Corporate NDT Training in Perth

Perth is the offshore-LNG capital of Australia — Woodside, Chevron Australia, Shell Prelude, Inpex Ichthys all run Karratha and Dampier-based corporate NDT training.

Local context. On-site delivery at client facilities in Karratha, Henderson and Kwinana, with theory online and primarily self-paced. ASNT SNT-TC-1A pathway delivered directly; local employers often also require AINDT ISO 9712, sat separately through its own accredited body. Typical learners come from LNG, mining, iron ore, offshore oil & gas employers including Woodside, Chevron Australia, Rio Tinto, BHP, Santos.

Delivery modes. We run three modes: on-site at your Perth facility (theory plus supervised practical), online theory that is primarily self-paced with enrolment open all year, or blended — online theory followed by a practical at your facility. Methods covered include Ultrasonic Testing (UT), Phased Array UT, TOFD, Radiographic Testing (RT), Magnetic Particle (MT), Liquid Penetrant (PT), Eddy Current (ET), Visual Testing (VT), Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL), Acoustic Emission (AE), Guided Wave, and Thermography.

Certification bodies. Atlantis trains and examines to ASNT SNT-TC-1A directly. Local employers here also commonly ask for: AINDT ISO 9712, ASNT, each sat separately through its own accredited body — Atlantis tracks those records alongside the ASNT ones it issues. Batch sizes 6-14. Pricing quoted per person per method-level combination — affordable, accessible, fully customizable.

Typical engagement. Self-paced online theory fits FIFO rosters, and practicals are timed to the client's swing. Pricing quoted per delegate.

Book a Perth corporate batch. Include your headcount, target methods and levels, preferred certification body, and whether you need onsite or online delivery. We reply within one business day, then send a tailored proposal, sample procedures and trainer CVs.

Related services in Perth: NDT training for Perth, Level III consulting, digital twin NDT, NDT ERP.

Practise between sessions

Free practice tests and downloadable question packs show where you stand, and Practical NDT lets you practise scans on a 3D simulator before the practical examination.

Speak to an ASNT NDT Level III

Discuss your inspection requirements with Atlantis NDT. Include the asset, method, location and documents you need reviewed.

Ask about NDT training and practical arrangements

Tell us the methods and levels you need, how many technicians and where they work. We reply within one business day with the delivery options that fit, how the practical at your facility would work, and what your written practice requires.

Request a quote / enrol · Employer-sponsored training · info@atlantisndt.com

Why companies in Perth run training in-house

Sending technicians away to outside courses one at a time is slow, expensive in travel, and produces inconsistent practical experience. On-site corporate training solves all three: the whole crew is qualified together, on your own equipment and specimens, against the written practice they will actually work to. For inspection contractors, the more important effect is on client audits — a cohort trained against one written practice, with documented training hours and on-the-job experience recorded consistently, produces a personnel record that survives scrutiny.

The Perth industrial base

Training in Perth is scoped around the work that exists locally: NW Shelf LNG & offshore gas, mining & mineral processing, subsea engineering, shipyards (Henderson). Employers and asset owners in the area include Woodside Energy, Chevron Australia (Gorgon/Wheatstone), BHP, Rio Tinto, Inpex Ichthys, Austal.

Perth is the operational gateway to Western Australia's LNG mega-projects — Gorgon, Wheatstone, and North West Shelf — as well as major iron ore and mineral processing facilities operated by BHP, Rio Tinto, and Woodside. The combination of offshore FLNG vessels, onshore LNG trains, cryogenic storage, and high-pressure separator vessels creates one of the most technically demanding digital twin environments globally. Remote site locations and expensive logistics make virtual inspection planning through 3D digital twins a critical cost-reduction tool.

