The course is designed for:

• Trainee NDT operators intending on a career in non-destructive testing
• Engineering personnel who are responsible for integrity of mechanical equipment
• Welding inspection personnel
• Quality assurance personnel

Course Duration: 10 days
Examination Duration: 1 day

Level 1 MT and PT: Standard 8/Grade 10 with mathematics and science.
Level 1 RT: Matric with mathematics, science and radiation safety.
Level 1 UT: Matric with mathematics and science.
Applicants for Level 2 courses must have passed the relevant SAIW Certification Level 1 qualification exam.
Level 3: Eligibility for examination is as per ISO 9712.
Proof of eligibility to be submitted to SAQCC.

To be eligible for Radiographic Testing Level 1, you must have first done Radiation Safety and passed the exam.
To receive Radiation Safety Certification, successful completion of Radiographic Testing Level 1 is mandatory.

THEORY:

• Ultrasonic principles and equipment controls
• Wave propagation, reflection and refraction
• Couplants, material characteristics, beam spread
• Attenuation, impedance and resonance
• Angle beam inspection with UT calculator
• Transducers and reference blocks
• Immersion inspection, contact testing, longitudinal and shear waves
• Non-relevant ultrasonic indications
• Classification of discontinuities
• Identification and comparison of discontinuities

PRACTICAL:

• Set up and calibrate the equipment to a technique sheet
• Scan a sample, identify defects and complete a report form

Successful students will be able to:

• Identify, recognise and select the correct equipment to perform the inspection
• Set up and be competent to use the equipment
• Conduct an examination on test samples
• Recognise and identify defects on various samples
• Complete a standard report form

Specific and general examination papers followed by a practical test according to the SAQCC (NDT) requirement for Level 1 UT, or alternatively, examination according to SNT-TC-1A requirements.

Minimum: 4
Maximum: 10

For further details:

Please contact the Training Department
Administrator: Debbie Spadino
Tel:        +27 (0)11 298 2111
Fax:       +27 (0)11 836 4132
Email:   spadinod@saiw.co.za