CEN ISO/TS 24283-1:2022

Geotechnical investigation and testing - Qualification criteria and assessment - Part 1: Qualified technician and qualified operator (ISO/TS 24283-1:2022)

This document specifies the qualification criteria for a person performing sampling, testing, measuring, monitoring and installation of equipment (e.g. piezometers, borehole heat exchangers, inclinometers and extensometers) in the framework of geotechnical investigation.

Geotechnische Erkundung und Untersuchung - Qualifikationskriterien und Bewertung - Teil 1: Fachkraft (ISO/TS 24283-1:2022)

Dieses Dokument legt die Qualifikationskriterien für eine Person fest, die Probenahmen, Prüfungen, Messungen, das Monitoring und den Einbau von Ausrüstungen (z. B. Piezometer, Erdwärmesonden, Inklinometer und Extensometer) im Rahmen geotechnischer Erkundungen ausführt.

Reconnaissance et essais géotechniques - Critères de qualification et évaluation - Partie 1 : Technicien et opérateur qualifié (ISO/TS 24283-1:2022)

Geotehnično preiskovanje in preskušanje - Kvalifikacijska merila in ocenjevanje - 1. del: Usposobljen tehnik in usposobljen upravljavec (ISO/TS 24283-1:2022)

Ta dokument določa kvalifikacijska merila za osebe, ki izvajajo vzorčenje, preskušanje, merjenje, nadzorovanje in nameščanje opreme (npr. piezometrov, izmenjevalnikov toplote v vrtinah, klinometrov in ekstenzometrov) v okviru geotehničnega preiskovanja.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 18-Jan-2022
• ICS: 03.100.30 - Management of human resources
• ICS: 93.020 - Earthworks. Excavations. Foundation construction. Underground works
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 341 - Geotechnical Investigation and Testing
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 341 - Geotechnical Investigation and Testing
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 19-Jan-2022
• Completion Date: 19-Jan-2022
• Ref Project: SIST-TS CEN ISO/TS 24283-1:2022 - Geotechnical investigation and testing - Qualification criteria and assessment - Part 1: Qualified technician and qualified operator (ISO/TS 24283-1:2022)

Overview

CEN ISO/TS 24283-1:2022 - Geotechnical investigation and testing - Part 1: Qualified technician and qualified operator - specifies qualification criteria and assessment guidance for people who perform sampling, field and laboratory testing, measuring, monitoring and installation of downhole equipment (e.g. piezometers, borehole heat exchangers, inclinometers and extensometers) within geotechnical ground investigations. It is the first part of the ISO 24283 series and was adopted by CEN for provisional application in 2022.

Key topics and requirements

• Scope of competence: defines the documented competence expected of a qualified technician/operator to carry out identification and description of soil and rock, sampling, laboratory and field testing, monitoring and equipment installation.
• Core knowledge areas:
  • Purpose of geotechnical ground investigation and basic geological, soil/rock and hydrogeological principles.
  • Preparation and maintenance of records according to the relevant standards.
  • Health, safety and environmental regulations applicable to field and lab work.
  • Functioning, safe operation, maintenance and field checks of geotechnical equipment.
  • Relevant elements of quality management systems.
• Experience and training:
  • Specifies minimum work experience for many common field and laboratory tasks (see Annex A, Tables A.1/A.2) - e.g., familiarity with cone penetration, penetration tests, dilatometers, permeability and routine soil laboratory tests.
  • Allows admission to assessment on the basis of completed vocational training plus relevant experience, or on experience alone for some roles.
• Assessment guidance:
  • Annex A provides guidance on assessment and re-assessment procedures, prerequisites for assessment (minimum age 18, language competence, vocational training or documented experience) and recommended training preparation (Annex B).
  • The document supports declarations of conformity by contractors, clients or third-party conformity assessment bodies.

Practical applications and users

• Intended for organizations and individuals involved in geotechnical site investigation, including:
  • Field technicians and operators performing in-situ tests, monitoring and instrument installation.
  • Laboratory technicians preparing and conducting routine geotechnical tests.
  • Employers, training providers and certification/assessment bodies who need objective qualification criteria.
• Typical uses:
  • Defining job specifications and training curricula for geotechnical crews.
  • Structuring competency assessments and certification schemes.
  • Supporting quality assurance, health & safety and procurement criteria for geotechnical contracts.

