BS ISO 11484:2019

This standard BS ISO 11484:2019 Steel products. Employer's qualification system for non-destructive testing (NDT) personnel is classified in these ICS categories:

• 03.100.30 Management of human resources
• 77.040.20 Non-destructive testing of metals

This document specifies an employer’s qualification system for non-destructive testing (NDT) personnel performing the testing of the following steel products under the employer’s responsibility:

1. tubes/pipes (seamless or welded);

2. flat products, long products, rails, bars, sections, rods and wires.

This document specifies qualification requirements for the competence of Level 1 and Level 2 NDT personnel to execute specific tasks in the NDT of steel products. The qualification is issued by the employer for a specific steel product and a specific test method.

This document is applicable to NDT personnel performing predominantly the automated testing of steel products, using any of the following NDT methods:

1. eddy current testing (ET);

2. leak testing (LT);

3. liquid penetrant testing (PT);

4. magnetic testing (MT);

5. radiographic testing (RT);

6. ultrasonic testing (UT);

7. visual testing (VT).