ASTM D4286-08(2021)

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation:D4286 −08 (Reapproved 2021)
Standard Practice for
Determining Coating Contractor Qualifications for Nuclear
Powered Electric Generation Facilities
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D4286; 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 mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
1.1 This practice provides a criteria guide and procedural
method to assist utility owners, architects, engineers,
2. Referenced Documents
constructors, and other selection agencies in determining the
2.1 ASTM Standards:
overall qualifications of a coating contractor to execute coating
D3843 Practice for Quality Assurance for Protective Coat-
work for the primary containment and other safety-related
ings Applied to Nuclear Facilities
facilities of light-water nuclear power plants.
D4537 Guide for Establishing Procedures to Qualify and
1.2 The qualification criteria and requirements address the
Certify Personnel Performing Coating and Lining Work
essential basic capability of a contractor to execute nuclear
Inspection in Nuclear Facilities
coating work. Obviously, the specific capability to execute 3
2.2 American National Standards:
those requirements unique to a given project must also be
N 45.2.6 Qualifications of Inspection, Examination, and
carefully considered. The evaluation procedure contained in
Testing Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants
this practice is designed to be adaptive to this detailed final
NQA-1 Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facil-
qualification process.Variation or simplification of the practice
ity Applications
is appropriate for non safety-related areas of nuclear power
2.3 Other Standard:
plants, fossil fueled facilities, and other industrial projects.
10 CFR 50Appendix B Nuclear RegulatoryAgency, Quality
Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants
1.3 The overall capability of a contractor to successfully
execute the varied and complex requirements of nuclear
3. Personnel
coating work is dependent upon competency in a variety of
essential categories. 3.1 Home Offıce Management and Staff—Resumes of the
following types of personnel including educational
1.4 The nine evaluation categories described in Sections3–
background, duration and degree of involvement in industrial
12 detail the specific data to be provided by the contractor as
coating operations, qualifications, registrations, certifications,
essentialtodeterminingqualificationstatus.Inaddition,atenth
and specific experience in nuclear coating work.
untitled category has been provided on the evaluation work
3.1.1 Principals and General Management.
described in Section 12 for inclusion of other information
3.1.2 Engineering Manager.
pertinent to a specific project.
3.1.3 Project Engineers—List specific nuclear coating work
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
project involvement.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.1.4 QA/QC Manager—List specific qualification/
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
certificationcredentialsperANSIN45.2.6,orGuideD4537,or
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
NQA-1.
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
3.2 General Field or Shop Supervision—Resumes to in-
1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-
clude specific nuclear coatings work experience.
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom- For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D33 on Protective the ASTM website.
Coating and Lining Work for Power Generation Facilities and is the direct Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
responsibility of Subcommittee D33.05 on Application and Surface Preparation. 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2021. Published February 2021. Originally AvailablefromU.S.GovernmentPrintingOfficeSuperintendentofDocuments,
approved in 1984. Last previous edition approved in 2015 as D4286 – 08 (2015). 732 N. Capitol St., NW, Mail Stop: SDE, Washington, DC 20401, http://
DOI: 10.1520/D4286-08R21. www.access.gpo.gov.
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D4286−08 (2021)
3.3 On-Site or In-Shop Project Supervision: 6.2.2 LEVEL II Inspector, and
3.3.1 Total number of personnel qualified for nuclear coat- 6.2.3 LEVEL I Inspector.
ings work, including specific work history.
7. Training
3.3.2 Total number available in a specific time frame, if
appropriate.
7.1 Submit training manual for craft and supervisory per-
sonnel. If no formal training program exists, the contractor
4. Contractor Work Experience
shall submit evidence of procedures and methods utilized.
4.1 General Experience—List of comparable industrial
8. Safety
projects, including type (construction or maintenance), form of
contract, dollar volume, scope, and duration (start and comple-
8.1 Submit copy of corporate safety program. If no formal
tion
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