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3 topics across all disciplines.
Non-destructive examination — choosing the method and reading the result
Why every NDE method is blind to something, what magnetic particle cannot do on stainless, why ultrasonics can miss a crack lying the wrong way, the difference between an indication and a defect, and why the examiner's qualification is part of the result.
Examination extent and progressive sampling — what five per cent actually obliges
How fluid service sets the amount of examination, why the sample has to represent each welder on each procedure, and the progressive sampling rule that turns one rejected weld into a widening scope — the part of Chapter VI taught almost nowhere.
Inspector competence and certification — who may interpret, and who only operates
SNT-TC-1A as an employer's written practice rather than a certificate, ISO 9712 as the independent route, what Levels I, II and III may each do, and why the inspector's own qualification is the first thing a client audits.