Engagement, diversity, standards and sustainability within BINDT

摘要

What a great way to start the season, with over 20 people in attendance at the first meeting. The presenters were my seniors at BINDT, CEO David Gilbert and President Caroline Bull, so I had to be on my best behaviour. This did not seem to affect the rest of the audience and there was active audience participation.David concentrated on the BINDT updates, following a comment that Worcester sauce is a better condiment than the local Henderson's Relish, which he was lucky to get away with. David presented a selection of slides that explored the areas that the Institute is currently focusing on and making improvements in. The significant areas focus on the IT side and, if you have been involved in an IT project, you will know that it is very challenging to ensure that the correct outcome is achieved. One area covered was the PCN examination question bank, which requires constant maintenance and the addition of new questions. The resolution of the NDT International PTE Ltd fraudulent activities data was presented and showed that 6531 certificates were withdrawn, 1543 certificates were reattempted and 1046 of these attempts were passed, which is a significantly lower rate of certification under proper examination conditions.