Forum Technical Discussions      Re: Calibration for stainless steel. Posted by: Nathan , E-mail: Address, on November 20, 2008 at 11:16 : In Reply to: Re: Calibration for stainless steel. posted by : Nigel Armstrong , E-mail: Address, on November 18, 2008 at 18:01 : No, unfortunately, we do not have a Level 3 employed. I haven't heard of this in the UK at all. ----------- Start Original Message ----------- : Nathan : Doesnt your organisation employ an UT level 3 or retain outside level 3 services? For apparently non-routine tasks such as austenitic weld inspection, s/he should have compiled an appropriate procedure and devised a detailed instruction sheet. As Swamy indicated a welded sample containing artfully-positioned defects, preferably natural but artificial would do, should be available for operator familiarisation with the inspection characteristics.. : Newly-qualified people should be mentored through their initial experiences, not slung in at the deep end and left to sink or swim. Now for your sake I hope thats not the case Nathan, but you havent made any mention of guidance from within your company so far. : And I am a little worried that you are skating over the surface by acquiring stainless blocks and then thinking thats OK now. Mark Davis showed you need to clarify if you have the right equipment for the job amongst other things. : Good luck ------------ End Original Message ------------ Follow Ups: Re: Calibration for stainless steel. Nigel Armstrong 22:11 Nov-20-2008 (0) Re: Calibration for stainless steel. Nigel Armstrong 17:31 Nov-20-2008 (0) Post a Followup: Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: ----------- Start Original Message ----------- : No, unfortunately, we do not have a Level 3 employed. I haven't heard of this in the UK at all. : : Nathan : : Doesnt your organisation employ an UT level 3 or retain outside level 3 services? For apparently non-routine tasks such as austenitic weld inspection, s/he should have compiled an appropriate procedure and devised a detailed instruction sheet. As Swamy indicated a welded sample containing artfully-positioned defects, preferably natural but artificial would do, should be available for operator familiarisation with the inspection characteristics.. : : Newly-qualified people should be mentored through their initial experiences, not slung in at the deep end and left to sink or swim. Now for your sake I hope thats not the case Nathan, but you havent made any mention of guidance from within your company so far. : : And I am a little worried that you are skating over the surface by acquiring stainless blocks and then thinking thats OK now. Mark Davis showed you need to clarify if you have the right equipment for the job amongst other things. : : Good luck ------------ End Original Message ------------ Optional Link URL: Example: "http://www....html". Alternative write "http://www.ndt.net/wshop/attach/filename.htm" if you transfered a filename.htm via FTP Page Title: is important! Optional Image URL: http://www....gif Attention! Please click the button only once. This may take a moment to process Forum Technical Discussions Help