ASTM E2833-12
(Practice)Standard Practice for Certification Bodies that Certify Personnel Engaged in Inspection and Testing of Construction Activities and Materials Used in Construction, Including Special Inspection
Standard Practice for Certification Bodies that Certify Personnel Engaged in Inspection and Testing of Construction Activities and Materials Used in Construction, Including Special Inspection
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This practice provides basic criteria for the development and operation of a certification body, the development and operation of a certification program, and the development and use of customary mechanisms to evaluate a candidate’s knowledge, skill, and ability.
The basic criteria provided by this practice are intended to be supplemented by more specific criteria serving the requirements of the certification body.
The certification body and its program, accredited according to the requirements of ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 and this practice, shall be considered as having met the full intent of this practice.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice provides supplemental requirements to those of ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 for bodies that certify personnel engaged in inspection and testing of construction activities and materials used in construction, including Special Inspection. ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 provides generic requirements that can be adapted to any discipline where assurance that certified individual meets the requirements of the certification scheme. Therefore, certification bodies certifying personnel engaged in inspection and testing of construction activities and materials used in construction, including Special Inspection, must meet the requirements of this practice and ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024.
1.2 This practice may be used as a reference by:
1.2.1 Developers of standards requiring personnel certification in inspection and testing of construction activities and materials used in construction, including Special Inspection, as a reference to harmonize terminology and reduce confusion among users;
1.2.2 Personnel certification bodies that establish criteria and certify construction inspection, construction testing, and Special Inspection agency personnel against specific requirements,
1.2.3 Accreditation bodies that accredit certification bodies, and
1.2.4 Users and specifiers as a reference when requiring personnel certification.
1.3 This practice follows the format of ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 and provides additional requirements where needed.
1.4 Certification may be specific to a single test or inspection method or practice or a grouping or collection of methods or practices (any such method, code, or practice being hereinafter referred to as “method,” or collectively as “methods”).
1.5 Personnel certification is an important aspect of the quality system of agencies engaged in inspection and testing of construction activities and materials used in construction, including Special Inspection. Certification of personnel is required to meet the personnel qualifications of Practice E329.
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Designation:E2833 −12 An American National Standard
Standard Practice for
Certification Bodies that Certify Personnel Engaged in
Inspection and Testing of Construction Activities and
Materials Used in Construction, Including Special
Inspection
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2833; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 1.5 Personnel certification is an important aspect of the
quality system of agencies engaged in inspection and testing of
1.1 This practice provides supplemental requirements to
construction activities and materials used in construction,
those ofANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 for bodies that certify personnel
including Special Inspection. Certification of personnel is
engaged in inspection and testing of construction activities and
required to meet the personnel qualifications of Practice E329.
materials used in construction, including Special Inspection.
ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 provides generic requirements that can
2. Referenced Documents
be adapted to any discipline where assurance that certified
individual meets the requirements of the certification scheme. 2.1 ASTM Standards:
Therefore, certification bodies certifying personnel engaged in
E329 Specification for Agencies Engaged in Construction
inspection and testing of construction activities and materials Inspection, Testing, or Special Inspection
used in construction, including Special Inspection, must meet 3
2.2 ANSI/ISO/IEC Standards:
the requirements of this practice and ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024.
ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 Conformity Assessment – General
1.2 This practice may be used as a reference by:
Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification Systems
1.2.1 Developers of standards requiring personnel certifica- of Persons
tion in inspection and testing of construction activities and
materials used in construction, including Special Inspection, as
3. Terminology
a reference to harmonize terminology and reduce confusion
3.1 The definitions in Section 3 supplement the terms and
among users;
definitions provided in ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024.
1.2.2 Personnel certification bodies that establish criteria
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
and certify construction inspection, construction testing, and
3.2.1 agency, n—an organization, or part thereof, authorized
Special Inspection agency personnel against specific
by the project sponsor or his duly authorized representative to
requirements,
inspect, test, or both, construction and materials used in
1.2.3 Accreditation bodies that accredit certification bodies,
construction as required by the project specifications.
and
1.2.4 Users and specifiers as a reference when requiring 3.2.1.1 inspection agency, n—an agency whose personnel
personnel certification. make visual observations and field measurements of construc-
tion activities and materials used in construction.
1.3 This practice follows the format of ANSI/ISO/IEC
(a) Discussion—An inspection agency may collect and
17024 and provides additional requirements where needed.
submit samples identified with respective portions of the
1.4 Certification may be specific to a single test or inspec-
construction for laboratory evaluation. The inspection agency
tion method or practice or a grouping or collection of methods
and testing agency may be one organization or separate
or practices (any such method, code, or practice being herein-
organizations.
after referred to as “method,” or collectively as “methods”).
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E36 on Accredi- contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
tation & Certification and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E36.20 on Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Certification/Registration Bodies. the ASTM website.
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2012. Published March 2012. DOI: 10.1520/ Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
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3.2.1.2 Special Inspection agency, n—a third-party inspec- 4.3 The certification body and its program, accredited ac-
tion agency approved by the applicable building official to cording to the requirements of ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 and this
perform Special Inspections. practice, shall be considered as having met the full intent of
this practice.
3.2.1.3 testing agency, n—an agency whose personnel
measure, examine, test, or otherwise determine the character-
5. Requirements for Certification Bodies
istics or performance of construction activities and materials
used in construction.
5.1 This practice does not impose additional requirements
3.2.2 applicant, n—a person who has submitted an applica- on the policies and procedures of the certification body beyond
those of ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024.
tion to be accepted into the certification process.
3.2.3 candidate, n—an applicant who has fulfilled specified
NOTE 1—ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 includes requirements for the certifi-
cation body to develop and maintain policies and procedures that are “fair
prerequisites and has been admitted to the certification process.
and equitable” to all certification candidates and certificants in addressing
3.2.4 certification body, n—an organization that offers or
granting, maintaining, renewing, expanding and reducing the scope of a
operates, or both, a certification program.
certification and suspending or withdrawing a certification. ANSI/ISO/
IEC 17024 addresses the structure of the certification body to give
3.2.5 competence, n—demonstrated ability to apply knowl-
confidence to interested parties in its competence, impartiality and
edge or skills, or both, and, where relevant, demonstrated
integrity including the involvement of a “scheme committee” responsible
personal attributes as defined in the certification scheme.
for the development and maintenance of certification schemes. It specifi-
cally requires the certification body to demonstrate that any training and
3.2.6 computer-based testing (CBT, also e-exam, computer-
related activities are independent of the certification process to ensure
ized testing, and computer-administered testing), n—a method
confidentiality and impartiality. ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 addresses the
of administering examinations in which the responses are
financial viability of the organization, the sufficiency and quality of its
electronically recorded, assessed, or both.
staff and any subcontractors, its management system, its maintenance of
records, and its approach to resolution of appeals and complaints. Finally,
3.2.7 evaluation, n—a process that assesses a candidate’s
ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 provides requirements for confidentiality and
fulfillment of the requirements of the scheme leading to a
security of the information obtained in the proces
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