Forum General Discussions      Re: PCN vs. ASNT Posted by: Malik (PID_2837), E-mail: Address, on November 28, 2008 at 00:18 : In Reply to: Re: PCN vs. ASNT posted by : John O'Brien , E-mail: Address, on November 24, 2008 at 11:20 : I Strongly agreed with John. always do self test to the contractors, make sure NDT procedures or written instruction prepared and they obey to that. And, do withness during the project. Malik ----------- Start Original Message ----------- : Abdullah : its not a great question as a good ASNT certified technician is just as good as a bad PCN certified technician. : The other issue is you are not distinguishing as to which form of ASNT you want to make a comparision with. ASNT SNT-TC-1A is an employer based certification and in some peoples eyes is therefore inferior to a third party issued certification such as PCN or the ASNT ACCP. : It also may vary dependent upon which discipline you wnat to employ MT & PT togeter with RT are relatively simple to compare. When you become more complex such as RT Film Interpretation or UT you may want to performance demonstration test all personnel and this takes out of the equation the certification. It then ensures the personnel you employ are truely capable. ------------ End Original Message ------------ Follow Ups: Re: PCN vs. ASNT Thadakorn P. 00:12 Nov-29-2008 (0) Post a Followup: Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: ----------- Start Original Message ----------- : I Strongly agreed with John. always do self test to the contractors, make sure NDT procedures or written instruction prepared and they obey to that. And, do withness during the project. : Malik : : Abdullah : : its not a great question as a good ASNT certified technician is just as good as a bad PCN certified technician. : : The other issue is you are not distinguishing as to which form of ASNT you want to make a comparision with. ASNT SNT-TC-1A is an employer based certification and in some peoples eyes is therefore inferior to a third party issued certification such as PCN or the ASNT ACCP. : : It also may vary dependent upon which discipline you wnat to employ MT & PT togeter with RT are relatively simple to compare. When you become more complex such as RT Film Interpretation or UT you may want to performance demonstration test all personnel and this takes out of the equation the certification. It then ensures the personnel you employ are truely capable. ------------ 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 General Discussions Help