A new direction

Some of you may be aware that I have now retired from BINDT and will be taking up a new role in October when my daughter returns to work at the end of maternity leave: I will be the childminder; what could go wrong?!

I have not fully disappeared from BINDT as I am happy to help out around childminding and other tasks, so will still be present to some extent in the non-destructive testing (NDT) community.

The world of NDT is ever changing and evolving and the differences in the working practices I have seen over the 40-plus years are generally for the better. The level of safety in the UK is much better, but there are still many parts of the world where improvements can be made. To an extent, NDT and condition monitoring (CM) are a part of the safety process and it is down to the individuals, their employers and the end-client to maintain the best working practices to provide a safer and greener environment for all.

Over the years, I have met many people and enjoyed (on the whole) their company and I would like to hope that these experiences have made me a better person. At BINDT, diversity and inclusion training was provided, which is disappointing in that there is a need for this. Reflecting on the training, I realised that I was not too bad in my attitudes for an old white male; however, there was room for improvement.

What continues to impress me is the range and number of volunteers who put time and effort into NDT and CM and have made BINDT into the institute it is. For a smaller institute, the influence it has is worldwide and is something to be proud of. The disadvantage of being smaller is not being able to assist all of the people all of the time, but possibly in a larger organisation the individual can easily be lost due to its size. The Institute Branches are thriving with a combination of video calls, in-person meetings and hybrid events. The Early Careers Branch is doing well; when do the members move on and set up a Mid-Careers Branch and ultimately a Mature Careers Branch?!

I wish you all well and thank you, especially if you have assisted me in any way in the past. All the best, John Moody.

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