Related standards

• The specification references and aligns with many established geotechnical standards used to define task-specific competence, including (but not limited to):
  • ISO 14688, ISO 14689 (soil/rock identification and description)
  • ISO 22475 (sampling)
  • ISO 22476 series (in-situ testing: CPT, SPT, dilatometers, pressuremeters, etc.)
  • ISO 17892 series (soil laboratory testing)
  • ISO 18674 series and ISO 22282 series (groundwater, instrumentation and permeability tests)
• Part of the ISO 24283 series (Part 2: Responsible expert; Part 3: Qualified enterprise).

Keywords: geotechnical investigation, qualified technician, qualified operator, ISO/TS 24283-1:2022, qualification criteria, assessment, sampling, field testing, monitoring, piezometers, inclinometers, extensometers, borehole heat exchanger.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2022
Geotehnično preiskovanje in preskušanje - Kvalifikacijska merila in ocenjevanje -
1. del: Usposobljen tehnik in usposobljen upravljavec (ISO/TS 24283-1:2022)
Geotechnical investigation and testing - Qualification criteria and assessment - Part 1:
Qualified technician and qualified operator (ISO/TS 24283-1:2022)
Geotechnische Erkundung und Untersuchung - Qualifikationskriterien - Teil 1:
Qualifizierter Techniker und Bediener (ISO/TS 24283-1:2022)
Reconnaissance et essais géotechniques - Critères de qualification et évaluation - Partie
1 : Technicien et opérateur qualifié (ISO/TS 24283-1:2022)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN ISO/TS 24283-1:2022
ICS:
03.100.30 Vodenje ljudi Management of human
resources
93.020 Zemeljska dela. Izkopavanja. Earthworks. Excavations.
Gradnja temeljev. Dela pod Foundation construction.
zemljo Underground works
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

CEN ISO/TS 24283-1
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
January 2022
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
ICS 03.100.30; 93.020
English Version
Geotechnical investigation and testing - Qualification
criteria and assessment - Part 1: Qualified technician and
qualified operator (ISO/TS 24283-1:2022)
Reconnaissance et essais géotechniques - Critères de Geotechnische Erkundung und Untersuchung -
qualification et évaluation - Partie 1 : Technicien et Qualifikationskriterien - Teil 1: Qualifizierter
opérateur qualifié (ISO/TS 24283-1:2022) Techniker und Bediener (ISO/TS 24283-1:2022)
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 24 December 2021 for provisional application.

