General Requirements Documents

Certification Services Department

PCN GEN & Appendices

Reference	Issue	Date	Personnel Certification Requirements
PCN GEN	19	01.01.19	General Requirements for the Certification of Personnel Engaged in NDT. The document is supported by a number of appendices detailing sector specific requirements, examination syllabi and specimen examination questions WITHDRAWN. Replaced with PCN24/GEN.
Appendix B0	–	02.04.09	Specific requirements for certification of NDT personnel testing castings
Appendix B1	6 rev D	01.01.16	Specific requirements for PCN Certification of Personnel for Ultrasonic Testing of Castings
Appendix B2	7	01.07.19	Specific requirements, examination syllabus and specimen examination questions for PCN Certification of Personnel engaged in Radiographic Testing of Castings
Appendix C0	–	02.04.09	Specific requirements for certification of NDT personnel testing welds
Appendix C1	9	01.07.16	Specific requirements for PCN Certification of Personnel engaged in Ultrasonic Testing of Fusion Welded Ferritic Steels
Appendix C2	8	01.07.19	Specific requirements, examination syllabus and specimen examination questions for PCN Certification of Personnel engaged in Radiographic Testing of Welds
Appendix C3A	5 rev C	01.01.16	Specific requirements, examination syllabus and specimen examination questions for PCN Certification of Personnel engaged in Electromagnetic Testing of Welds
Appendix C3B	4 rev C	01.01.16	Specific requirements for PCN Certification of Personnel in Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM) testing of Ferritic welds
Appendix C4	3	01.07.19	Requirements, examination syllabus and example questions for the certification of personnel engaged in Ultrasonic Time-of-Flight Diffraction testing of welds
Appendix D0	–	02.04.09	Specific requirements for the certification of personnel testing wrought products
Appendix D1	4 rev F	01.01.16	Specific requirements for PCN Certification of Personnel engaged in Ultrasonic Testing of Wrought Products
Appendix D2	7	01.04.16	Specific requirements for PCN Certification of Personnel engaged in Eddy Current Testing of Wrought Products
Appendix E0	–	06.01.10	Specific requirements for the certification of personnel testing metallic engineering materials, components and fabrications in the pre and in-serve inspection sector
Appendix E1	9 rev A	01.01.16	Requirements for PCN certification of personnel engaged in Magnetic Particle Inspection
Appendix E2	9 rev A	01.01.16	Requirements PCN certification of personnel engaged in Liquid Penetrant Inspection
Appendix E3	10	18.06.21	Requirements for PCN certification of personnel for Radiation Safety
Appendix E5	7 rev A	01.01.16	Requirements for the certification of personnel engaged in Visual Testing of metallic products
Appendix E9	9	01.07.19	Generic requirements for the certification of personnel engaged in Ultrasonic testing using Phased Array transducers
Appendix E10	5 rev A	01.01.16	Generic requirements for the certification of personnel engaged in Computed radiographic testing (CRT)
Appendix F0	–	02.04.09	Internationally recognised independent certification of competence for personnel engaged in the application of NDT in the rail sector
Appendix F1	5 rev F	01.01.16	Requirements, examination syllabus and specimen examination questions for PCN certification of personnel engaged in the Ultrasonic Testing of Railway Axles
Appendix F2	4 rev E	01.01.16	Requirements, examination syllabus and specimen examination questions for PCN certification of personnel engaged in the Ultrasonic Testing of Railway Rail
Appendix F3	2 rev C	01.01.16	Requirements, examination syllabus and specimen examination questions for PCN certification of personnel engaged in Magnetic Particle Testing of Railway Running Rail and Associated Components
Appendix F4	2 rev B	01.01.16	Requirements, examination syllabus and specimen examination questions for PCN certification of personnel engaged in Liquid Penetrant Testing of Railway Running Rail and Associated Components
Appendix Z1	3 rev B	01.01.13	NDT training and examination syllabus for trainers and PCN candidates WITHDRAWN. Replaced with PCN24/GEN/AppendixZ1
Appendix Z2	1 rev B	14.07.09	Specimen NDT questions for information of trainers and candidates in PCN examinations WITHDRAWN. Replaced with PCN24/GEN/AppendixZ2
Reference	Issue	Date	Personnel Certification Requirements In-Service Inspection
PCN I&T GEN	2 rev C	01.04.16	General requirements for the certification of personnel for engineering inspection and testing.
PCN ISI GEN	1 rev B	01.04.16	General Requirements for the Qualification and PCN Certification of NDT Personnel for In-Service Inspection.
PCN ISI GEN Appendix A ISI	1 Rev D	22.07.15	Certification of Personnel for In-Service Inspection – Manual Ultrasonic Testing - via the Modular Route.
PCN ISI GEN Appendix B1 Guidelines ISI	2	22.07.15	Guidelines for Detection and Monitoring of Corrosion and Determination of Material Thickness using Manual Ultrasonic Testing.
PCN ISI Appendix Z1	1	01.06.15	Syllabus document for Qualification and PCN Certification of NDT Personnel for In-Service Inspection.
PCN ENG-GEN	2	01.05.23	General requirements for Qualification and Personnel Certification of Engineering Inspection Personnel.