North East Scotland Branch
Institute Branches
| Chair Kevin Mottram | Vice Chair Rob Hepburn |
| Honorary Treasurer Neil Rose | Honorary Secretary Ray Liversidge |
| Branch Representative to Council and Branch Welfare Officer Cailean Forrester | Branch Social Convener Ray Wilson |
To contact any of the above, email: nescotbranch@bindt.org
North East Scotland Branch Programme
August 2025 (date to be confirmed)
Golfing event
by Ray Wilson, Array Training Ltd.
In-person event.
Venue: To be confirmed.
Thursday 4 September 2025
Subterra, terahertz : Terahertz technology for CUI*
by Mike Sim.
Venue: To be confirmed (also available online).
Tuesday 9 September – Thursday 11 September 2025
62nd Annual British Conference on NDT (NDT 2025) co-located with the 21st International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Asset Management (CM 2025)*
Venue: Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), Scotland.
Thursday 2 October 2025
Dakota: UT bolt tensioning technology*
by Ben Andrews, Dakota NDT
at 3.00 pm.
The meeting will be a webinar hosted via Zoom and registration is required in advance at:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uwabU204QV2epls1cqXgrA
Thursday 6 November 2025
AUVs and remote inspection: Competence requirements for UAV inspections*
by Ray Wilson, Ray Liversidge and Hector Layja, Array Training Ltd.
from 3.00 pm-4.00 pm.
This meeting will be held as a physical and virtual event.
The physical meeting will take place at Array Training Ltd, Hareness Circle, Altens Industrial Estate, Aberdeen AB12 3LY.
The virtual meeting will be a webinar hosted via Teams and registration is required in advance at:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k6SS8v-JTJ6LrF1eqkIDXw
Friday 28 November 2025
St Andrews dinner and Ceilidh dance
Venue: Maryculter House Hotel, Aberdeen AB12 5GB
from 6.30 pm.
For further details about the event, click here.
Thursday 4 December 2025
ISO 9712 transition: Understanding the changes in the new ISO 9712 standard and how they affect industry*
by Alec Smith, Array Training Ltd
from 3.00 pm-4.00 pm.
This meeting will be held as a physical and virtual event.
The physical meeting will take place at Array Training Ltd, Hareness Cirlce, Altens Industrial Estate, Aberdeen AB12 3LY.
The virtual meeting will be a webinar hosted via Zoom and registration is required in advance at:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2V0YU3iNRXOCf18ldDBtCQ
Thursday 5 February 2026
ECITB: Connected competence – an insight into training and competency within the field of NDT*
by the ECITB.
Venue: To be confirmed (also available online).
followed by:
Curry and quiz night
Venue: To be confirmed.
Thursday 5 March 2026
Cathodic protection monitoring systems*
Focusing on how monitoring solutions can support asset integrity through both intrusive (for example corrosion/erosion probes and coupons) and non-intrusive (for example ultrasonic wall thickness, acoustics and CUI monitors) technologies.
by Ben McGinnis, Altrad.
Venue: Altrad Integrity Services Facilities, Norfolk House, Pitmedden Road, Dyce, Aberdeen AB21 0DP (also available online).
Thursday 2 April 2026
Annual General Meeting*
Venue: To be confirmed (also available online).
May 2026 (date to be confirmed)
Golf event
Joint golf event with the Scottish Branch.
Venue: To be confirmed.
To view the full Branch meeting calendar for 2025-2026, click here.
*indicates CPD content
CPD Points from Branch meetings
Attending Branch meetings indicated as containing CPD content can earn valuable points towards PCN certificate renewals.
If anyone is willing or interested in providing talks to Branches, please contact Cindy Bailey at BINDT (cindy.bailey@bindt.org) with an indication of the preferred geographical areas where you could assist.
