NDT 2016: Practitioner Day
13 September 2016, East Midlands Conference Centre and Orchard Hotel, Nottingham, UK
Running alongside BINDT’s 55th Annual Conference on NDT, taking place at the East Midlands Conference Centre and Orchard Hotel in Nottingham from 12-14 September 2016, will be a day devoted to tuition sessions for practitioners on the vital elements of advanced ultrasonic testing and radiography and several important presentations commemorating a relaunch of BINDT’s Service Inspection Group (SIG).
Click NDT 2016 for the full conference programme (excluding the practitioner tuition session and SIG relaunch session). Please click here to download this programme. | ||
| Practitioner Session Presentations (Please pre-register to guarantee your place. Email: karen.cambridge@bindt.org) Tuesday 13 September 2016 (am) – Suite 3 | ||
| 09.30-10.30 | The role of new technology and innovation in the future of industrial inspection D Alleyne, Guided Ultrasonics Ltd (GUL) | |
| 10.45-11.45 | Radiography A Smith, IMechE Engineering Training Solutions | |
| 11.45-12.15 | Online examinations S McNally, BINDT Certification Services Division | |
| 12.15-13.30 | Exhibition | |
| Service Inspection Group Relaunch Tuesday 13 September 2016 (pm) – Suite 3 | ||
| 13.30-14.00 | SIG overview – changes to SIG and members’ responsibilities C Simmonds and M Freeman, SIG | |
| 14.00-14.30 | HSE inspection of industrial radiography companies – summary of the latest findings D Orr, HSE | |
| 14.30-15.00 | HSE transportation of the basic safety standards directive – key changes to the ionising radiation regulations J Laverty, HSE | |
| 15.00-15.30 | The benefits of UKAS accreditation – for testing and inspection activities A Caldwell, UKAS | |
| 15.30-16.00 | Tank inspection – NDT of thin-wall aluminium welds D Valand, Department for Transportation | |
| 16.00-16.30 | PCN – recent changes J Cook, BINDT Certification Services Division | |
For further information contact: Karen Cambridge or Suzanne Purdy, Conference Services, The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, Midsummer House, Riverside Way, Bedford Road, Northampton NN1 5NX, UK. Tel: +44(0)1604 438300; Fax: +44(0)1604 438301; Email: conf@bindt.org
