1、October 2015English price group 10No part of this translation may be reproduced without prior permission ofDIN Deutsches Institut fr Normung e. V., Berlin. Beuth Verlag GmbH, 10772 Berlin, Germany,has the exclusive right of sale for German Standards (DIN-Normen).ICS 03.100.30; 11.040.70; 19.100!%FmJ
2、“2357439www.din.deDIN EN ISO 18490Nondestructive Testing Evaluation of vision acuity of NDT personnel (ISO 18490:2015);English version EN ISO 18490:2015,English translation of DIN EN ISO 18490:2015-10Zerstrungsfreie Prfung Bestimmung der Sehfhigkeit von ZfPPersonal (ISO 18490:2015);Englische Fassung
3、 EN ISO 18490:2015,Englische bersetzung von DIN EN ISO 18490:2015-10Essais non destructifs Evaluation de lacuit visuelle du personnel END (ISO 18490:2015);Version anglaise EN ISO 18490:2015,Traduction anglaise de DIN EN ISO 18490:2015-10www.beuth.deDTranslation by DIN-Sprachendienst.In case of doubt
4、, the German-language original shall be considered authoritative.Document comprises 14 pages09.15 DIN EN ISO 18490:2015-10 2 A comma is used as the decimal marker. National foreword This document (EN ISO 18490:2015) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 138 “Non-destructive testing” (Secre
5、tariat: AFNOR, France) in collaboration with Technical Committee ISO/TC 135 “Non-destructive testing“. The responsible German body involved in its preparation was the DIN-Normenausschuss Materialprfung (DIN Standards Committee Materials Testing), Working Committee NA 062-08-21 AA Qualifizierung und
6、Zertifizierung von Personal der zerstrungsfreien Prfung. The DIN Standards corresponding to the International Standards referred to in this document are as follows: ISO 9712 DIN EN ISO 9712 National Annex NA(informative) Bibliography DIN EN ISO 9712, Non-destructive testing Qualification and certifi
7、cation of NDT personnel EN ISO 18490June 2015ICS 03.100.30; 11.040.70; 19.100 English VersionNon-destructive T esting - E valuation of vision acuity of NDTpersonnel (ISO 18490:2015)Essais non destructifs - Evaluation de lacuit visuelle du personnel END (ISO 18490:2015) Zerstrungsfreie Prfung - Besti
8、mmung der Sehfhigkeitvon ZfP-Personal (ISO 18490:2015)This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 March 2015. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any
9、alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language
10、 made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, E
11、stonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey andUnited Kingdom. CEN-CENELEC Management Ce
12、ntre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2015 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN ISO 18490:2015 EEUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNGEUROPEAN STANDARDNORME E
13、UROPENNEEUROPISCHE NORMContents Page Foreword .3 Introduction .4 1 Scope .5 2 Normative references5 3 Terms and definitions .5 4 Chart print quality 5 5 Health and safety 6 6 Personnel administering the test .6 7 Test charts .6 8 Test procedure.6 8.1 General 6 8.2 Illumination level . 6 8.3 Eye to c
14、hart distance . 7 8.4 Eyewear 7 8.5 Candidates responses 7 8.6 The test . 7 9 Acceptance level 7 Annex A (normative) Format and size of the optotypes 8 Annex B (normative) Spacing of the optotypes 11 Annex C (informative) Example test chart (Not to scale) . 12 2DIN EN ISO 18490:2015-10 EN ISO 18490:
15、2015 (E) 3DIN EN ISO 18490:2015-10EN ISO 18490:2015 (E)Foreword This document (EN ISO 18490:2015) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 138 “Non-destructive testing”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR, in collaboration with Technical Committee ISO/TC 135 “Non-destructive testing”.
16、This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2015, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2015. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some
17、 of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to imple
18、ment this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
19、 Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Endorsement notice The text of ISO 18490:2015 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 18490:2015 without any modification. IntroductionStandards for NDT Personnel qualification and certification require that the visual acuity
20、 of inspection personnel is verified as being appropriate to their function. By meeting the near vision acuity level defined in this International Standard, such requirements of ISO 9712 and EN 4179 will be met. The purpose of this International Standard is to provide a detailed, standardised proced
21、ure for the evaluation of near vision acuity for such personnel under defined lighting conditions.The test is not medical in nature and is intended to objectively ensure adequate near vision perception without reliance on reading ability or text identification. Because it is extremely difficult to d
22、emonstrate any equivalency in near vision tests, this International Standard has been prepared in order that an international system may be used without any need to demonstrate equivalence and is the recommended method of determining near vision acuity for NDT Personnel.4DIN EN ISO 18490:2015-10 EN
23、ISO 18490:2015 (E) 1 ScopeThis International Standard specifies the form of the optotype, the quality requirements for the chart, the test procedure, and the acceptance level for near vision acuity of NDT personnel. It also addresses the qualification requirements for personnel permitted to carry ou
24、t the test.This International Standard only addresses near vision acuity under defined conditions similar to those encountered during routine NDT inspection. It does not address an individuals overall visual acuity and users are advised to consider the need for a general eye examination by specialis
25、t medical personnel to ensure general vision acuity is appropriate for job function.This International Standard does not address colour vision requirements.2 Normative referencesThe following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its ap
26、plication. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.ISO 9712, Non-destructive testing Qualification and certification of NDT personnelEN 41791)Aerospace series Qualification and appr
27、oval of personnel for non-destructive testing3 Terms and definitionsFor the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 9712 and EN 4179 and the following apply.3.1optotypeE shaped character of defined proportions and of various sizes that are used to verify near vision acuity3
28、.2eyewearany form of lens or protective transparent material placed or used between the human eye and the work piece during routine NDT inspection operations4 Chart print qualityIt is recognized that charts produced locally will have varying print quality and resolution. The chart design, including
