNT has
approved Authorized Examination Centers (AEC) to conduct these
examinations at the home office of the AEC and more recently at
remote locations. ACCP examinations at remote locations, since
they involve the use of archival inspection specimens and various
nondestructive testing (NDT) systems, present unique challenges in
conducting the examinations in a timely and cost effective manner.
Steps that need to be
considered are:
1. Transport
of the test specimens and examinations to the test site in a
controlled manner.
2. Audit the
various NDT systems to assure that all parameters are
acceptable, such as calibration of light meters, UT instruments,
etc.
3. Location of
examination areas to assure continued independent monitoring of
examinations.
4. Assignment
of experienced proctors capable of monitoring all examinations
and able to conduct various examinations in parallel to meet
required schedules.
The above steps were used to conduct ACCP Level II
and III examinations for 9 persons in one 5 day period for VT, UT,
MT, PT and RT. The information provided in this presentation
should be useful to groups planning to conduct or have ACCP
examinations performed at remote locations. A review of the
various ACCP examinations and the time required for each will also
be presented.
Meeting Schedule
Fall Conference Host
Committee : 2:30 - 3:30 pm
ICPIIT Planning
Committee : 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Executive Committee
Meeting : 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Sponsor Exhibits/Social/Cash Bar : 5:30
- 6:30 pm
Dinner : 6:30 - 7:30
pm
Speaker Presentation
: 7:30 - 8:30 pm
Dinner is $20.00 per
person. Students with school ID is $10.00. There is no
charge to attend the speaker presentation.
Directions to
Brady's Landing:
8505 Cypress, Houston
TX 77012 - (713) 928-9921
From Loop 610 West,
take Hwy 225 West exit. From Hwy 225 West - right at first red
light (Broadway), right on first street past the railroad overpass
(Cypress), and take the left fork just before Newpark Shipyard's
entrance gate. Brady's Landing is to the left.
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