Requirements for a specialist
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Requirements for a specialist

Appendix 3
to the Rules for certification of personnel in the field of non-destructive testing,
approved by the Resolution of the Gosgortekhnadzor of Russia of 23.01.2002 N 3

Requirements for special training and work experience

Table 1 Appendix 3

Requirements for the minimum terms of special training for admission to the qualifying examination and certification at I and II levels of qualification

Type (method) of NDTLevel I
(hours)		Level II
(hours)
ultrasonic UK4080
acoustic - emission AE4080
radiation (RK)4080
magnetic MK4080
eddy current VT4080
penetrating substances:
capillary PVK2440
leak detection PVT4080
visual and measuring VIK2440
vibrodiagnostic VD4080
electric EK2440
thermal TK4080
optical OK2424
other methodsin accordance with
approved
programs
Note 1: training includes practical and theoretical courses.
Note 2: in accordance with Russian legislation, the equivalent of a working week is 40 hours.
Note 3: admission to certification at level II is carried out after completing training in the amount of total time for levels I and II.
Note 4: Preparation time can be reduced by up to 50% for candidates skilled in a limited area (eg ultrasonic inspection of polyethylene pipes) or inspection method (eg ultrasonic thickness measurement). 
Note 5: Decreases in the total training time required may be permitted by the Independent Body for applicants with a higher technical or university education.

Table 2 Appendix 3

Minimum production experience requirements for admission to the qualification exam and certification for levels I and II

Type (method) of NDTProduction experience, months
(at 40 hour week)
level Ilevel II
For a specialist,
tier-1		For a specialist who does not have a level I
UK61218
AE61218
RK61218
MK3912
VT3912
PVK369
PVT3912
VIK369
VD61218
EK369
TK61218
other methods369
Note 1: Work experience in months is estimated at a nominal 40 hour week or statutory work week. When a professional works more than 40 hours a week, then all hours worked by him can be taken into account, but he is required to provide confirmation of this experience.
Note 2: The duration of the required experience can be reduced by 50% if the specialist is certified in a limited area.
Note 3: production experience can be acquired simultaneously using two or more NDT methods, while the total required experience can be reduced as follows:
- two NDT methods - reducing the total total experience by 25%;
- three NDT methods - reduction of total experience by 33%;
- four or more NDT methods - reducing the total duration of production experience up to 50%;
in all cases, for each method, the candidate must have at least 50% of the experience required by Table 3.
Note 4: up to 50% of experience can be gained in practical classes, the duration can be taken into account with a factor of no more than five (5). Practical exercises should include the control of full-scale objects or objects close to them.

We carry out a full cycle of training and certification of specialists in the field of non-destructive testing (NC). Our services include the initial training of flaw detectors, the renewal and extension of valid certificates for inspectors at all levels.

The geography of our work covers the whole country. In addition to Moscow, we organize courses in dozens of key industrial and energy centers of the Russian Federation, where the largest number of NC specialists are concentrated, including:

Central, North-Western and Southern Federal districts: Saint Petersburg, Voronezh, Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Kaluga, Kostroma, Kursk, Lipetsk, Obninsk, Orel, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula, Yaroslavl, Veliky Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, Pskov, Syktyvkar, Arkhangelsk, Naryan-Mar, Astrakhan, Volgograd Krasnodar, Novorossiysk, Rostov-on-Don, Taganrog, Sochi, Vladikavkaz, Nalchik, Elista, Simferopol, Sevastopol and other cities of the Republic of Crimea.

Volga region and the Urals: Saratov, Samara, Tolyatti, Nizhny Novgorod, Ulyanovsk, Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Izhevsk, Yoshkar-Ola, Saransk, Cheboksary, Penza, Ufa, Neftekamsk, Orenburg, Perm, Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, Nefteyugansk, Khanty-Mansiysk, Tyumen, Tobolsk, Surgut, Nizhnevartovsk, Novy Urengoy.

Siberia and the Far East: Novosibirsk, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Barnaul, Biysk, Krasnoyarsk, Norilsk, Tomsk, Omsk, Irkutsk, Angarsk, Ulan-Ude, Chita, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Magadan, Amursk, Okha, Yakutsk, Mirny.

We are constantly expanding our geography. If your city is not on the list, check the possibility of organizing field training with our managers..