1.1 本规程为根据ASTM测试方法进行土壤和岩石测试的人员提供了评估和认证程序指南，供提供认证服务的独立组织使用。 1.2 给出了认证候选人的资格、认证考试管理人员的资格、证书考试管理方法以及某些认证组织的操作要求。 1.3 认证是针对单一ASTM测试方法的。通常需要监督笔试和监督绩效考试。 注1: 如实践中所述，人员认证可能是质量体系的一个重要方面 D3740 .人员证书是达到《实践》中规定的人员资格的一种方式 D3740 。 1.4 本标准并非旨在解决与其使用相关的所有安全问题（如有）。本标准的使用者有责任在使用前制定适当的安全、健康和环境实践，并确定监管限制的适用性。 1.5 此实践提供了一套用于执行一个或多个特定操作的说明。本文件不能取代教育或经验，应与专业判断结合使用。并非此做法的所有方面都适用于所有情况。本ASTM标准并不代表或取代必须判断特定专业服务是否充分的护理标准，也不应在不考虑项目许多独特方面的情况下应用本文件。本文件标题中的“标准”一词仅表示该文件已通过ASTM共识程序批准。 1.6 本国际标准是根据世界贸易组织技术性贸易壁垒委员会发布的《关于制定国际标准、指南和建议的原则的决定》中确立的国际公认的标准化原则制定的。 ===意义和用途====== 4.1 本规程为认证机构的发展和运作、笔试考试材料的选择以及性能测试的范围和细节提供了基本标准。本规程规定了审查员的资格以及审查员与被审查员之间关系的限制。 4.2 本规程提供的基本标准旨在通过满足认证组织要求的更具体的标准进行补充。 4.3 让每个人都能通过招聘机构进行的每一项测试，这是不现实的，也是出乎意料的。相反，机构的目标应该是，通常进行特定测试的大多数人员都得到认证。根据测试的目的，客户可以指定认证技术人员是否应执行给定的测试。 4.4 尽管本规程要求针对单一ASTM测试方法进行认证，但认证机构并不是为了效率而避免对相关测试方法进行分组。

1.1 This practice provides a guide for evaluation and certification procedures for personnel engaged in testing soil and rock in accordance with ASTM test methods and is intended for use by independent organizations providing certification services. 1.2 Qualifications for certification candidates, qualifications of those administering the certification examinations, methods of administering the certification tests, and certain certification organization operating requirements are given. 1.3 Certification is specific to a single ASTM test method. A monitored written examination and a monitored performance examination are normally required. Note 1: Personnel certification may be an important aspect of a quality system as described in Practice D3740 . Certification of personnel is one means of meeting personnel qualifications given in Practice D3740 . 1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. 1.5 This practice offers a set of instructions for performing one or more specific operations. This document cannot replace education or experience and should be used in conjunction with professional judgment. Not all aspects of this practice may be applicable in all circumstances. This ASTM standard is not intended to represent or replace the standard of care by which the adequacy of a given professional service must be judged, nor should this document be applied without consideration of a project's many unique aspects. The word “Standard” in the title of this document means only that the document has been approved through the ASTM consensus process. 1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee. ====== Significance And Use ====== 4.1 This practice provides basic criteria for the development and operation of a certification organization, selection of examination material for a written examination, and the scope and details of a performance test. The qualifications of the examiner and limitations on the relationship between the examiner and the examinee are given in this practice. 4.2 The basic criteria provided by this practice is intended to be supplemented by more specific criteria serving the requirements of the certification organization. 4.3 It is unrealistic and unintended that each individual be certified for every test the employing agency performs. Rather, it should be a goal of an agency that a majority of personnel normally performing a given test are certified. Depending on the purpose of the testing, it may be appropriate for the client to specify whether or not a certified technician should perform a given test. 4.4 Although this practice calls for certification specific to a single ASTM test method, it is not intended the certification organization avoid grouping related test methods in the interest of efficiency.