ICNDT Mutual Recognition Agreement


OP19 Appendix 1: ICNDT Multilateral Agreement on Recognition of NDT Personnel Certification

Master Schedule 1: Signatories to the ICNDT MRA

Commitments of Signatories

The organisations listed below have signed the ICNDT Multilateral Agreement on Recognition of NDT Personnel Certification and have thereby agreed to: 

  • commit to the pursuance of the objectives of the MRA; 
  • promote the recognition and acceptance of the certification issued by PCBs registered under the MRA (see Schedule 2); 
  • assist  other  interested  parties  by giving  a  clear  overview  of  the  NDT  personnel certification activities in its own country; 
  • provide other parties with non‐confidential information on the certification scheme(s) operated by PCB registered under this Agreement, and 
  • consult with and seek membership of the scheme and technical committees of NDT PCBs in its own country. 
  • indemnify ICNDT against liability for the party’s use or misuse of this MRA. 

Liability

  1. ICNDT accepts no liability for the use of certification awarded by Registered  Personnel Certification Bodies. In accordance with the international standard EN ISO  9712, the 
    responsibility for the quality of NDT rests with the employer of the  certificated person. 
  2. The ICNDT MRA and Personnel Certification Body assessment systems are subject to the jurisdiction of Austrian law.   

MRA Schedule 1

(The latest version of this schedule is published at www.icndt.org) 

The following organisations have signed the ICNDT Multilateral Agreement on Recognition of NDT Personnel Certification and have thereby agreed to promote the recognition and acceptance of certificates issued by the particular Certification Bodies registered by ICNDT in accordance with the Agreement (see Schedule 2). 

Countries
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Country ICNDT Member Name & Position of Signatory Place & date
 of signing
Australia Australian Institute
for NDT (AINDT)
Les Dick
(Executive Officer)
Luton, UK, 20 November 2012
Austria Austrian Society
for NDT (OGfZP)
Gerhard Aufricht
(Vice President)
Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference
Belgium Belgian Association
for NDT (BANT)
Dominique Moussebois (President
of Certification Committee)
BANT office, 1 October 2014
Brazil Brazilian Association
for NDT (ABENDI)
Joao Rufino Teles Filho (Member
of the Board of Directors)
Luton, UK, 20 November 2012
Bulgaria Bulgarian Society
for NDT (BGSNDT)
Vasil Nichev (Member of the
Board of BGSNDT)
Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference
Canada Canadian Society
for NDE (CINDE)
Sharon Bond
(Training Manager)
Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference
China Chinese Society
for NDT (ChSNDT)
Jianzhong Shen
(Vice President)
Tokyo, 9 October 2012
Colombia Croatian Society
for NDT (CrSNDT)
Eduardo Pulido
(President of ACOSEND)
Bogota, 25 July 2014
Croatia Croatian Society
for NDT (CrSNDT)
Dr Vjera Krstelj
(President)
Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference
Czech Republic Czech Society
for NDT (Cndt)
Pavel Mazal
(President)
Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference
Finland Finnish
NDT Society
Juha Silianpaa
(Chairman)
Helsinki, 30.09.2013
France Cofrend Patrick Fallouey (President of
the Certification Committee)
Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference
Germany German Society for Non­Destructive
Testing (DGZfP)
Dr Matthias Purschke (Executive
Director and Member of the Board)
Zagreb, Croatia, during Certification 2013 Conference
Greece Hellenic Society of Non­Destructive
Testing (HSNT)
Ioannis Prassianakis
(President of HSNT)
Prague, 9 October 2014, during 14th ECNDT
Hungary Hungarian Association for Non-Destructive
Testing (MAROVISZ)
Prof.dr. Peter Trampus Prague, 9 October 2014, during 14th ECNDT
India Indian Society
for NDT (ISNT)
V. Pari (President Elect) Tokyo, 9 October 2012
Iran Iranian Society for Nondestructive
Testing (IRNDT)
MirMajid Ghaemi
(Vice President of IRNDT)
Prague, 9 October 2014, during 14th ECNDT
Israel Israeli Society
for NDT (ISRANDT)
Yossi Shoef (President) Zagreb, Croatia, during Certification 2013 Conference
Italy Italian Society
for NDT (AIPnD)
Giuseppe Nardoni (President) Zagreb, Croatia, during Certification 2013 Conference
Japan Japanese Society
for NDI (JSNDI)
Norikazu Ooka (Chairman
of ISO Committee in JSNDI)
Zagreb, Croatia, during Certification 2013 Conference
Malaysia Malaysian Society
for NDT (MSNT)
Abd. Nassir Ibrahim (President) Tokyo, 9 October 2012
Netherlands Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kwaliteitstoezicht, Inspectie en
Niet- destructieve Techniek (KINT)
J.L.J. Verkooijen (Chairman) 18 June 2014
Poland Polish Society for
NDT and Technical Diagnostics
Jan Krzysztof Kurzydtowski (President) Warsaw, 12.12.2013
Portugal Forum END Bento Alves (Chairman,
FSENDT, RELACRE)
Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference
Romania

Romanian Association
for NDT (ARoENd)

Adrian Stanciu (President) Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference
Russia Russian Society
for NDT and Technical Diagnostics
Sergey Klyuev (President) Moscow, 23 January 2013
Serbia Serbian Society
for NDT (SDIBR)
Goran Sofronic
(Vice President)
Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference
Singapore Non-Destructive Testing Society
(Singapore) (NDTSS)
Babu, Sajeesh Kumar
(Honorary Secretary)
Tokyo, 9 October 2012
Slovakia Slovak Society for Non­Destructive
Testing (SSNDT)
Ing. Erich Eckhardt
(President of SSNDT)
Prague, 9 October 2014,
during 14th ECNDT
South Africa Southern African Institute
for NDT (SAINT)
Jim Guild (SAINT Proxy) Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference
South Africa Southern African Institute
of Welding (SAIW)
Jim Guild (Executive Director) Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference
South Korea Korean Society
for NDT (KSNT)
Cho, Younho (Senior
Director, International)
Tokyo, 9 October 2012
Spain Spanish Association
for NDT (AEND)
Fermin Gomez Fraile (President) Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference
Switzerland Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur
Zerstorungsfreie Prufung (SGZP / SSNT)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Schmid
(President of SSNT)
Chatel-St-Denis, 30 January 2014
Turkey The Turkish Society for Nondestructive
Testing (TURK NDT)
C Hakan Gur
(President of TURK NDT)
Prague, 9 October 2014,
during 14th ECNDT
Ukraine Ukrainian Society
for NDT (USNDT)
V Troitskiy (President) Kiev, 1 April 2013
United Kingdom British Institute
of NDT (BINDT)
Roger Lyon
(Council Member)
Zagreb, Croatia, during
Certification 2013 Conference