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Pressure Equipment Design Verification: Either To Satisfy The National Generic Competency
Pressure Equipment Design Verification: Either To Satisfy The National Generic Competency
4.3 Registration in the specific area of practice 4.3.5. You must have your documents reviewed by
an experienced professional engineer and
4.3.1. You must provide a statement summarising
endorsed as being a true representation of your
recent responsibilities for the design
work as a design verifier. Please ask your
verification of pressure equipment.
Referee to complete the statement provided on
Experience with design of pressure equipment
the NPER application form.
can also be included in your statement and
will be taken into account when assessing 4.3.6. Include with your application the names and
design verification competencies. contact details of three people who can
substantiate your involvement in design
4.3.2. Your statement of experience must clearly
verification. Your Referee may be one of
show that you have the competencies listed in
these.
section 3 above and a working knowledge of
the practice of design verification, including 4.3.7. Finally, you must complete and sign an
any requirements for installation, maintenance application for certification as a pressure
and inspection and reliability of appropriate equipment design verifier.
pressure relief systems and support structures.
5. Assessment
4.3.3. You must submit at least one example of
design verification from each category of Your application, CV (statement of recent
equipment selected from section 2.3 and a responsibilities) and examples of completed design
total of at least two examples (e.g. two vessels verifications will be analysed for evidence that you
or one vessel and one pipe). Include, for each have exercised the competencies of a pressure
example, the design verification calculation, equipment design verifier. An Assessment Panel will
the main drawing (A4 or A3 size) and the examine the submitted examples and review your
certificate of design verification provided. statement of experience. Where competency is not
Where you have used computer programs, you evident, your application will be returned to you for
must provide the design input, design printout further work and substantiation.
and a summary of the assumptions and If your application is made in accordance with
limitations of the computer modelling sections 4.2.2 or 4.2.3, the assessment will be based
techniques used. Your examples must show a on the National Generic Engineering Competency
systematic approach to design verification and Standards and will normally include a professional
your capacity to question the material supplied interview conducted by an assessment panel having
by the designer and to understand what is expertise in pressure equipment design verification.
important to safety. At the discretion of the Assessment Panel,
4.3.4. Where new equipment or a new material has interviews may also be conducted if the applicant is
been encountered, you must show how already a Chartered Member or registered in a
additional specialised competencies have been general area of practice.
gained to suit the specific case. A CPD The interview enables a quality assurance check of
Information and Record Sheet should be used the educational and professional experience detailed
to submit records of relevant continuing in your application and may include some technical
professional development. questions on the examples you submitted.
If applying for registration in this area on NPER, attach this form to the NPER application form (Section 4.2.1 & 4.2.2).
If applying for registration in this area on NETR, attach this form to the form in the handbook (see Section 4.2.3).
All applicants must provide a summary of their Statement of Experience in PE1.
PE1. Demonstrated Responsibility in Pressure Equipment Design Verification
I have provided professional services, independently or under general direction, in pressure equipment design or
design verification in the following positions:
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[Provide, in your statement of experience, dates and a list of responsibilities accepted and functions performed for these positions]
This summary of my involvement in pressure equipment design verification and the details reported in my CV and/or
statement of experience are correct. Examples of design verifications or published papers, submitted in support of
my application, are my own work. While I am registered on NPER or NETR or a member of IEAust, I remain
subject to the Code of Ethics and IEAust Disciplinary Regulations in respect of my actions as a design verifier. I
agree to offer services as a design verifier only in categories of equipment for which I am approved.
Signed . Date //
Notes
1. If you are applying for certification as a Design Verifier along with your application for registration in a general
area of practice, you should pay only one administration fee.
2. You have to pay only one annual fee for NPER or NETR.
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5. Administrative compliance
Design Verifiers practise in the pressure equipment industry in various jurisdictions in Australia, New Zealand and
elsewhere, and are expected to conform to regulatory requirements pertaining to organisational structure and
insurance in the jurisdictions of their practice and of the place of installation of the pressure equipment. Certificates
of Design Verification must conform to the National Plant Guideline unless required to do otherwise by regulations
in the relevant jurisdiction.
Design Verifiers registered on NPER and NETR must submit for recertification on a three-year cycle. You may be
required to submit a list of Certificates of Design Verification issued during each period.