MIL-STD-410E
3.18 Outside agency. The organization under contract for NDI or NDT services which may include the training and examination of personnel to the requirements of this standard. Consultants and self employed individuals are included in this definition
3.19 Practical examination. The examination used to demonstrate an individual's ability in conducting the NDI or NDT methods that will be performed for the employer. Questions and answers need not be written, but observations and results must be documented.
3.20 Prime contractor. The organization having responsibility to the government for a system, component, or materials.
3.21 Procedure. A detailed, written instruction for conducting NDI or NDT or certifying personnel. All procedures shall be approved by a Level III.
3.22 Product form. Materials, parts, or components having similar NDI or NDT characteristics. Examples of individual product forms are: castings, extrusions, plate, weldments, pyrotechnics, bonded assemblies, composite materials, and printed circuit boards.
3.23 Qualification. The skills, training, knowledge and experience required for personnel to properly perform to a particular Level.
3.24 Specific examination. The written examination to determine an individual's understanding of procedures, codes, standards, and specifications for a given method used by the employer.
3.25 Technique. A category within a method, for example: ultrasonic immersion testing or fluorescent dye penetrant inspection.
3.26 Test samples. Parts containing known defects and used in the practical examination to demonstrate the candidate's proficiency in using a particular method. Test samples will not be production parts unless the Level III has previously investigated the parts and documented all abnormal or out of specification conditions within the samples. Alternatively, test samples can refer to images of actual hardware,
i.e., radiographs, when the candidate's required proficiency is in the interpretation of the image rather than the generation of the image.
3.27 Training. An organized and documented program of activities designed to impart the knowledge and skills to be qualified to this standard. This program may be a mix of classroom, laboratory, programmed self-teaching and on-the-job training as approved by the appropriate Level III.
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