CERTIFICATION SERVICES DIVISION
Lost or Stolen Certificates:
Lost Certificates:
PCN number 303242, Certificate number Issue 1P
CN number 302043, Certificate number Issue 6
Stolen Certificate:
PCN number 213387 Certificate number Issue 5 as stolen 08/10/11
If found, please send direct to the Certification Services Division.
NEW PCN ATO/AQB & EXTENSIONS TO SCOPE:
South West School of NDT, Cardiff, have been approved for Wrought ET and Welds UT (3.1 & 3.2).
Standards define the minimum acceptable criteria for products or services and they enable organisations delivering those products or services to harmonise their operations with similar organisations. Harmonisation is a pre-requisite to recognition and acceptance of NDT personnel qualification and certification.
EN 473 and ISO 9712 include a normative requirement for compliance of the personnel certification body with ISO/IEC 17024 . EN 473:2008 and ISO 9712:2005 are both 3rd editions which have evolved from the 1st edition of ISO 9712:1992, and are presently being fast tracked as a single harmonised EN ISO 9712 through the so called Vienna Agreement. The resulting harmonised standard is expected by be published by April 2012.
ISO/IEC 17024 (General requirements for bodies operating certification systems of persons) was first published in 2003, with International Accreditation Forum (IAF) guidance on the implementation by certification and accreditation bodies of ISO/IEC 17024 published as G24 in 2004. Presently undergoing revision at the time of writing, ISO/IEC 17024 is at Draft International Standard (DIS) stage, and a meeting of ISO CASCO WG 30 will, during December 2011, consider the comments on the DIS and finalize the FDIS, which is expected to undergo the two month enquiry early in 2012. Again, the resulting standard is expected by be published by April 2012.
ISO 9001: 2008 Quality Management Systems:
The British Institute of NDT is accredited against ISO/IEC 17021 criteria to provide Quality Management Systems certification to the BS EN ISO 9000 series of standards.
Any Companies who wish to have their quality management system certified by BINDT should contact Peter Milligan, email peter.milligan@bindt.org, or Nicole Scutt, email nicole.scutt@bindt.org
