TWI Certification Ltd
CSWIP Company/Employer-Specific Scheme
Are your personnel Qualified, Certified or Competent?
What is CSWIP?
CSWIP – A world leader in personnel
competence assurance certification
with over 60,000 certified individuals
worldwide.
CSWIP provides internationally recognised
role-specific competence for people engaged in welding,
joining, materials integrity and inspection in manufacturing,
construction, and operation or repair of high integrity
structures, plant or machinery.
CSWIP certification schemes are UKAS-accredited to
ISO/IEC 17024, the international standard for personnel
certification. CSWIP NDT certification is ISO 9712 compliant.
Personnel Qualified, Certified or Competent?
A generic certification Level 2 ultrasonic operator is only
expected to be competent in general defect detection, but
not necessarily competent for specific products or special
applications, i.e. detection and monitoring for SCC, SHC and
Corrosion.
An effective certification body should welcome involvement
from industry to ensure that their schemes address the
industries’ requirements.
ISO 3834
ISO 3834, quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic
materials, recognises welding as a special process, and is the
main reference for other standards. ISO 3834 is increasingly
specified, and therefore it is essential that inspection bodies
involved with welded products understand its competence
requirements.
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NDT personnel are required to be qualified in accordance
with ISO 9712. ISO 9001 makes the organisation responsible
for determining the competences necessary for personnel
performing work affecting conformity to product requirements.
For inspection bodies, UKAS has expanded upon the ISO
9001 systems approach to competence management. Its RG0
guidelines on the application of ISO/IEC 17020, state that the
organisation should:
A) Identify the range of inspection activities
B) Identify the competence required for each activity
C) Train and assess against the competence criteria
D) Authorise persons for activities under appropriate
supervision
E) Monitor performance to reassess competence
TWI Certification Ltd
Inspection bodies and operators have utilised the TWI
Certification Ltd Company/Employer-Specific Scheme to
develop ISO 9712 compliant certification for the specific
competence assurance requirements of their NDT procedures.
The Company/Employer-Specific Certification is able to
comply with stages A), B), C), and E) of the RG0 competence
management process, and also assures the full compliance of
inspection and testing personnel with ISO 3834.
TWI Ltd
TWI Ltd, a world renowned research and technology
organisation, with UKAS-accredited; Test House, Validation
Centre and certification body; TWI Ltd has also provided
clients with technical justification and validation of inspection
procedures, verified POD, and blind trials, leading to full
procedure-specific performance-based competence assurance
of NDT operators.
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Tel: +44 (0)1223 899000 E-mail: clare.mcgrath@twi.co.uk
 Compliance with
ISO 9712, ISO 3834, ISO/IEC 17024

CSWIP Company/Employer Specific Scheme

Product Specific
Competence Assurance of the Company/Employer’s
NDT Procedures

Product Specific
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Training, Examination, Experience and Certification

to the Company/Employer’s NDT Procedures

Increased Assurance of
NDT Operator Competence

NDT Procedure Driven

Training and Certification Bespoke to Company/
Employer’s Specific Requirements

Time and Cost Effective

Training and Certification Focussed on Company/
Employer’s Specific Requirements

Company/Employer’s NDT
Procedure-Linked Certification
•

Certification Issued to and Retained

by Company not Individual Employees
therefore Protected Investment

References

„„ ISO/IEC 17024:2012 ‘General criteria for certification bodies operating certification of personnel’

„„ ISO/IEC 17020:2012 ‘Conformity assessment - requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection’

„„ ISO 9712: 2012 ‘Non-destructive testing – Qualification and certification of NDT personnel’

„„ CSWIP-ES-NDT-12-04 Requirements for the Company/Employer Specific Certification of Personnel Engaged

in Non-Destructive Testing in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9712
1509.11/17

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TWI Ltd, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6AL, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 899000