THE APPLIED INSPECTION
NEWSLETTER

Issue No. 72 - August 2000

FROM THE EDITOR

Applied Inspection gained the Investors in People award across the whole company following an audit carried out on 17 and 18 July. It was formally held by Applied Inspection (Burton) Ltd on its own.

Congratulations to all those who worked hard to achieve the award, in particular John Morris who co-ordinated the work at the various sites, and Ian Bunting who did much of the hard work to achieve the original award.

PERSONNEL

Welcome
To Henry Archer who started at Glasgow on 12 June. Henry, Roy's son, is working in the rail division and has already passed Personal Track Safety (PTS) exam.

To Paul Burton who started at Chesterfield on 10 July. Paul has extensive experience in NDT and holds PCN Level 2 approvals in UT Welds (Cats. 3.1, 3.2, 3.8, 3.9) and Castings, RT Welds, MT and PT. He is also qualified as a CSWIP Welding Inspector, Cat. 3.1.

To two new trainees at Chesterfield - Richard Ringrose who started on 10 July and Kelly Harper who started on 17 July.

To Anthony Mitchell who started at Burton on 24 July.

Congratulations
Congratulations to the following who have passed NDT examinations:

Alan Bartlett, Kim Sharp, Mark Hutsby, Karl Garlic, Paul Johnstone and Jamie Bacon who all passed ASNT Level II Eddy Current Testing (phase plane).

Goodbye
To Jamie Redford who no longer works for Chestefield.

Pool Tournament
The draw for the quarterfinals of the Applied Inspection Pool Knockout Tournament is as follows:

Nick Bond v Steve Wilkes
Steve Redshaw v Grayham Clay or Rachel Brittain
Paul Goss v Steve Hancocks or Russell Swain
Ted Peake v Ian Bunting or Luke Urquhart

Matches are to be played by 22 August 2000.

Applied Inspection's Granny
For five years now Applied Inspection has been involved with the ADOPT A GRANNY scheme run by Help the Aged.

When it was originally considered, our Financial Director Clive Millard pointed out that if Applied Inspection wanted to spend money on helping an elderly citizen, he was quite happy to put his name forward.

We decided that Clive really did not need the help and adopted Rosa Maria Collazos who is now 87 years old and lives in Bogata, Columbia. She is looked after by the Pro Vida organisation (Pro Vida meaning 'For Life').

The money we contribute to this scheme enables Pro Vida to extend and update their care programmes, in addition to covering the cost of bare necessities for our adopted grandparent. The latest correspondence from Pro Vida is as follows:

Rosa is under medical treatment for the diabetes that she is suffering. This enables her to control her illness. She mentions her daughter, with whom she lives, supports her economically with a special diet that she must have. She feels active and no longer suffers from the migraines that she used to suffer with. She passes on that she is grateful for the support of her sponsor (Applied Inspection).

If anyone wants further information about Rosa, please contact the Burton office.

Anyone wishing to sponsor Clive should contact the Chesterfield office.

Ted Peake

The National Lottery
Dawn Andrews at Holmewood and Keith Dashper at Cleckheaton run the Applied Inspection lottery syndicate. There are currently 32 members who each pay £1.00 per week (stopped at source) which is put on the Saturday lottery. Anyone who is not a member, and who would like to join, should contact Dawn or Keith.

Our winnings to date are as follows:
1995 - £160.00 (40 weeks)
1996 - £297.00 (52 weeks)
1997 - £220.00 (52 weeks)
1998 - £251.00 (52 weeks)
1999 - £290.00 (52 weeks)
January, 2000 - £50.00 (5 weeks)
February, 2000 - £30.00 (4 Weeks)
March, 2000 - £50.00 (4 weeks)
April, 2000 - £10.00 (5 weeks)
May, 2000 - £20.00 (4 weeks)
3 June, 2000 - £0.00
10 June, 2000 - £0.00
17 June, 2000 - £0.00
24 June, 2000 - £0.00
1 July, 2000 - £0.00
8 July, 2000 - £10.00
15 July, 2000 - £0.00
22 July, 2000 - £0.00
An additional £150.00 has been spent from our winnings in an attempt to win the three roll over jackpots in 1996.
Any errors in the above list will be corrected as soon as possible.

QUALITY & TRAINING

Standards and Specifications
BS 4515-1: 2000 - Specification for welding of steel pipelines on land and offshore - Part 1: Carbon and carbon manganese steel pipelines has superseded BS 4515:1996 which is now withdrawn.

Joke of the Month
Quasimodo comes home from work to find his mother with a Wok in her hand.
"Oh Mother, are we having Chinese stir fry for tea?" he asks.
"No son", she replies, "I'm just ironing your shirt!"

PETE ANDREWS

NDT Training
The answers to the questions on Ultrasonics in last month's NEWSLETTER are as follows:

1) B    2) C     3) C    4) A    

Here are some more questions, this time on Radiation Safety:

1. Which of the following is classed as ionising radiation?
    A. X-rays.
    B. Gamma-rays.
    C. Alpha particles.
    D. All the above.

2. When a body tissue cell is damaged by radiation:
    A. The cell may lose its ability to reproduce.
    B. The cell may die.
    C. Damage is caused by knocking an electron out of the orbit of its parent atom.
    D. All of the above.

3. Which cells in the human body are most effected by Ionising Radiation?
    A. White blood cells.
    B. Red blood cells.
    C. Plasma cells.
    D. Lens of the eye.

4. Which of the following radiation types could make some materials radioactive?
    A. X-rays.
    B. Neutron bombardment.
    C. Alpha particles.
    D. All the above.

Useful Information
The telephone numbers to call if you want to avoid unsolicited intrusions by sales and marketing personnel are:

Telephone Preference Service (TPS) - 0845 070 0707
Fax Preference Service (FPS) - 0845 070 0702
Mailing Preference Service (MPS) 020 7766 4410

OFTEL, the telecommunications regulator, monitors the TPS and FPS. The MPS tries to stop personally addressed marketing material being posted to you at home, but its success rate is not as high as TPS and FPS.

Quality at Applied Inspection
As do most other companies, Applied Inspection has a number of statements relating to its position on that subject. They are Vision, Mission, Quality, Training, Health & Safety, Environmental, Equal Opportunities and Alcohol & Drugs.

These statements are contained in the Company Rules booklet, available at each site on the Notice Board, and the Health & Safety booklet, issued to all employees. In addition, from time to time we also publish the statements in the NEWSLETTER. Here's our Vision Statement:

Vision Statement
Applied Inspection aims to be internationally renowned for its supply to industry of first class nondestructive testing (NDT), engineering inspection and consultancy services.

HEALTH & SAFETY

Back Pain
A review of all the available evidence worldwide by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and the British Occupational Health Research Foundation has produced a comprehensive guide for occupational health practitioners on how to reduce the scale of back injuries at work.

A full copy of the guidelines (price £15) is available from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, 6 St Andrew's Place, Regent Park, London NW1 4LB.

There will be advice on what to do if you have back pain, and where to get further help, in next months issue of the NEWSLETTER.

CONTACTS

Holmewood, Derbyshire: Tel: 01246 851864 (3 Lines) Fax: 01246 852243
Burton, Staffordshire: Tel: 01283 515163 (3 Lines) Fax: 01283 539729
Cleckheaton, W Yorks: Tel/Fax: 01274 869900
Glasgow, Scotland: Tel/Fax: 0141 3355191
Internet Website: www.appliedinspection.co.uk

Published by: Applied Inspection Ltd., Holmewood, Chesterfield, UK. Editor: D K Thomas 26/07/2000

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