Forum General Discussions      Re: PCN vs. ASNT Posted by: chris s (PID_3032), E-mail: Address, on December 05, 2008 at 19:20 : In Reply to: Re: PCN vs. ASNT posted by : S.Senthilkumar , E-mail: Address, on November 30, 2008 at 16:46 : ----------- Start Original Message ----------- : I am strongly dis agree comments about PCN Standard, I am suggesting ASNT also to issue Level 1 & 2 certificate through general society, institution. So no need to blame either ASNT or PCN or etc. : Regards, : S.Senthilkumar : : 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 ------------ I would have to agree that there are some good and some bad in both situations. The best thing I've seen a truly concerned owner do is to develop a certification process of there own. A program in addition to the above mentioned programs. Follow Ups: Re: PCN vs. ASNT Nigel Armstrong 12:57 Dec-06-2008 (4) Re: PCN vs. ASNT S.V.Swamy 15:07 Dec-06-2008 (2) Re: PCN vs. ASNT Oliviero Oldani 21:49 Dec-06-2008 (1) Re: PCN vs. ASNT Andre Fouche 07:03 Dec-07-2008 (0) Re: PCN vs. ASNT Dr D Dulay 14:06 Dec-06-2008 (0) Post a Followup: Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: ----------- Start Original Message ----------- : : I am strongly dis agree comments about PCN Standard, I am suggesting ASNT also to issue Level 1 & 2 certificate through general society, institution. So no need to blame either ASNT or PCN or etc. : : Regards, : : S.Senthilkumar : : : 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. : I would have to agree that there are some good and some bad in both situations. The best thing I've seen a truly concerned owner do is to develop a certification process of there own. A program in addition to the above mentioned programs. ------------ 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