1st Edition IPIN514: ASME NQA-1 Foundation Training 

1st Edition IPIN514: ASME NQA-1 Foundation Training | Nuclear Supply Chain Gateway | Limited Seats

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We are pleased to invite you to the 1st Edition of IPIN514: ASME NQA-1 Foundation in-company training program – a transformative initiative developed in direct alignment with the Polish AP 1000 Nuclear Project requirements.

This is not merely a training course. This is your gateway to the nuclear supply chain – an elite, ASME-accredited credential that positions your organization at the forefront of nuclear quality assurance and opens doors to:

• NQA-1 Lead Auditor Training & Mentoring
• Organizational Compliance Certification (ASME NQA-1)
• ASME NQA-1 Organizational Compliance Certification (nuclear supply chain eligibility)
• Strategic positioning within Europe's most critical infrastructure projects

EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY – LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE

Only 21 places avaliable

September 28'th  – October 1'st, 2026

Location: Airport Hotel Okęcie, ul. Komitet Obrony Robotników 24, 02-148 Warszawa, Poland
Session hours: 8:00 am and finish at 5:30 pm (including lunch break and coffee breaks)

Duration: 4 days

Price: shall not exceed 12 000 PLN

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Explain Nuclear Safety Culture and its impact on safe working behaviors
• Describe the NQA-1 standard structure and its links to the 12 BPVC sections
• Explain mandated requirements of NQA-1 Parts 1 and 2
• Describe 10 CFR 21 requirements
• Explain the NQA-1 certification process

YOUR NUCLEAR COMPLIANCE LEARNING PATHWAY

1. Now: IPIN514 Familiarization Training (this program – entry-level foundational knowledge)
2. Next: NQA-1 Lead Auditor Training & Mentoring (formal qualification)
3. Final: Organizational NQA-1 Compliance Certification (nuclear supply chain eligibility)

APPLICATION DEADLINE - 31/08/2026 - Please register under the link:

Important: Full 32 hours of instruction must be completed – IACET requires all participants to attend the entire course duration no early departures or late arrivals permitted - no exceptions will be allowed.

TRAINING DELIVERABLES & QUALIFICATIONS

•  32 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)
• 3.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
• ASME-approved expert instructor on-site
• Downloadable Course Notes via ASME Learning platform
• Digital access to current NQA-1 Standard during class
• Downloadable Certificate of Completion (upon successfully completed examination and full attendance)
• Nuclear Safety Culture implementation framework

Certificate Scope:

The Certificate of Completion confirms entry-level foundational knowledge and constitutes a formal qualification that serves as the essential first step in the nuclear quality assurance learning pathway. Formal NQA-1 qualifications are earned through subsequent Lead Auditor Training and organizational compliance certification programs.

Qualification Requirements:

• Daily login to Learning Hub
• Completion of Course Survey (optional)
• Pass Final Exam with 80%+ score
• Full attendance (electronic and physical signature)

VENUE & ACCOMMODATION

Training will be held at Airport Hotel Okęcie, featuring the exclusive Stratus Conference Room (9th floor, 75 m²) with panoramic views of Warsaw. Upon early registration hotel rooms will be available at a special discounted price.

Hotel Amenities Include:

• Coffee breaks & buffet lunches
• On-site accommodation in single and double rooms
• 300 parking spaces (180 in garage, 120 outdoor)
• Specialty: All pastries and sweets are freshly prepared daily at Czekolada Cafe – no external suppliers used
• Additional Workshop Rooms Available: Vega, Atlantis, Challenger, and Discovery 

CONTACT 

Instructor:
Mark R. Burns, MSc. CQP MCQI, MIAM,

IRCA Principal Auditor QMS, ASME NQA-1 Educator and Lead Auditor

Mark is the Managing Director of Total Quality Solutions Limited and has over 30 years of experience in quality assurance and quality control.  He has been a member if the Chartered Quality Institute since 1990 and a former Member of the Institute of Asset Management.  He is a Chartered Quality Professional (CQP) and a former Corporate Member in these respective institutes.  More recently he has become a member of ASME.  Throughout his career Mark has been intermittently involved with the review of both new and existing standards.  

