The Spanish Society for Non-destructive testing (AEND) is a non-profit organization that brings together companies and professionals users of NDT.

The main targets are:

• To promote and to facilitate the implementation of techniques for the NDT improvement.

• To promote the investigation in the different methods from tests.

• To promote and to sponsor meetings, conferences, congresses, colloquies and others.

• To lend technical attendance to whom asks for it.

• To promote the formation of the personnel who takes part in activities related to NDT

• Certification of NDT personnel by an independent body CERTIAEND accredited by ENAC.

• It collaborates in the preparation of standards, participating in national and international committees.

• It promotes and organizes studies, meetings, seminaries and interchanges of documentation and publications, workshops and congresses.

• It publishes periodic and scientific publications.

The AEND promotes a regular wide-range NDT training program and conducts constant research into new training courses through its continuous adaptation to the needs of our customers, adapting our schemes. By reason of the entry into force of the Spanish regulation UNE EN ISO 9712 the training courses hours comply with the training programs set forth in UNE-CEN ISO/TR 25107 IN

Current Training Courses:

• Ultrasonic (UT)

• Ultrasonic TOFD (UT)

• Eddy Current (ET)