29、the two separate blocks of characters, and the procedure has been developed to ensure that meeting the defined level will demonstrate compliance. Failure to meet the defined level of acuity, in some cases, may be due to the quality of the test chart produced. Care should be exercised to ensure that
30、the quality of the test chart is appropriate and where personnel fail to meet the required level, the quality of the chart should be reviewed before declaring that an individual has inadequate near vision.1) Under a Memorandum of Understanding, this is identical to NAS 410: Certification and Qualifi
31、cation of Non destructive Test Personnel.5DIN EN ISO 18490:2015-10EN ISO 18490:2015 (E)5 Health and safetyCare shall be exercised when measuring or verifying the eye to chart distances.6 Personnel administering the testPersonnel administering the near vision acuity test shall be trained and familiar
32、 with the requirements before administering this test and be designated by a Level 3. Such designation (including Level 3 self-designation) shall be made in writing and form as part of the formal records for that individual.Medical personnel including optometrists are not exempt from this requiremen
33、t.7 Test chartsTest charts shall be prepared in accordance with this International Standard. Charts shall be printed in black ink on white paper of an adequate quality and using equipment that ensures the print quality is suitable for the purpose. Charts shall be printed in black ink on white paper
34、using equipment that ensures the print quality is suitable for the purpose. The printing equipment and the paper used shall be of an adequate quality for the purpose. This shall be verified practically by using magnification. The two blocks of optotypes (see Annex A) have been developed to accommoda
35、te the different types of printing equipment commonly encountered. The block which prints best shall be used. This can be determined under good lighting conditions using approximately 10 magnification. Inspect lines 9 and 10 and verify that the lines forming the limbs of the E characters on line 9 a
36、re all continuous and of an even appearance. There shall not be any spread of the print material such that the gaps between the limbs are not visible. Line 10 characters may not all be perfectly formed due to the very small size and since it is not necessary to distinguish this line for compliance,
37、the quality of this line does not form part of the acceptance criteria for the chart. It is, however, required that the overall shape of each optotype shall be discernible under magnification with the limbs and gaps being evident.The size of the optotype is important and the prepared charts include
38、size verification marks. Printed charts shall be verified to be the correct size by measurement. The annotated 250 mm distance between the defined marks shall be measured and shall not be less than 245 mm nor be more than 255 mm. Printing errors could affect vertical and horizontal scaling different
39、ly; therefore, before use, it shall be verified that the basic shape of the individual optotype characters is square. This may be verified on the larger characters.Prepared charts shall comprise two blocks each having 10 lines of 5 optotypes. The height of each line, h, in mm, shall be as shown in T
40、able A.1 and the spacing of the optotypes shall be as shown in Annex B. Each individual optotype shall be randomly orientated by rotating by a multiple of 90. There shall be no other printing or marking within or near to the optoptype blocks. An example chart is shown in Annex C. The actual chart to
41、 be administered to a candidate shall not be made available to that person prior to the test. A number of charts with different sequences of optotypes shall be used to ensure objective testing. Demonstration charts may be provided to show what will be required during the test.8 Test procedure8.1 Gen
42、eralPrior to the test being carried out, it is necessary to ensure that properly prepared charts of verified quality are available. Tests shall be administered at a pace and in a manner that puts the candidate at ease.8.2 Illumination levelThe test shall be administered under controlled lighting con
43、ditions. Visible, white light, minimum 500 lx, maximum 750 lx shall be used to evenly illuminate the chart. This shall be measured at the position of the chart using a calibrated visible light meter. Some ambient light in the surrounding area may be beneficial 6DIN EN ISO 18490:2015-10 EN ISO 18490:
44、2015 (E) but this should be lower than the test level. Higher levels of background may adversely affect results. Spurious light sources, bright objects, etc. should not be present within the field of view of the candidate.8.3 Eye to chart distanceThe chart shall be positioned perpendicular to the li
45、ne of sight on a flat surface and the candidate shall move towards the chart to the test distance of 400 25 mm. At no time shall the candidate be permitted to get closer to the chart. A ruler or gauge stick may be used to verify the test distance; while traceable calibration is not required, the acc
46、uracy of measurement shall be appropriate.8.4 EyewearCandidates shall wear the same eyewear, if any, as used during routine NDT inspection. This may be personal protective equipment and/or corrective lenses. Lenses used during an eye examination and not intended for regular use shall not be permitte
47、d.Where corrective lenses are necessary to achieve the required level of near vision acuity, this shall be specifically recorded as part of the results of the test.8.5 Candidates responsesIt is expected that the candidate will be able to identify the orientation of each of the individual optotypes.
48、The normal response will be to define where the open end of the E character is, so responses of “UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT” would most frequently be used. However, any unambiguous form of response, verbal or visible, may be used. The candidate and the test administrator shall establish the method of
49、 communication prior to the administration of the test.8.6 The testThe test shall be carried out under the conditions defined above and shall not be limited to a test of an individual eye. Both eyes shall be used together as for normal NDT inspection. Limited or no vision in one eye does not preclude a candidate from taking the test; however, care should be exercised to make sure that any other requirements for binocular vision are accommodated.The test administrator wi
