NDT Personnel Supply

What Is NDT Personnel Supply?

NDT personnel supply is the provision of individually qualified, certified NDT technicians to client-managed inspection operations. The technicians we supply are not generalists who perform "inspection" — they are certified to specific NDT methods at the Level 2 (or Level 3) grade, in the specific techniques the deployment requires, under certifications that are current, documented, and verifiable at the time of mobilisation.

Personnel are supplied against a defined scope of work — the NDT method or methods required, the applicable technique and procedure, the applicable code or standard, and the required probability of detection. We do not supply technicians whose certification coverage does not match the scope. Where a project requires a method or technique that requires Level 3 procedure authorisation, our Level 3 personnel either travel with the crew or provide remote procedure coverage and supervision.

Every technician supplied by Altair Engineering Inspection brings current third-party certification (PCN under ISO 9712 or ASNT under SNT-TC-1A / CP-189), documented method-specific experience, and familiarity with the reporting and record-keeping standards that client inspection programmes and regulatory submissions require.

Where We Supply NDT Personnel

•        Refinery and petrochemical plant turnaround inspection — multi-method, multi-week crew deployment

•        Offshore platform planned maintenance — vessel, piping, and structural NDT during shutdown windows

•        Pipeline construction weld inspection — RT, UT, and PAUT on girth welds during active lay

•        Power station outage inspection — boiler, pressure vessel, and heat exchanger NDT

•        Fabrication shop NDT — weld inspection, material acceptance, and production hold point coverage

•        In-service inspection programme supplementation — covering capacity gaps in client inspection teams

•        Laboratory NDT assignments — immersion UT, automated scanning, and material testing support

•        Emergency breakdown inspection — short-notice deployment for unplanned shutdown assessment

Applicable Codes and Standards

•        ISO 9712 — Non-destructive testing — Qualification and certification of NDT personnel (PCN scheme basis)

•        ASNT SNT-TC-1A — Recommended Practice for Personnel Qualification and Certification in Nondestructive Testing

•        ASNT CP-189 — Standard for Qualification and Certification of Nondestructive Testing Personnel

•        EN ISO 11666 / EN ISO 17640 — Weld inspection acceptance and technique standards — applicable to personnel deployment scope

•        ASME Section V — Nondestructive Examination — method-specific personnel qualification requirements

•        API 510, 570, 653 — In-service inspection codes — NDT personnel qualification requirements for API-governed inspections

•        Client and project-specific NDT procedure qualification and personnel approval requirements