Who needs an admission?

• Workshops and facilities carrying out or subcontracting  non destructive testing on safety-relevant components as part of the maintenance work of railway vehicles
• Test service provider, carrying out non destructive testing on safety-relevant components as part of the maintenance work of railway vehicles (non-destructive testing in the industry sector railway maintenance according to DIN EN 473)

How does the admission process work?

Extract from the DGZfP (German Society for Non-Destructive Testing) guideline ISB 02 „Procedure description of the admission of a workshop for carrying out non-destructive tests according to DIN 27201-7“:

Flowchart of the admission procedure:

1. Quotation request to an accredited competent authorized department (FzS) (with annex 1);
2. Preparation of the offer by the FzS considering the scope of non-destructive tests to be carried out in the NDT-test center (number of test methods applied, inspection personnel, places) on the basis of
        evidence presented or
        after an initial survey of the NDT-test center ;
3. Placement of the order for implementing the inspectin of the NDT-test center;
4. Order confirmation by the FzS and assignment of the auditors, allocation of a registration number and registration on the online register of the DGZfP
5. Preparing and revising by handing over a checklist to the NDT-test center;
6. Check of the documents by the FzS with the help of the filled out check list;
7. Technical supervision of t he NDT-test center by the FzS, including a final consultation and identifying corrective actions;
8. Preparation of the audit report by the FzS (auditors);
9. After fulfillment of the corrective actions: admission of the NDT-test center and  issuing of the certification document;
10. Invoicing and publication of the certification document in the online register oft he DGZfP.

You have concrete specifications or a general question concerning one of these topics?

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