SR EN 473:2008

Non-destructive testing - Qualification and certification of NDT personnel - General principles

This European Standard establishes principles for the qualification and certification of personnel who perform industrial non-destructive testing (NDT). The term ‘industrial’ implies the exclusion of applications in the field of medicine. The system described in this European Standard can also apply to other NDT methods, or to new techniques within an established NDT method, provided a comprehensive scheme of certification exists and the method or technique is covered by European, international or national standards, or the new NDT method or technique has been demonstrated as effective through a formal qualification carried out in accordance with CEN/TR 14748. NOTE 1 Wherever gender specific words such as "his", "her", "he" or "she" appear in this standard, the other gender is also applicable. When certification of NDT personnel is defined in product standards, regulations, codes or specifications, it is recommended to certify the personnel in accordance with this European Standard. NOTE 2 The methodology for “Approval” of NDT personnel is not specified in Directive 97/23/EC a

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General information

Status : Withdrawn
Approval date : 11/30/2008
Publish date : 12/2/2008
Withdrawal date : 1/31/2013
Number of pages : 36
ICS : 19.100 Non-destructive testing
Technical Committee : 40 - Non-destructive testing

Relations with other standards:

Replaces SR EN 473:2003
Replaces SR EN 473:2003/A1:2006
Normative reference SR EN ISO/CEI 17024:2004
Replaced by SR EN ISO 9712:2013