Understanding Infrared Thermography Reading 7 Part 2 of 2.pdf

6.1.10 Qualification of Personnel
Personnel responsible for conducting the surveys and interpreting the results
should be trained in the use of the equipment and certified by their employer.
The training and certification criteria, established by the American Society for
Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), should be adapted and incorporated into the
program. These criteria are outlined in their document SNT-TC-1A and will be
discussed in more detail in Section 7.
6.1.11 Scheduling
The documentation requirements and listing of equipment to be evaluated
during the survey should be established in advance so that trends in
equipment operation can be translated easily into predictions of future results.
This is the key to predictive maintenance. The program must also be flexible
enough to accommodate emergency inspections and inspections during
unplanned outages. Typically, the administrator of the IR program provides
this interface.
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