African Fusion

SAIW bulletin board

March 2016

AFRICAN FUSION

AIW Certification, a South African

based personnel certification body

(PCB), administering the SAQCC-NDT

Scheme for qualification and certifi-

cation of NDT personnel, is proud to

announce that SAIW Certification is

now registered under the ICNDT Mutual

Recognition Agreement: Schedule 2.

This means that holders of SAIW

Certification certificates, issued under

the SAQCC-NDT certification scheme,

are certified by a personnel certifica-

tion body (PCB) which is registered by

the International Committee for Non-

Destructive Testing (ICNDT), as meeting

SAIW AWS D1.1 Construction code course revised

ollowing the publication of the re-

vised AWS D1.1 Construction code

last year and the delivery in January this

year of the revamped training course de-

veloped by global specialist, Bob Shaw

– an active member of the American

Welding Society’s D1 Structural Welding

Committee and a member of the AISC’s

Specifications Committee – SAIW is now

ready for the nationwide roll out the

new course.

The 2015 edition of the AWS D1.1

code is a major revision, the first since

the 2010 decision to revise the code on

a five-year cycle instead of every two

years. The most notable change is the

reorganisation of the tubular provisions,

tables, and figures, which were previ-

ously located throughout the code. A new

Clause 9, entitled ‘Tubular Structures’ has

nowbeen created to deal these structural

requirements.

Clauses 1, 7, and 8 have only been

slightly impacted by the reorganisation,

but Clauses 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 have been

greatly impacted.

The four-day SAIWcourse provides an

analysis of the AWS D1.1 welding fabrica-

tioncodeandcovers the followingaspects

of the 2015 version: General requirements

related to welded steel structures; Pre-

qualified welding procedures; Welding

procedureandperformancequalification;

Fabrication requirements; Inspection

requirements – including differences

between structural steel and pressurised

equipment; and practical exercises in the

interpretation of the code requirements.

Courses are scheduled in Cape Town

fromMarch 29 to April 01 and in bothDur-

ban and Johannesburg from May 3 to 6.

For further information, please con-

tact the training department administra-

tor, Laetitia Dormehl.

dormehll@saiw.co.za

SAIW Certification internationally recognised

international standards, including ISO

17024:2015 and ISO 9712:2012; and all

the technical documents referenced in

the schedule of conformity issued by

the national accreditation body, SANAS,

and the ICNDT.

Personnel seeking internation-

ally recognised ISO 9712 Level 1, 2 or 3

certification for Magnetic Testing (MT),

Penetrant Testing (PT), Radiographic

Testing (RT) and Ultrasonic Testing

(UT) can now achieve this through the

SAQCC-NDT scheme.

Eddy Current Testing (ECT) and Vi-

sual Testing (VT) certification (Level 1, 2

and 3) are currently covered under the

scope expansion operating procedure,

which require that candidates collect

documented evidence as outlined in

the scope expansion audit scheduled

by SANAS during 2016.

Transition of current SAQCC-NDT

certificate holders will be achieved

through the normal re-certification

process and newly designed SAIW

Certificates shall be issued to include

the international recognition, after the

practitioner has demonstratedcompli-

ance with the renewal or recertifica-

tion requirements.

Internationally recognised

certification for all six basic NDT

methods is available for the pre-

and in-service industrial sectors,

which include product sectors such

as castings, forgings, tubes, pipe

and welds – as well as relevant

categories pertaining to specific

sample geometries or method

application.

“This is a proud moment for the

South African NDT Industry, which

has aimed for this achievement since

its inception in the late 1980s and we

formally adopted ISO 9712 in 2003. We

will discuss the route to international

accreditation in a future issue, but for

now, SAIW Certification would like to

express its sincere gratitude towards the

various ICNDT structures and individuals

who have participated in achieving this

success,” says SAIW Group systems and

quality manager, Harold Jansen.

SAIW Certification would also like to

thank all the South African NDT person-

nel and entities that have been part of

SAQCC-NDT since its inception. “Your

hardwork, dedication and perseverance

are much appreciated,” Jansen adds.