Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-theart equipment. This course will provide participants the theory lectures and practical training with a preliminary understanding of Acoustic Emission (AE) as per the ASNT Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A for Personnel Qualification and Certification in Nondestructive Testing. Sample Questions for general examinations will be presented in the question booklet C that was obtained from ASNT headquarters. Participants will further demonstrate familiarity with and ability to operate the necessary equipment for AE, record and analyse the resultant information to the degree required as well as test flawed specimen and component and analyse the results of NDT as part of the practical training. At the completion of the course, participants will be appearing for a Level II exam. Each candidate will be a "Certified ASNT NDT Level II in Acoustic Emission Testing" upon successfully passing the examination with a minimum passing composite grade of at least 80 percent (%).This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of acoustic emission testing. It covers the principles, characteristics, materials, deformation and sources; the wave propagation, attenuation, Kaiser & Felicity effects and Felicity ratio; the AE wave using transducing processes, sensors, sensor attachment and sensor utilization; the instrumentation and signal processing; the cables, signal conditioning, signal detection, signal processing and source location techniques; the acoustic emission test systems; and the accessory techniques and advanced signal processing techniques. During this interactive course, participants will learn the acoustic emission test techniques; the factors affecting test equipment selection; the equipment calibration, setting up for test, loading procedures and special test procedures; the data display, noise sources and pre-test identification techniques; the precautions against noise, data interpretation, data evaluation and reports; the codes, standards, procedures and societies covering guide-type standards, standardized/codified acoustic emission test procedures, user-developed test procedures and societies active in acoustic emission; and the applications of acoustic emission testing for laboratory studies (material characterization) and structural applications.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued to participants through Haward’s Portal. This includes Wallet Card Certificates if applicable
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy Training Materials (PDF format) will be issued to participant through the Virtual Training Platform
Training Methodology	:	80% of the program will be theory and 20% will be practical sessions, exercises, case studies, simulators or videos
Training Program	:	The training will be for 4 hours per day starting at 09:30 and ending at 13:30
H-STK Smart Training Kit	:	Not Applicable
Hands-on Practical Workshops	:	Not Applicable
Site Visit	:	Not Applicable
Simulators	:	Only software simulators will be used in the virtual courses. Hardware simulators are not applicable and will not be used in Virtual Training