Our Accreditations

National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia

SCOPE OF ACCREDITATION

ISO/IEC 17020 (2012)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Evaluation of load generating lifting appliances

SERVICE

PRODUCT

Conveyors; Cranes; Lifting devices; 

DETERMINANT

TECHNIQUE

PROCEDURE

LIMITATION / RANGE

In-service inspection; 

AS 1418, AS 3978

Visual inspection of structural components only.

Industrial machinery - Inspection

Mobile equipment - Periodic inspection

Pressure plant, pipelines and equipment - Fabrication inspection

Pressure plant, pipelines and equipment - In-service inspection

Plant; 

Buckets; Coal and overburden drills; Draglines; 

Boilers; Fired pressure vessels; Pressure piping; Unfired pressure vessels; 

Auxiliary vessels; Compressed air containing vessels; Pressure piping; Pressure relief devices; Process vessels; Static storage vessels; Transportable vessels; 

In-service inspection; 

In-service inspection; 

Fabrication inspection; 

In-service inspection; 

AS 3978, in-house procedures

AS 3978, in-house procedures

Visual inspection of structural components only.

Visual inspection of structural components only.

AS 1210

Hazard levels: A, B, C, D, E

AS/NZS 3788, AS 4343 hazard levels, in-house procedures

Process vessels limited to heat exchangers, reheaters, vacuum vessels and deaerators
Transportable vessels limited to those containing very harmful liquid (VHL), harmful gas (HL), Harmful Liquid (HL), Non-harmful gas (NHG) and Non-harmful liquid (NHL), limited to the following transportable vessels: roadtanker, rail tanker, portable and tank shipping containers and smaller vessels.

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

SERVICE

PRODUCT

DETERMINANT

TECHNIQUE

PROCEDURE

LIMITATION / RANGE

Evaluation of mechanical performance of pressure plant, pipelines and equipment

Piping; 

Hydrostatic pressure; 

Not applicable; 

AS 4037, AS 4041

200 to 8000 kPa

Non-destructive examination - Material properties and internal integrity

Metallic storage vessels; Pressure vessels; 

Castings - Cast irons, steel and alloy steels; Metallic tubes - Ferromagnetic materials; Piping - Ferromagnetic materials; Piping - Non-ferromagnetic materials; Rolled or wrought steel products; Welded joints - Ferritic materials; 

Hydrostatic pressure; 

Ultrasonic detection and characterisation of discontinuities; 

Not applicable;

A-scan capability; 

As 1210, AS 4037

200 to 8000 kPa

Castings - Cast irons, steel and alloy steels; Castings - Non-ferrous metals and alloys; Composite materials; Welded joints - Aluminium alloys; Welded joints - Clad and overlaid steel; Welded joints - Copper and copper-nickel alloys; Welded joints - Ferritic materials; Welded joints - Stainless steel, austentic and duplex materials; Welded joints - Titanium and titanium alloys; 

Radiographic detection and characterisation of discontinuities; 

Reinforcing in conveyor belts, hoses and other specified rubber products

Non-destructive examination - Product profile and corrosion mapping

Metallic piping; Metallic plate; Metallic tubes - Ferromagnetic materials; Metallic tubes - Non-ferromagnetic materials; 

Radiographic determination of wall thickness and material profiling; 

Ultrasonic material profiling and characterisation of material loss; Ultrasonic material thickness - Spot or grid measurements; 

Non-destructive examination - Surface techniques

Metallic surfaces; 

Visual detection of discontinuities (prior to initial service) - Castings; 

Dye penetrant detection of discontinuities; 

Visual detection of discontinuities (prior to initial service) - Forgings; 

Visual detection of discontinuities (prior to initial service) - Welded joints;