MEM24026Undertake eddy current tests

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What an assessment for MEM24026 must cover

53 assessable components: 5 elements (23 performance criteria), 11 performance evidence and 19 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Establish job requirements

  • 1.1Comply with relevant WHS and regulatory requirements, codes of practice, and standards for eddy current testing
  • 1.2Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets, previous NDT results or work instructions

2 Prepare for testing

  • 2.1Liaise with client to explain testing requirements and schedule tests
  • 2.2Use established safe work practices and personal protective equipment to ensure personal safety and that of others
  • 2.3Assemble all specified testing equipment, materials and containers and safety equipment
  • 2.4Identify inspection areas and determine if special access requirements appropriate for the NDT test need to be communicated to the client
  • 2.5Clean and prepare inspection areas for testing using appropriate test procedures and materials
  • 2.6Assess inspection areas visually and identify obvious discontinuities

3 Conduct eddy current tests

  • 3.1Select the most appropriate eddy current test technique for the material or application using relevant standards and/or procedures
  • 3.2Select test equipment and conduct pre-use checks in accordance with relevant standards and/or procedures
  • 3.3Optimise test set up by calculating effects such as probe dimensions, frequency and phase of induced field and material conductivity on eddy current penetration
  • 3.4Conduct eddy current tests in accordance with relevant standards, work instructions and WHS requirements
  • 3.5Minimise environmental impacts of testing and generation of waste
  • 3.6Record any site observations that may affect results

4 Interpret and report results of eddy current tests

  • 4.1Review conduct of the test and confirm test procedures were applied correctly
  • 4.2Monitor and assess indications and determine the type of discontinuity for each relevant indication
  • 4.3Apply acceptance criteria to discontinuities to detect defects
  • 4.4Classify defects in accordance with relevant national and international codes and standards
  • 4.5Confirm defects in accordance with workplace procedures and industry practices
  • 4.6Seek advice for problems outside technical competence or knowledge
  • 4.7Report test results and complete all job records in accordance with relevant standards and SOPs

5 Maintain a safe work environment

  • 5.1Restore test site, clean inspection area and equipment and dispose of all waste in accordance with enterprise procedures
  • 5.2Store and maintain eddy current testing equipment in accordance with standard operating procedures and WHS requirements

Performance evidence

  • preparing the inspection area on at least two specimens for testing and identifying discontinuities
  • complying with workplace procedures and WHS requirements at all times during eddy current testing
  • identifying and interpreting specifications, standards, drawings, charts, lists and other reference material for performing eddy current testing on at least two specimens
  • selecting the most appropriate eddy current test technique for the material or application for at least two specimens
  • optimising equipment set-up for at least two specimens
  • undertaking eddy current testing using appropriate techniques for the specimen materials to be tested
  • checking/confirming indicators and identifying all defects for at least two specimens
  • classifying all defects for at least two specimens in accordance with national and international codes and standards
  • performing accurate calculations relevant to eddy current testing
  • reporting test results for at least two specimens in accordance with workplace procedures and customer service requirements
  • conducting testing with minimal environmental impact.

Knowledge evidence

  • basic principles of electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism including: reactance - field made by eddy current; Biot and Savant law - definition, practical (right hand) rules; Amperes law - definition, applications (toroid, infinite coil, flat coil); Lenz law - definition, auto-induction factor, mutual induction factor, coupling factor; induced currents - short circuit coil, metallic mass, skin effect and reactance; electrical conductivity and magnetic permeability
  • applications and limitations of eddy current testing
  • requirements of any applicable standards, national/Australian standards, Safe Work Australia guidelines, State/Territory regulatory codes of practice/standards relevant to eddy current testing
  • scope and principles of eddy current testing performed in job role
  • types of eddy current test equipment, their operation and controls including transmission, reception and data presentation
  • characteristics of eddy current probes
  • physical properties of materials under test, structure and geometry of test part, cylindrical bars, tubes
  • influence of various parameters on eddy current measurement
  • compensation for conductive and non-conductive coatings
  • coupling influence and relative speed
  • cleaning and preparation processes, procedures and WH&S requirements in relation to the preparation process
  • procedures, tools, equipment, techniques and system verification checks necessary to carry out eddy current testing
  • established assessment procedures and techniques
  • types of discontinuities and their consequences
  • geometric defect characterisation
  • multiple defects and defect position and orientation
  • standard recording and reporting formats and procedures for reporting test results
  • basic maintenance and storage procedures for testing equipment
  • relevant hazards, health, safety and environment requirements relevant to job role including WHS regulations, safe work procedures and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

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