ASTM D4537-12

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Designation: D4537 − 12
Standard Guide for
Establishing Procedures to Qualify and Certify Personnel
Performing Coating and Lining Work Inspection in Nuclear
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Facilities
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D4537; 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 Lining Work for Power Generation Facilities
D5144 Guide for Use of Protective Coating Standards in
1.1 This guide delineates the requirements for development
Nuclear Power Plants
of procedures for the qualification and certification of person-
D5498 Guide for Developing a Training Program for Per-
nel who perform inspection of coating and lining work.
sonnel Performing Coating and Lining Work Inspection
Establishment of qualification requirements to verify confor-
for Nuclear Facilities
mance to specified requirements for nuclear facility coating
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2.2 ANSI/ASME Standards:
and lining work is necessary to assure satisfactory performance
ANSI/ASME N45.2.6 Qualifications of Inspection,
of the inspections and to avoid compromising safety-related
Examination, and Testing Personnel for Nuclear Power
coating systems.
Plants
1.2 The intent of this guide is to provide a uniform inter-
ANSI/ASME NQA-1 Quality Assurance Program Require-
pretation of the requirements in ANSI/ASME N45.2.6 or
ments for Nuclear Facilities
ANSI/ASME NQA-1 as applicable, for the inspection of
coating and lining work in nuclear facilities.
3. Terminology
1.3 It is the intent of this guide to provide a recommended
3.1 Definitions—Definitions for use with this standard are
basis for qualification and certification, not to mandate a
shown in Terminology D4538 or other applicable standards.
singular basis for all qualifications. Variations or simplifica-
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
tions of the qualifications described in this guide may be
3.2.1 certification, n—written documentation of qualifica-
appropriate for special coating and lining work other than
tion.
safety-related coating and lining systems. Similarly, the quali-
3.2.2 coating and lining work inspection, n—a phase of
ficationandcertificationprocessmightbeabbreviatedforwork
quality control that, by means of examination, observation, or
of minor scope such as touch-up.
measurement, determines the conformance of safety-related
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
coating or lining system applications to predetermined quality
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
requirements.Theterminspectionasusedinthisstandardshall
responsibility of whoever uses this standard to consult and
be understood to mean coating and lining work inspection.
establish appropriate safety and health practices and deter-
3.2.3 Level I, II, and III inspection, n—indicativeofthetime
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
in grade classification for personnel who perform coating and
lining work inspection. Each level reflects progressive experi-
2. Referenced Documents
ence and responsibility. This term is separate from and differs
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
distinctly from Coating Service Levels. The latter term reflects
D4538 Terminology Relating to Protective Coating and
differing locations throughout a nuclear plant where safety-
related and other coatings are found. (See Terminology section
of Guide D5144 for definitions of Coating Service Levels I, II,
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D33 on Protective
and III.)
Coating and Lining Work for Power Generation Facilities and is the direct
responsibility of Subcommittee D33.04 on Quality Systems and Inspection.
3.2.4 personnel performing coating work inspection,
Current edition approved March 1, 2012. Published March 2012. Originally
n—individuals whose job functions include but are not neces-
approved in 1986. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as D4537 – 04a. DOI:
sarily limited to coating and lining work inspection.
10.1520/D4537-12.
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