ASME ANDE-1:2020 pdf download.ASME Nondestructive Examination and Quality Control Central Qualification and Certification Program.
(a)ASME ANDE-1 includes both performance-based and prescriptive requirements to be used for an ASME Nondestructive Examination (NDE) and Quality Control (QC) Central Qualification and Certification Program that applies to NDE personnel and QC inspection personnel.
(b) This Standard includes requirements for personnel education, training, experience, written examinations, and practical demonstrations. The requirements are based on a systematic approach to training (SAT) process that integrates the development of job task analyses (JTAs) and body of knowledge (BoK) requirements.
(c) This Standard is applied by a third-party certification organization, which is referred to within this Standard as a certification body (CB).
(d) This Standard classifies CB-certified individuals as Level I, Level II, or Level III.
(e) Mandatory Appendices I and II include requirements specific to the nuclear sector and the boiler and pressure vessel and piping (BPVP) industry sectors, respectively. Mandatory Appendix III includes requirements specific to the qualification and certification of nondestructive testing personnel to ISO 9712.
1-1.2 AppLicabiLity
This Standard is applicable to any industry or industry sector that performs industry sector activities such as manufacturing, fabrication, construction, installation, maintenance, preservice inspection (PSI), and inservice inspection (ISI) that require NDE or QC inspections to be performed by qualified and certified NDE and QC inspection personnel.
1-1.3 Use of This Standard
This Standard is required to be used when referenced by a user’s code, standard, specification, procedure, or instruction, which the user has committed to meet or is required to meet. Optional use of this Standard is not prohibited, but when this Standard is used, all requ irements are mandatory, including those in the applicable Mandatory Appendices, except where specific alternatives are provided in this Standard. Use of Nonmandatory Appendices is optional, but when used, all the requirements within a Nonmandatory Appendix become mandatory unless the Nonmandatory Appendix is specified for guidance only. See Nonmandatory Appendix A for guidance on maintenance of the Standard.
1-1.4 InvoLvement of ReguLatory or Enforcement Authorities or Jurisdictions, or Authorized Inspection Agencies
When a referencing code or standard requires the involvement of regulatory or enforcement authorities or jurisdictions or an Authorized Inspection Agency (AlA), those authorities or agencies shall be provided the certified individual’s written approval (see para. 1-7.3) to access any record of documentation, qualification, or certification activities performed to meet this Standard.
1-1.5 AppLications, Certification Forms, Job Task AnaLyses, ReLated Body of KnowLedge Requirements, and QuaLification/Continuity Cards
When the following documents, methods, or requirements are referenced in this Standard, the latest versions approved by the applicable specific industry sector (SIS) committee shall apply:
(a) applications and related forms
(b) JTAs for NDE or QC methods or endorsements.ASME ANDE-1 pdf download.