Certification of persons in welding and NDT

The Certification Body for certification of persons in welding and NDT at PRVÁ ZVÁRAČSKÁ, a. s. Bratislava, Slovakia has been accredited by the Slovak Accreditation Service (SNAS) according to STN EN ISO/IEC 17024:2013,  certificate on accreditation No. O-006 and authorized by the Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing (UNMS) and the European Commission under number NO 2408 for the approval of personnel for the manufacture and inspection of permanent welds according to Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and Government Regulation no. 1/2016 Coll., Annex I, point. 3.1.2 and 3.1.3.

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Scope of accreditation:
  • certification of persons in welding
    • welding specialists
      • International welding engineer (issued according to STN EN ISO 14731:2019)
      • International welding technologist (issued according to STN EN ISO 14731:2019)
      • International welding technologist of Thermoplastics (issued according to TNI CEN/TR 16862:2017)
      • International welding specialist (issued according to STN EN ISO 14731:2019)
      • International welding inspector (issued according to internal scheme CS-05-ZV)
      • Welding instructor (issued according to internal scheme CS-04-ZV)
    •  welders, welding operators and brazers
      • welder with certificate (issued according to STN EN ISO 9606-1,-2,-3,-4,-5, STN EN 12732:2022, Guideline AD 2000 – Merkblatt HP3:2014)
      • welder-operator/resistance welding adjuster (issued according to STN EN ISO 14732:2014)
      • international welder of thermoplastics (issued according to STN EN 13067:2021)
      • brazer/brazing operators with certificate (issued according to STN EN ISO 13585:2012)
    • approval of personnel for the area of making permanent joints according to the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council 2014/68/EU and the Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic no. 1/2016 Coll., Annex I, point. 3.1.2
  • certification of persons in non-destructive testing according to STN EN ISO 9712:2022
    • ET - eddy current testing
    • LT-P,LT-TG - leak testing
    • MT - magnetic particle testing
    • PT - penetrant testing
    • RT - radiographic testing
    • RT-FI - evaluation of radiograms
    • UT - ultrasonic testing
    • UT-T - ultrasonic thickness testing
    • VT - visual testing
    • VT-ThP - visual testing of weld joints of thermoplastic materials
    • approval of personnel for the area of making permanent joints according to the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council 2014/68/EU and the Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic no. 1/2016 Coll., Annex I, point. 3.1.3
  • Technician of corrosion and protection of surface according to scheme CS-22-TK
 
Scope of non-accredited activities performed by COPZ under the heading of the Examination organization no. 10:
  • qualification of welders and trained welder workers according to STN 05 0705:2019
  • testing of welders from legislation during welding according to the pack of standards STN 05 06xx
  • qualification of Authorized Welding Technologists according to guideline SPZ-SO-2
  • certification of International welding practitioners
Statement of the management of PZ, a. s.
The company's management has committed itself to creating all conditions for the continuous fulfillment of accreditation criteria according to STN EN ISO/IEC 17024:2013, guaranteeing the creation of conditions for impartial and credible certification activities and will not affect the certification results in any way.
 
 
List of forms for the welding area

Application for the issue / renewal of a certificate for welding specialists

T53-COPZ-2020-1

Information on the activities of senior welding personnel for the year

T100-COPZ-2020-1

Application for registration of foreign qualifications on the ID card PZ, a. with.

T204-COPZ-2019-3

ID card issuance request
 
List of forms for NDT and TK area

Application form for the issue / renewal of an NDT certificate

T55-COPZ-2023-1_en

Visual abilities for the purpose of NDT certification

T60-COPZ-2020-1_en

Information on NDT activities

T88-COPZ-2023-1_en

Structured credit systen of NDT
 
Contacts persons:
Ing. Eva Gubóová, tel.: 02/68262 203, guboova.eva@pzvar.sk, head of COPZ
Mgr. Katarína Fabianová, tel.: 02/68262 224, fabianova.katarina@pzvar.sk certification worker for welding specialists and NDT
Gabriela Korčáková, tel.: 02/68262 211, korcakova.gabriela@pzvar.sk, certification worker for the area of certification of welders, welding operators, brazers/brazing operators and for the area of qualification according to STN 05 0705 and group of standards STN 05 06xx