Ultrasonic Testing Course Level II
Phase I, 40 hours of training- 2008
4 Thursdays, January 24, 31 and Feb 7 and 14; 6 – 9 PM
and 4 Saturdays, January 26, Feb 2, 9 and 16; 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Mayes Testing Engineers, Inc.

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

Ø Ultrasonic Principles
Ø Equipment Controls
Ø Wave Propagation Reflection And Refraction
Ø Couplant, Material Characteristics, Beam Spread
Ø Attenuation, Impedance, Resonance
Ø Screen Images, Angle Beam Inspection
Ø Transducers
Ø Immersion Inspection
Ø Contact Testing, Wave Forms, Mathematics
Ø Ultrasonic Indications
Ø Discontinuity Classification

Required materials: Each student will have to bring his/her own UT machine, note pad pen and calculator with sine, cosine and tangent functions.

Instructor: Mike Virgilio has been certified as an NDT inspector for 24 years and has taught many NDT classes over the last 15 years.

Location: Mayes Testing Engineers, Inc. 20225 Cedar Valley Road, Suite 110
Lynnwood, WA 98036. www.mayestesting.com

Cost: $360 NWCEL members; $400 non-members.

For list of upcoming courses & registration information click here.

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Northwest Council of Engineering Labs - Inspector Training Program
PO Box 27214, Seattle, WA 98125 sharon@nwcel.com