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Coating Inspections: Capability Levels of Coating Inspection Personnel Massimo Cornago NACE International Certified Coating Inspector, NACE CIP PEER Reviewer cornago@ipcm.it
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oating Inspectors can be categorized by experience and education into dierent capability levels. A typical categorisation of the
inspectors’ groups into three dierent levels: Level I, Level II and Level III (ASTMD4537, ANSI/ASMEN45,2,6, FROSIO, NACE International). Candidates for certiȴcation as “coatings inspectors” should have suɝcient education, experience, and training to ensure an understanding of the principles and the procedures in those areas of inspections for which they are being considered for certiȴcations. A typical summary of minimum requirements for the three levels follows.
Level I inspector 1. Education, training and experience qualiȴcations Level I coatings inspectors, as a minimum level of education, should meet one or more of the following requirements: • High school graduation plus six months of related experience in equivalent inspection activities. • Completion of college level work leading to an associate’s degree or higher, plus three months of related experience in equivalent inspection activities. 2. Responsibilities and capabilities
• Completion of college level work leading to an associate’s degree or
• Implementing and recording all inspections required by the applicable
higher, plus one year of related experience in equivalent inspection
procedures.
activities.
• Verify instrument calibration.
• Four years collage degree plus six months of related experience in
• Performing hold point inspections and releasing hold point in
equivalent inspection activities.
accordance with the applicable procedures. 2. Responsibilities and capabilities
Level II Inspector
• Performing all of the duties and responsibilities of a Level I coating
1. Education, training and experience qualiȴcations
inspector.
Level II coatings inspectors, as a minimum level of education, should
• Planning and supervising inspections, initialling and reviewing
meet one or more of the following requirements:
inspection procedures, and evaluating the adequacy of activities.
• High school graduation plus one year of satisfactory performance as a
• Revising, organizing and approving results of inspections.
Level I coating inspector in the corresponding inspection activity.
• Monitoring the performance of and supervising the work of Level I
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