BS EN 15257:2006 – Cathodic protection — Competence levels and certification of cathodic protection personnel
1 Scope
This European Standard defines three competence levels (Annex B) of personnel acting in the field of cathodic protection, including survey, design, installation, testing and maintenance. It specifies a framework of procedures for the training and certification for the personnel to reach and demonstrate the competence levels.
It defines the minimum requirements for certification bodies responsible for this certification.
The procedures for certification of cathodic protection personnel should be in accordance with EN ISO/IEC 17024.
Competence levels and certification schemes apply to each of the following application sectors:
underground and immersed metallic structures;
marine metallic structures;
reinforced concrete structures;
inner surfaces of metallic container structures.
These application sectors are detailed in Annex A.
It is not mandatory for a certification body to establish certification in all application sectors or to all levels of competence.
A certification body may subdivide application sectors and may combine levels of competence. If such subdivision and/or combination are used by the certification body, it should ensure that the certificates discriminate these divided sectors or combined levels from those defined in this standard.
NOTE 1 This European Standard does not incorporate the certification of companies or services.
NOTE 2 This European Standard does not include internal corporate assessment and qualification of personnel.
NOTE 3 Wherever gender specific words such as “his”, “her”, “he” or “she” appears in this standard the other gender is also applicable.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 12473, General principles of cathodic protection in sea water
EN 12474, Cathodic protection for submarine pipelines
EN 12495, Cathodic protection for fixed steel offshore structures
EN 12499, Internal cathodic protection of metallic structures
EN 12696, Cathodic protection of steel in concrete
EN 12954, Cathodic protection of buried or immersed metallic structures – General principles and application for pipelines
EN 13173, Cathodic protection for steel offshore floating structures
EN 13174, Cathodic protection for harbour installations
EN 13509, Cathodic protection measurement techniques
EN 13636, Cathodic protection of buried metallic tanks and related piping
EN 14505, Cathodic protection of complex structures
BS EN 15257:2006 – Cathodic protection — Competence levels and certification of cathodic protection personnel