Personnel certification center
TUV NORD Baltik performs certification of professional competence of welding personnel in the regulated and unregulated spheres. On August 15, 2007 Personnel Certification Centre of TUV NORD Baltik has been accredited by the Latvian National Accreditation Bureau LATAK in accordance with European standard LVS EN ISO / IEC 17024 and has proved its competence to certify following types of professional qualification of welders:
- Welder of metals in the regulated sphere (Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia Nr. 588 of 18.07.2006 "Procedures for certification of welders and NDT inspectors in the regulated sphere" part II);
- Welder of pressure equipment and its assemblies (Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia Nr. 348 of 07.06.2016 "Regulations on pressure equipment and its assemblies" and Directive 2014/68/EU;
- Welder of metals in non-regulated sphere (Procedure of TUV NORD Baltik Nr. M (2.4) 3007-001-M of 20.11.2020 "Certification of a candidate. Welder"). Certification is carried out in accordance with standards LVS EN ISO 9606-1:2014 and EN ISO 9606 2-5:2006.
Scheme of certification (for welders)
Certification process includes:
1. Registration of the candidate (The candidate registration process is described in detail here);
2. Preparation for the examination process (review of documentation, collection of information, coordination of the venue for the examination);
3. Checking the candidate's competence;
4. Evaluation of the results of the qualifying exam;
5. Certification of the candidate (issuance of a qualification certificate).