What a corporate programme covers

Method-level Level I and Level II training in UT, RT, MT, PT, VT and ET, with practical hours logged against your written practice
Advanced method training — phased array, TOFD, corrosion mapping and guided wave — for crews moving into higher-value scopes
Method training (UT, PAUT, RT, corrosion mapping) for crews supporting API 510/570/653-scoped in-service inspection work
Written practice review and, where required, ASNT Level III examination and certification of your personnel
Client-specific and operator-specific qualification preparation, where the site demands its own approval on top of ASNT or ISO 9712

How delivery works

Programmes run on site at your facility using your own equipment, specimens and procedures, so what is taught matches what the crew will do the following week. Theory can be delivered ahead of the practical block through Atlantis LMS to compress the on-site time, and practical assessment is supervised by an ASNT NDT Level III. Cohort size, sequence and shift pattern are set around your operation rather than a fixed public calendar — including split cohorts for crews on rotation.

What you get at the end

Certification records for each technician per method and level, with examination results, training hours and on-the-job experience documented against the written practice revision in force
Vision examination records aligned to the same currency cycle, which is the single most commonly missed item at client gate checks
A qualification matrix showing which technicians can be dispatched to which scopes, ready to load into your inspection management system
Recommendations on the written practice itself where the training exposes gaps between what it says and what the crew does

Perth is a major Western Australian port with LNG and oil and gas operations. The city's inspection environment includes LNG facilities, marine terminals, and energy infrastructure. Employers here train crews on-site rather than sending technicians away one at a time, qualifying them under ASNT, AINDT.

Operators including Shell Australia, Chevron, Port Authority set the qualification bar their contractors inherit, which is what usually triggers crew training. On-site delivery uses the employer's own equipment and procedures, so the practical is done on the kit the technicians will actually use, and the written practice the training maps to is the employer's own.

Source: ASNT SNT-TC-1A employer certification framework; per-city industrial and compliance research file

Employer-sponsored NDT training in Perth — demand, scheme and delivery
Factor	This market	Why it matters
Sectors driving demand	LNG, Port Operations, Oil & Gas	Determines which methods a crew needs first
Operators setting the bar	Shell Australia, Chevron, Port Authority	Their pre-qualification requirements flow down to contractors
Codes named locally	AS/NZS 3788 in-service inspection of pressure equipment, with hazard levels to AS 4343, AS/NZS ISO 9712:2023 NDT personnel certification through the AINDT NDT Certification Board, NOPSEMA safety case and validation regime for offshore facilities operated out of Perth, Radiological Council of Western Australia licensing under the Radiation Safety Act 1975 (WA), Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA) and WHS (Mines) Regulations	The written practice has to satisfy these, and the training has to match it
Delivery	On-site at the employer's facility · online theory, primarily self-paced, with enrolment open all year · practice in the Practical NDT simulator	The practical examination cannot be done remotely under any recognised scheme
Crew economics	One trainer, one mobilisation, the whole crew certified together	Sending technicians away individually costs more in lost field days than in course fees
What the employer keeps	A written practice, examination records, and technicians certified against it	These are the three an auditor asks for; the training is what makes them true

Why do employers in Perth train NDT crews on-site?

Because the alternative is losing technicians to travel one at a time. One trainer and one mobilisation certifies the whole crew on the employer's own equipment and against the employer's own written practice, and the field days saved usually dominate the course cost. It also means the practical is done on the kit the technicians actually use.

Which certification scheme applies to crew training in Perth?

ASNT, AINDT, ISO 9712. Under employer-based certification the employer writes the practice and a qualified Level III approves it and administers examinations, so the scheme belongs to the employer rather than to the training provider — which is why the training has to be built against the written practice, not a generic syllabus.

What does an employer in Perth need in place before training starts?

A written practice signed by a qualified Level III, the procedures the technicians will work to, and a decision on which methods and levels the crew needs. Firms without a Level III on staff contract one — that is the signing authority the certification depends on, and it cannot be supplied by the training itself.

Can theory be delivered online for a crew in Perth?

Theory yes, practical no. Blended delivery puts the theory hours online on the technicians' own schedule and concentrates the in-person time on the practical, which reduces the days a crew is off the tools. No recognised scheme accepts a remote practical, so the in-person element is fixed however the theory is delivered.

How many technicians make on-site training worth running in Perth?

The economics turn on mobilisation rather than headcount, so a crew of four or more is usually where on-site delivery beats sending people away individually. Smaller groups are often combined across sister sites, or the technicians take the theory online and complete the practical at their own employer's facility.