Basic

1. Administration of NDT personnel certification programs

1. SNT-TC-1A, 2016 edition
2. ASNT CP-189, 2016 edition
2. General familiarity with other NDT methods
1. Radiography (safety, X-ray, and isotope methods)
2. Neutron radiography
3. Ultrasonic testing
4. Eddy current and flux leakage testing
5. Liquid penetrant testing
6. Magnetic particle testing
7. Leak testing
8. Acoustic emission testing
9. Visual testing
10. Thermal/infrared
3. Materials, fabrication, and production technology
1. Properties of materials, origin of discontinuities, and failure modes
2. Materials processing (casting, welding, forging, brazing, soldering,
machining, heat treatment, surface treatment, adhesive bonding, etc.)
3. Dimensional metrology

Acoustic Emission Testing

1. Instrumentation and Signal processing
2. Cables
3. Signal conditioning
4. Signal detection
5. Signal processing
6. Source Location techniques
7. Acoustic emission test systems
8. Accessory techniques
9. Advanced signal processing techniques
10. Acoustic Emission Test Techniques
11. Factors affecting test equipment selection
12. Equipment calibration and setup for test
13. Loading procedures
14. Special test procedures
15. Data display
16. Noise sources and pre-test identification techniques
17. Precautions against noise
18. Data interpretation
19. Data evaluation
20. Reports
21. Codes, Standards, Procedures, and Societies
22. Guide-type standards (glossaries, calibration, etc.)
23. Standardized/codified AE test procedures
24. User-developed test procedures
25. Societies active in AE
26. Applications of Acoustic Emission Testing

Electromagnetic Testing
Eddy Current Testing
 Principles/Theory
 Equipment/Materials
 Techniques/Calibrations
 Interpretation/Evaluation
 Procedures

Remote Field Testing

 Remote Field Testing (RFT) Principles & Theories
 Codes and Practices

Alternating Current Field Measurement Testing

 Principles and Theory
 Equipment and Materials
 Interpretation and Evaluation of Signals
 Procedures