.Two news concerning AFNOR Compétence Certification in Cathodic Protection – Seawater application sector.

- The Examination Centre established in Brest is enlarged as an international Centre, using both French and English languages. The first examinations to be held in English for Competence Levels 1 and 2 are organized for the second part of 2010 (see the dates hereafter).

- Answering to the request of the specialized companies (SNETI), a new Competence Level is presently prepared: it is named « 1S Seawater » and adapted to professional divers.

The purpose is to propose training and certification for knowledge of Level 1 simplified and adapted to this kind of work. Training and Examination are integrated and will last one week.  The first session is organized from 3 to 7 May 2010.

Before implementing the new Web site of CFPC presently prepared, the registration for the session of “Level 1S Seawater” may be by direct contact with the secretary of CFPC.

The dates of all the sessions organized by the Seawater application sector in 2010 are given at the bottom of this page

For all information:

Training :
Institut de la Corrosion  (M. Dominique Festy)
220 rue Pierre Rivoalon 29200 Brest
Téléphone : 02 98 05 15 52 / Mail : dominique.festy@institut-corrosion.fr

Certification examination :
Conseil Français de la Protection Cathodique (CFPC)    
Téléphone : 01 77 85 20 70 / E Mail : cfpc@cefracor.org    

.The certification delivered by the CFPC as a delegated body of AFNOR Compétence   follows the Statutes of CEFRACOR, the Internal Rules and Quality Manual of CFPC and   complies with the two functional standards:

- EN ISO CEI 17024 : Conformity assessment – General requirements for bodies operating    certification of persons

- EN 15 257 : Competence levels and certification of cathodic protection personnel

.Why certification?

- A guaranty for the end user. More and more specifications require certification of    competence of personnel operating in design and implementation of cathodic protection    systems as well as for their inspection and maintenance.

- An official recognition of the competence of cathodic protection specialists and experts.

.Four competence levels of certification are defined :

- Level 1S : Simple routine measurements in cathodic protection
- Level 1 : Current measurements in cathodic protection
- Level 2 : Study, design, implementation of cathodic protection systems and assessment of    their effectiveness
- Level 3 : Expertise in the field of cathodic protection

.These competence levels may be applied to four application sectors of cathodic   protection:

- Application Sector “Land” (cathodic protection of buried structures)
- Application Sector “Seawater” (cathodic protection of submerged structures)
- Application Sector “Internal surfaces” (cathodic protection of internal surfaces)
- Application Sector “Reinforced Concrete” (cathodic protection of rebars)

.Presently, the following combinations between competence levels and application sectors are  operational:

- Level 1S : Application Sector “Seawater”
- Level 1 et 2 : Application Sector “Land” ” and “Seawater”
- Level 3 : All application sectors