Personnel Certification

1. METU Welding and NDT Personnel Certification Center (METU-PCC) acts as an accredited certification body (by Turkish Accreditation Council- TURKAK) according to EN ISO 17024, EN ISO 9712 (NDT operator, level 1 and 2), EN ISO 9606-1 (steel welder), and EN ISO 9606-2 (aluminum welder).

2. Mechanical tests laboratory has been working under TURKAK accreditation according to EN ISO/IEC 17025, including tensile test (ISO 6892-1, ISO 4136,API 1104, ASME Sec IX, AWS D1.1, AWS D1.5, ASTM A370, ASTM E8), hardness test (ISO 6507-1, ISO 9015-1, ANSI/AWS B4.0, ASTM E384), charpy impact test (ISO 148-1, ISO 9016, API 1104, ASME Sec IX, AWS D1.1, AWS D1.5, ASTM A370, ASTM E23), bending test (ISO 5173, API 1104, ASME Sec IX, AWS D1.1, AWS D1.5, ASTM A370, ASTM E190), nick-break test (API 1104), macroscopic examinations (ISO 17639, API 1104, ASME Sec IX, AWS D1.1, AWS D1.5, ASTM A340) and CTOD fracture toughness tests (ASTM E1290, ASTM E1820, ISO 15653, ISO 12135).