Qualification examination

Qualification examination shall verify the trainee’s ability to perform defined activity according to the requirements, with respect to related standards, specifications and qualification system as ISO 9712, ISO 20 807, SNT-TC- 1A, EN 4179 / NAS 410 etc.

General & Specific part

ATG Group provides professional approach, focusing strictly on testing of capabilities of operation in practice for all trainees to be tested. ATG Group does not use quibble questions. Tests are carefully prepared for each qualification level to check trainee’s knowledge and skills only in the given field.

In order to balance all test sets, the success on each answer is periodically monitored and questions are altered or replaced when proven to be too easy or too difficult (resp. misleading) by internal method task groups.

Practical part

Practical part of the test is always held on carefully selected test samples, which are separated from training samples and which fulfill the criteria of defined qualification system as ISO 9712, ISO 20 807, SNT-TC-1A, EN 4179 / NAS 410 etc. Test samples vary (e.g. for ISO 9712 multisector) so the trainee is tested in broader range of method’s applications. All test equipment is provided on the place, but personal test devices are accepted after safety check.

Employer-based qualification systems and Customer´s Written Practice

Examinations in employer-based qualification systems are acc. to the customer ́s Written Practice (i.e. for example they reflect implemented techniques and in the specific and practical part they are in agreement with internal documentation of the customer and his production program).

Examinations acc. to EN 4179 / NAS 410 are performed by approved examiners under control of Czech NANDTB.

Impartiality

There are various means of maximizing impartiality during the test implemented on the examination process. Examiners of ATG Group are trained to provide support when needed without impartiality breach. Content of the tests is always reflecting the content of the trainings and any topic that may occur in a test question is always explained during the training in ATG Group Training Centers and is listed in related ATG Handbook.

Certification possibilities

ATG Group cooperates in independent qualification systems with accredited certification bodies that accept the results of the ATG Examination Center (APC, Reaktortest, TÜV Nord Czech and KIWA Inspecta for ISO 9712, ISO 20 807, AWS and IIW IAB / CWS ANB – for Welding Inspectors). In addition, ATG Group runs its own, non-accredited certification body ATG CERT as an alternative to those mentioned or for special qualifications out of standard qualification systems.