Austrian Society for Non-Destructive Testing

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Austrian Society for Non-Destructive Testing
(ÖGfZP)
legal form society
Seat Vienna
founding 1980

place Vienna 23 , Deutschstrasse 10
Website www.oegfzp.at

The Austrian Society for  Non-Destructive Testing  (ÖGfZP) is the umbrella organization for non-destructive testing (ZfP, NDT) in Austria .

history

In the material science sector of non-destructive testing, which developed from the 1930s, the International Committee for NDT  (ICNDT) was founded in 1955 at a first international conference in Brussels , with Austria as a founding member. The export-oriented companies in heavy industry converting to high-tech, such as Voest-Alpine Stahl Linz and VEW Kapfenberg , were particularly interested in this field and built up training and qualifications in-house. In the 1970s, organizations such as TÜV  AUSTRIA-Vienna, the TVFA of the Technical University of Vienna , or the Central Welding Authority joined, and as a result, a first central committee was set up at the Austrian Society for Welding Technology . In 1979/1980 the ÖGfZP was set up as a non-profit association as an Austria-wide platform.

The ICNDT, the global umbrella organization for the national NDT companies, has been based in Austria since 1996 and provides the club's treasurer . Since it was founded in 1998, ÖGfZP has also represented Austria in the European Federation of Non-Destructive Testing (EFNDT).

Tasks and concerns

The purpose of the company is to "broaden the application of NDT, promote the training of testing personnel, enable standardized qualification tests, and issue and monitor internationally recognized certificates." (Statute).

The tasks include:

  • it is a personal certification body accredited by the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs
  • it recognizes the training places set up in Austria for examiners in the field of NDT
  • it is the official admission office for examination centers for the qualification exams
  • she supervises and leads the qualification tests
  • it represents the official Austrian NDT interests in international bodies such as ECNDT and ICNDT
  • It is the contractual partner for foreign NDT companies with regard to the mutual recognition of the equivalence of certificates and / or certification schemes (ECNDT MRA Agreement, Nice 1994) and it monitors the certificate holders in the sense of EN 45013 (regulation and control of the expert status) Area of ​​NDT.
  • it is also the independent test center in accordance with Art. 13 of the Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23 / EC

The company organizes specialist courses and seminars for examiner training. There are also regular events for members to exchange experiences.

Three specialist committees (sector committees) are formed internally:

  • NDT for aerospace
  • NDT for railway maintenance
  • NDT for products

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b About us: The ÖGfZP introduces itself ; oegfzp.at
  2. ↑ Presentation follows The history of NDT in Austria , oegfzp.at
  3. ↑ www.icndt.org
  4. ↑ www.efndt.org
  5. ↑ What does the ÖGfZP do? , oegfzp.at
  6. ↑ as an independent certification body (CB) according to ÖNORM EN 473 and ÖNORM M 3042, as a national certification body (NCB) according to ISO 9712 .
    According to § 17 Paragraph 1 Accreditation Act , Federal Law Gazette No. 468/1992, Federal Law Gazette No. 87/1996 , the new regulation of the Federal Minister for Economy, Family and Youth on the accreditation of the Austrian Society for Non-Destructive Testing (ÖGfZP) for Certification of persons , StF: Federal Law Gazette II No. 25/2010 (online ris.bka );
    ÖNORM M 3042 - Qualification, certification, authorization and approval of personnel in non-destructive testing
  7. ↑ ÖNORM M 3041 - Training of personnel in non-destructive testing
  8. ↑ level 1 and 2 by sending an examiner, level 3 directly by the certification body (according to EN 473, M 3042);
    see oegfzp - QM manual. In: oegfzp.at.dedi950.your-server.de. April 23, 2019, accessed April 23, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Committees , oegfzp.at