He has a wide range of industrial experience across a variety of products.  He has provided services to the automotive, aerospace, space, defense and nuclear industries, including, Military Projects, Land Rover Discovery 3 & 4 and other Premier Marque brand vehicles for their Electrical/Electronic Architecture and Risk Assessment, and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS).

Mark’s most recent experience has been within the nuclear industry for which he has worked as a Quality Manager for both military and existing power generation for the current UK fleet and nuclear new build (NNB). His nuclear power station experience is based on the UK’s Pressurized Water Reactor at Sizewell B that has been built to ASME Code and the Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors within the existing UK fleet.  More recently, he has worked on the new build nuclear projects for the Evolution Pressurized Water Reactor and the advanced boiling water reactor power station based in the UK (HPC). 

He has managed the quality aspects for projects on Nuclear Island, Mechanical Annex and Balance of Plant.  The projects which he has provided quality support for include all aspects of a Nuclear Power Station, these include the following disciplines.

• Civil Engineering – Rebar Support Procurement and Supply Chain Management, inspection and release to station, Inspection and sign off of structural steel lifetime quality records.   
• Mechanical Engineering – Pipe work design, radiation containment doors, manufacture and installation activities on site, procurement of a wide number of Items and services, maintenance and commissioning activities. 
• Software Engineering – Witness testing of C&I software for the operation of mechanical equipment in the turbine hall.  
• Electrical Engineering – Conducting the quality assurance management of electrical installation work and ensuring the competency of contractors.

Mark earned his master’s degree in quality assurance management from Portsmouth University and has earned Institute recognition through completion of the Chartered Quality Institute educational program.  These qualifications are enhanced with the International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA) Certified Principal Auditor grade for ISO 9001 and by ASME for the NQA-1 Lead Auditors Qualification.

Audit Experience 
Mark started his auditing career in 1990 in the Automotive industry working with the ISO 9001 standards and Industry standards such as Fords Q1 award. He has since gone on to use his audit skills in each of the industries he has serviced throughout his career this include ISO 14001, ISO 45001, TS 16949, ISO 9100, AQAP 2110 and most recently NQA-1. Mark has performed well over 750 audits in course of his career, these include 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd party audits managing audit teams that ranged in sizes of 1 to 6.

About The Course

The course will start with an introduction to the nuclear safety culture, each day will commence with a Nuclear Safety Moment. This is a key element that all contractors must engage with the site licence holder to demonstrate and feed down into the lower tier suppliers and demonstrate safe working behaviours and practices to their customers and regulators. This will benefit those new suppliers to the nuclear industry.  

The bulk of the course is designed to focus on the four parts of the NQA-1 standard in particular the Mandated Part I and the 18 Requirements for the quality management system and Part II supporting requirements for Part I. The course then will touch on Parts III and IV non-mandatory elements of the NQA-1 Standard. 

The course will also cover Commercial Grade Items and Services, 10 CFR 21 reporting of defects and non-compliance, and QA requirements for using supplier accreditation for calibration or testing services. Finally, the course shall look at the Certification Process to achieve “N Certification” from ASME. 

Interspersed throughout the course notes a large number of images taken at HPC and satellite manufacturing locations to keep the candidates engaged and to provide an opportunity to ask any questions, there are also a number of Quite Interesting (QI) Slides that will provide some really good facts about the scale of the HPC Site. 

The course will culminate in a 20-question multiple choice and written answer exam which is open book and will have a duration of 90 minutes. The pass mark for the exam is 80%, this is a pre-requisite to attain for those who wish to participate on the NQA-1 Lead Auditor Course. 

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

31/08/2026

Please register under the link: