Certifying the inspectors who keep Africa's infrastructure honest.
AFRINDT sets and certifies non-destructive testing standards across Africa, covering ultrasonic, radiographic, magnetic particle, penetrant, eddy current, and visual testing. So the person who signs off on a weld, a pipeline, or a structural beam can be trusted to have actually checked it.
Six ways to see inside a material without opening it up
Every method below answers a different question about what is happening beneath the surface of a weld, casting, or structural component. AFRINDT certifies inspectors across all six.
Ultrasonic Testing
Sound waves travel through a material and reflect off internal flaws, revealing what a weld or casting is hiding without cutting into it.
Radiographic Testing
X-rays or gamma rays pass through the part and expose an image of internal defects, the same principle a hospital scan uses on a bone.
Magnetic Particle Testing
A magnetic field pulls fine iron particles toward surface and near-surface cracks in ferrous metal, making them visible to the eye.
Liquid Penetrant Testing
A dye seeps into cracks too fine to see, then bleeds back out under UV or visible light once the surface is cleaned and developed.
Eddy Current Testing
An induced electrical current maps changes in conductivity caused by cracks, corrosion, or wall thinning, without touching the surface.
Visual Testing
The oldest method, and still the first line of defence: a trained, certified eye, often aided by a borescope or camera.
Integrity, competence, confidence
Three words on our mark, and the standard we hold every certification against.
Integrity
A certification means nothing if it can be purchased or bent for a favoured client. Ours cannot be: the exam is identical for every candidate, and the result is not negotiable.
Competence
Every inspector is tested against the same written and practical standard, at the method and level they are certifying for, with no shortcuts and no grading on a curve.
Confidence
When AFRINDT signs off on an inspector, the engineers, contractors, and regulators relying on that inspection can trust what is underneath it.
How certification works
A straightforward path from application to an active, renewable credential.
Apply
Tell us which method and level you are certifying for, along with your current training or work experience.
Train and assess
Structured training where it is needed, followed by a written and practical exam under supervision.
Certify
Pass, and you are issued a certification tied to your method, level, and a renewal date.
Maintain
Recertify on schedule, with your competence checked again, to keep your credential active.
Verify a certificate
Employers can check that an inspector's AFRINDT certificate is genuine and current, using the certificate number, candidate number or surname.
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Whether you need certified inspectors for a project, or you are an inspector seeking certification, tell us what you are working on.