Designation: D 4286 90 (Reapproved 1999)

Standard Practice for

Determining Coating Contractor Qualifications for Nuclear
Powered Electric Generation Facilities1
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4286; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.

1. Scope Certify Inspection Personnel for Coating Work in Nuclear

1.1 This practice provides a criteria guide and procedural Facilities2
method to assist utility owners, architects, engineers, construc- 2.2 American National Standard:
tors, and other selection agencies in determining the overall N 45.2.6 Qualifications of Inspection, Examination, and
qualifications of a coating contractor to execute coating work Testing Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants3
for the primary containment and other safety-related facilities 2.3 Other Standard:
of light-water nuclear power plants. Nuclear Regulatory Agency 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, Qual-
1.2 The qualification criteria and requirements address the ity Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants4
essential basic capability of a contractor to execute nuclear 3. Personnel
coating work. Obviously, the specific capability to execute
those requirements unique to a given project must also be 3.1 Home Offce Management and StaffResumes of the
carefully considered. The evaluation procedure contained in following types of personnel including educational back-
this practice is designed to be adaptive to this detailed final ground, duration and degree of involvement in industrial
qualification process. Variation or simplification of the practice coating operations, qualifications, registrations, certifications,
is appropriate for non safety-related areas of nuclear power and specific experience in nuclear coating work.
plants, fossil fueled facilities, and other industrial projects. 3.1.1 Principals and General Management.
1.3 The overall capability of a contractor to successfully 3.1.2 Engineering Manager.
execute the varied and complex requirements of nuclear 3.1.3 Project EngineersList specific nuclear coating work
coating work is dependent upon competency in a variety of project involvement.
essential categories. 3.1.4 QA/QC ManagerList specific qualification/
1.4 The nine evaluation categories described in Sections certification credentials per ANSI N 45.2.6, or Guide D 4537,
3-12 detail the specific data to be provided by the contractor as or both.
essential to determining qualification status. In addition, a tenth 3.2 General Field SupervisionResumes to include spe-
untitled category has been provided on the evaluation work cific nuclear coatings work experience.
described in Section 12 for inclusion of other information 3.3 On-Site Project Supervision:
pertinent to a specific project. 3.3.1 Total number of personnel qualified for nuclear coat-
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the ings work, including specific work history.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the 3.3.2 Total number available in a specific time frame, if
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- appropriate.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- 4. Contractor Work Experience
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
4.1 General ExperienceList of comparable industrial
2. Referenced Documents projects, including type (construction or maintenance), form of
2.1 ASTM Standards: contract, dollar volume, scope, and duration (start and comple-
D 3843 Practice for Quality Assurance for Protective Coat- tion dates) executed during the past five years. Accompanying
ings Applied to Nuclear Facilities2 this listing provide personnel references to include names,
D 4537 Guide for Establishing Procedures to Qualify and titles, locations, and telephone numbers.
4.2 Nuclear Coating Work Experience:
4.2.1 List of nuclear projects including type (construction or
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D33 on Protective
Coating and Lining Work for Power Generation Facilities and is the direct
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responsibility of Subcommittee D33.05 on Application and Surface Preparation. Available from American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd St., 13th
Current edition approved March 30, 1990. Published May 1990. Originally Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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published as D 4286 84. Last previous edition D 4286 84. Available from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
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maintenance), form of contract, dollar volume, scope, and 9.2 Submit sample of actual report forms utilized to record
duration, materials, and equipment involved. Accompanying job progress, labor cost analysis, and equipment deployment
this listing provide personnel references to include names, efficiency.
titles, locations, and telephone numbers.
4.2.2 If the contractor has executed work comparable to the 10. Financial
specific evaluation project, submit complete case histories of
scope and functions performed to include personnel references 10.1 Submit documentation to verify financial capability to
for each case. manage and execute all project requirements. Include the
following data:
5. Equipment 10.1.1 Current financial statement,
5.1 List contractor-owned equipment in the categories listed 10.1.2 Trade references, three or more,
in 5.1.1-5.1.9. Indicate those items required for the specific
10.1.3 Bank references, one or more,
evaluation project.
5.1.1 Vehicles. 10.1.4 Bonding capacity, name of bonding company, and
5.1.2 Surface preparation, all types. name and address of agent, and
5.1.3 Abrasive control and recovery. 10.1.5 Current certificate of insurance.
5.1.4 Coatings mixing and application, all types.
5.1.5 Environmental control and curing. 11. Current and Projected Performance Capability
5.1.6 Rigging and enclosure. (restricted to specific project considerations)
5.1.7 Safety.
5.1.8 Quality control testing instrumentation. 11.1 Submit a statement indicating current commitment
5.1.9 Specialized equipment. status of personnel, equipment, and management capability.
5.1.9.1 Unique equipment required for the specific project, The statement shall include analysis of and ability to fulfill
if applicable. requirements in the following categories:
5.1.9.2 Contractor to indicate and provide examples of 11.1.1 Craft personnel,
capability to design and install highly specialized items of 11.1.2 Staff engineering and supervisory personnel,
equipment, enclosure systems, devices, etc. which have been 11.1.3 Management personnel,
utilized on previous nuclear coating projects.
5.1.10 Equipment Repair and Replacement Capability 11.1.4 Equipment, and
Contractor to describe standard procedure followed in the 11.1.5 Materials.
event of equipment failure to prevent lost time situations.
12. Contractor Evaluation Work Sheet
6. Quality Assurance
12.1 The sample work sheet shown in Fig. 1 is suggested for
6.1 Quality Assurance ProgramThe contractor shall sub-
consolidation of rating and comparison data. Note that there
mit one copy of his quality assurance program that shall
are nine basic rating categories corresponding to the criteria
conform to 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, ANSI N 45.2.6, Guide
detailed in the text of this practice. Space for an optional tenth
D 4537, Practice D 3843, and other applicable documents. The
program shall include implementation procedures and sample category has been provided for owner insertion of other rating
forms. data that may be unique to the specific project involved.
6.2 Quality Assurance/Quality ControlList number of 12.2 Rating ValuesNumerical rating values are structured
personnel qualified in accordance with ANSI N 45.2.6 or Guide on the following format:
D 4537, or both, for each of the following: Rating Value
6.2.1 LEVEL III Inspector, Excellent 4
Good 3
6.2.2 LEVEL II Inspector, and Average 2
6.2.3 LEVEL I Inspector. Poor 1
Unsatisfactory 0
7. Training No data 0

7.1 Submit training manual for craft and supervisory per- 12.3 Weighted Category ValuesEach of the ten (includes
sonnel. If no formal training program exists, the contractor option) evaluation categories will be assigned a weighted value
shall submit evidence of procedures and methods utilized. by the owner in accordance with the specific requirements of
the project. The value scale will range from 1 (least critical) to
8. Safety
10 (most critical). The weighted value of each category will be
8.1 Submit copy of corporate safety program. If no formal used as a multiplier to determine the overall rating for each
program exists, the contractor shall submit evidence of safety contractor in each category.
procedures and work rules.
9. Production/Cost Control 13. Keywords
9.1 Submit explanation of methods and procedures utilized 13.1 evaluation categories; productivity; qualification crite-
to monitor and regulate personnel and equipment productivity. ria; quality assurance; work experience

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FIG. 1 Contractor Evaluation Work Sheet

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