Some specifications (EN 4179, NAS 410) addressing the qualification and approval or certification of NDT personnel, all of which place the final responsibility for qualification and certification or approval of NDT personnel firmly upon the employer, refer to 'Outside Agencies' that may be utilised by the employer of NDT personnel to provide training and examinations (qualification). Of course, the employer may provide such training and/or examinations internally, using either his own Level 3 or a Level 3 consultant. We would refer to such provision as coming from 'Internal Agencies'. Whether Outside or Internal, such services can vary in quality, and the BINDT accreditation system provides a mechanism for assessing providers of Training and Examination Services against published criteria, and awarding a benchmark to indicate that the quality of service provided and that the technical competence of the benchmarked organisation is of a uniformly high standard.
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