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European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (CEN ISO/TS 24283-1:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 182
"Geotechnics" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 341 “Geotechnical Investigation and
Testing” the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
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North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO/TS 24283-1:2022 has been approved by CEN as CEN ISO/TS 24283-1:2022 without any
modification.
TECHNICAL ISO/TS
SPECIFICATION 24283-1
First edition
2022-01
Geotechnical investigation and
testing — Qualification criteria and
assessment —
Part 1:
Qualified technician and qualified
operator
Reconnaissance et essais géotechniques - Critères de qualification et
évaluation —
Partie 1: Technicien et opérateur qualifié
Reference number
ISO/TS 24283-1:2022(E)
ISO/TS 24283-1:2022(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 1
4  Qualification criteria . .1
Annex A (informative) Assessment and re-assessment of qualified technicians and
operators . 3
Annex B (informative) Training course and preparation for the assessment .9
Bibliography .17
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 182, Geotechnics, in collaboration with
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Introduction
The ISO 24283 series specifies the qualification criteria for geotechnical investigation and testing and
has three parts:
— Part 1: Qualified technician and qualified operator
— Part 2: Responsible expert
— Part 3: Qualified enterprise
The fulfilment of the technical criteria by the enterprise or the individual can be proven by:
a) a declaration of conformity by a contractor (first party control);
b) a declaration of conformity by a client (second party control);
c) a declaration of conformity by a conformity assessment body (third party control).
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Geotechnical investigation and testing — Qualification
criteria and assessment —
Part 1:
Qualified technician and qualified operator
1 Scope
This document specifies the qualification criteria for a person performing sampling, testing, measuring,
monitoring and installation of equipment (e.g. piezometers, borehole heat exchangers, inclinometers
and extensometers) in the framework of geotechnical investigation.
2  Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3  Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
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3.1
qualified technician
qualified operator
person who has documented competence to perform specified parts of identification and description
of soil and rock sampling, laboratory and field testing, measuring, monitoring and installation of
equipment
3.2
vocational training
on-the-job or work place training
4  Qualification criteria
The qualified technician and qualified operator should have documented competence regarding the
following:
a) basic knowledge of the purpose of geotechnical ground investigation, of geological, soil and rock
properties and hydrogeological principles as relevant for the respective standard;
b) specified parts of identification and description of soil and rock, sampling, laboratory and field
testing, measuring, monitoring and installation of any equipment in boreholes (e.g. piezometers,
borehole heat exchangers, inclinometers and extensometers) according to the relevant standard
(see Bibliography) in the framework of geotechnical investigation;
c) relevant work experience (e.g. see Table A.1 or Table A.2);
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d) preparation of records according to the relevant standard (see Bibliography);
e) the relevant health, safety and environmental regulations;
f) the functioning, safe operation and maintenance of the equipment (including field checks);
g) the relevant part of quality management system.
Assessment and re-assessment of qualified technicians should be carried out in accordance with
Annex A.
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Annex A
(informative)
Assessment and re-assessment of qualified technicians and
operators
A.1 General
This annex gives guidelines and recommendations for an assessment body in addition to ISO/IEC 17024.
A.2 Prerequisites for admission to assessment
The prerequisites for admission to the qualification assessment should be:
— minimum age at the time of the assessment: 18 years;
— sufficient knowledge of the assessment language;
— completed vocational training of a relevant subject and proof of suitable work experience (see
Table A.1) in an enterprise that performs specified parts of identification and description of soil
and rock, sampling, laboratory and field testing, measuring, monitoring and/or installation of
equipment in boreholes; or
proof of suitable work experience (see Table A.2) in an enterprise that performs specified parts of
sampling, laboratory and field testing, measuring, monitoring and/or installation of equipment in
boreholes according to the relevant standards;
— documented formal training in preparation of the assessment (see Annex B).
Table A.1 — Requirements concerning the work experience for a qualified technician and
operator for field testing with a completed vocational training of a relevant subject
Subject Relevant standard Minimum
years of rel-
evant work
experience
Identification and description of soil and rock ISO 14688-1 and ISO 14689 1
Geothermal response test ISO 17628 1
Installation of a geothermal heat exchanger ISO 17628 1
Extensometer measurements ISO 18674-2 1
Installation of extensometers ISO 18674-2 1
Inclinometer measurements ISO 18674-3 1
Installation of inclinometers ISO 18674-3 1
Groundwater measurements in open systems ISO 18674-4 1
Groundwater measurements in closed systems ISO 18674-4 1
Installation of piezometers (open systems) ISO 18674-4 1
Installation of piezometers (closed systems) ISO 18674-4 2
Water permeability tests in a borehole ISO 22282-2 1
using open systems
NOTE This list can be expanded by national standards.
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Table A.1 (continued)
Subject Relevant standard Minimum
years of rel-
evant work
experience
Water pressure tests ISO 22282-3 1
Pumping tests ISO 22282-4 1
Infiltrometer tests ISO 22282-5 1
Water permeability tests in a borehole ISO 22282-6 2
using closed systems
Sampling in soil (sampling categories A to C) ISO 22475 2
Sampling in soil (sampling categories C to E) ISO 22475 1
Sampling in soil (sampling category E) ISO 22475 1
Sampling in rock (sampling categories A to C) ISO 22475 2
Sampling in rock (sampling categories C to E) ISO 22475 1
Sampling in rock (sampling category E) ISO 22475 1
Electric cone penetration tests ISO 22476-1 1
Dynamic probing ISO 22476-2 1
Standard penetration test ISO 22476-3 1
Ménard pressuremeter test ISO 22476-4 1
Flexible dilatometer test ISO 22476-5 1
Self-boring pressuremeter test ISO 22476-6 1
Borehole jack test ISO 22476-7 1
Full displacement dilatometer ISO 22476-8 1
Field vane test ISO 22476-9 1
Weight sounding test ISO 22476-10 1
Flat dilatometer test ISO 22476-11 1
Mechanical cone penetration test ISO 22476-12 1
Borehole dynamic probing ISO 22476-14 1
Measuring while drilling ISO 22476-15 1
NOTE This list can be expanded by national standards.
Table A.2 — Requirements concerning the work experience for a laboratory qualified
technician and operator with a completed vocational training of a relevant subject
Subject Relevant standard Minimum
years of rel-
evant work
experience
Soil testing
Understanding of the basis for lab testing To be determined 1
Preparation of samples To be determined 1
Recognition of sample disturbance To be determined and ISO 22475 1
Identification and description of soil and rock ISO 14688-1 and ISO 14689 1
Water content test ISO 17892-1 1
NOTE 1 This table does not attempt to list all of the specialist soil and rock tests that are performed less regularly than the
routine tests given in the table.
NOTE 2 This list can however be expanded by national standards to reflect the types of tests undertaken in different
countries.
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Table A.2 (continued)
Subject Relevant standard Minimum
years of rel-
evant work
...