The Professional Assessment Committee (PAC) is responsible for the evaluation and assessment of applications for professional membership of the Institute of Corrosion (TICorr, MICorr and FICorr), and consists of a Chair, a Vice Chair and at least 5 other members.
All-volunteer members of PAC are expected to be professional members of the institute and to have extensive experience in various disciplines within the corrosion industry or academia. Members of the committee may be nominated by any ICorr Member and are ultimately appointed by the PAC Chair. The normal term of membership is 4 years, although any member approaching this is eligible for re-nomination. The Chair is also awarded on a 4-year basis, with the option for re-nomination by Council.
The PAC’s terms of reference are to assess applications for professional membership in compliance with Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) requirements, including unconscious bias. All information provided by the applicant is treated with the utmost confidentiality and is not discussed or passed on to any third party in accordance with the Data Protection Regulations. Applications are checked for compliance with the Membership Regulations for education, training, and experience as appropriate to the grade and must be accompanied by two references, at least one of which should be from a Professional Member of the Institute.
Applications for Professional Membership are sent to 3 members of the PAC Committee (providing they are not also acting as a referee) for assessment and recommendation of suitability for Professional Membership at the grade appropriate to their experience. Where unanimous approval is not received, the PAC Chair adjudicates (with the assistance of the President if considered necessary) and recommends whatever action or consultation is considered appropriate. Successful candidates are announced in Corrosion Management, unless requested otherwise.
The members of PAC only meet, either in person or online, at the discretion of the Chair. In general, communication is carried out by email or post, with the applicant’s files only retained for record purposes at Head Office.
All applicant’s information and assessments are treated as confidential and held in the member file in the head office and retained for up to 5 years upon leaving the institute.
Anyone interested in joining PAC as a professional assessor should contact the current chair, Paul Lambert, via email at pac.chair@icorr.org. The positions of both Chair and Vice Chair are due for renewal in 2025, and any interest in taking up either of these roles should also be directed to Paul.
You may have heard or read that there are some changes to Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) cards due at the end of this year, December 2024.
Refer Industry Accreditation Renewals Close | Official CSCS Website
The strategic direction of the revised CSCS scheme is designed to mirror that of industry and help facilitate a fully qualified workforce going forwards.
Please note that this does not apply to our cards as we are in a different category along with another ‘NVQ’ scheme. Our cards are valid for the foreseeable future.
We do have some exciting changes coming in April of 2025 though. I have been in discussions with CSCS regarding our changes that are being dealt with by myself and the CORREX team. We will be announcing smarter cards in line with our respective courses and the use of mobile phones for the same usage, in the near future. CORREX will make another announcement soon to you.
Dear Members,
Welcome to the September/October issue of Corrosion Management.
The overall theme of this issue is the “Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in corrosion management”.
E Tolsma-de Klerk and L F Curado have jointly authored the first technical article, “The Challenges and potential of AI in asset integrity management.” They have discussed the history, implementation, and challenges of using AI in asset integrity management (AIM).
Our second article, “Unleashing the power of AI: corrosion prevention revolutionised,” is written by Muhammad Hussain and Tieling Zhang. The authors have explained the application of AI and machine learning in corrosion prevention, predicting corrosion rates, evaluating corrosion inhibitors, and corrosion monitoring. The article discusses predictive maintenance and proposes that AI can improve the ability to anticipate failures and can optimise corrosion control.
The third technical article, “Practical application of AI in steel corrosion analysis,” written by Shahrizan Jamaludin and Md. Mahadi Hasan Imran, focusses on the use of AI in analysing steel corrosion, especially in areas like reinforced concrete, atmospheric corrosion, and pitting corrosion of stainless steel.
Following on from recent complaints of the Paris Olympians, we have a special article “Why do bronze medals tarnish so quickly?” by Dr. Roger Francis. This article explains the corrosion mechanisms behind the tarnishing of bronze medals. Dr. Francis has described various environmental factors and human factors that cause the tarnishing of medals. Practical solutions to reduce tarnishing of medals are also provided.
We sincerely welcome all your contributions and encourage you to share your content and local observations / case studies for consideration. This includes industry news, technical articles, and photos for our “Corrosion Around Us” feature. We would also be delighted to receive further submissions for our “Ask the expert”, “Corrosion Morphologies” column and “Fellow’s Corner.” We look forward to your valuable contributions.
With kindest regards,
Dr Shagufta Khan, FICorr
Consulting Editor, editor@icorr.org
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