Ultrasonic Technician: Certification Program

Ultrasonic Testing Course Level II

The goal of this class is for students to become a Level II Ultrasonic Technician as set forth by ASNT TC1-A. There are 80 hours of training required for this course that we will do in two phases. This is Phase I and will meet for 40 hours. Phase II will follow after Phase I (dates to be determined).

Student MUST be a Certified Welding Inspector or a Certified Steel Inspector with at least 2 years experience.

Course materials and activities will be presented in structured lectures. Specific homework quizzes and reading assignments, in class work sheets and practical lab exercises included.

Topics to be covered in level I
• Ultrasonic Principles
• Equipment Controls
• Wave Propagation Reflection And Refraction
• Couplant, Material Characteristics, Beam Spread
• Attenuation, Impedance, Resonance
• Screen Images, Angle Beam Inspection
• Transducers
• Immersion Inspection
• Contact Testing, Wave Forms, Mathematics
• Ultrasonic Indications
• Discontinuity Classification

To register:
Send email to Doyle@nwcel.org with student name and company.