Practitioner Day 2018

Tuesday 11 September 2018, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, UK 



Running alongside BINDT’s 57th Annual Conference on NDT, taking place at the East Midlands Conference Centre and Orchard Hotel in Nottingham from 10-12 September 2018, will be a day devoted to tuition sessions for practitioners on a variety of subjects including methods, training, accreditation and the future of NDT.
  • Earn renewal points.
  • Learn new applications.
  • CPD points awarded.

Click NDT 2018 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)
10.30-11.00The benefits of UKAS accreditation
Alasdair Caldwell, United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)
11.15-11.45NDT training in the virtual world
Alexander Tsougranis, The Welding Institute (TWI)
12.00-12.30
How drones are being used for inspection in industrial environments
Phil Buchan, Cyberhawk
12.30-13.30 
Lunch and Exhibition
13.30-14.00NDT apprenticeships
John Moody, British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT)
14.15-14.45The potential for online learning in NDT
Chris Kirby, IMechE Engineering Training Solutions
15.00-15.30
The influence of defect geometry on the bandwidth of magnetic flux leakage
Neil Pearson, Eddyfi Technologies
15.45-16.15
How to see the bird's eye view
Mark Murray, Inspectahire

For further information contact: Conferences and Events Department, 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