Corporate Headquarters

Branch Offices

• Has two or more testing personnel assigned who perform testing, analysis, or maintenance on electrical power distribution equipment or systems
• Has two or more sales and/or administrative personnel assigned to that location, or
• Is listed as a company location on advertising materials such as brochures, stationary, business cards, and/or other advertising media.

Related Companies

Related Services Matrix Explanation

Verification of Safety Program

Verification of Calibration Program

1. The testing organization shall have a calibration program which assures that all applicable test instruments are maintained within rated accuracy for each test instrument calibrated.
2. The firm providing calibration service shall maintain up-to-date instrument calibration instructions and procedures for each test instrument calibrated.
3. The accuracy shall be directly traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
4. All Instruments shall be calibrated within 12 months of the test date.
5. Dated calibration labels shall be visible on all test equipment.
6. Records, which show date and results of instruments calibrated or tested, must be kept up-to-date.
7. Calibrating standard shall be of higher accuracy than that of the instrument tested.

Test Reports and Data Requirements

4.4 Test Report

1. The test report shall include the following:

1. Summary of project.
2. List of equipment inspected and tested.
3. List of inspections and tests.
4. Device settings.
5. Inspection and test data.
6. Analysis and recommendations.

2. Test data records shall include the following minimum requirements:

1. Identification of the testing organization.
2. Equipment identification.
3. Nameplate data.
4. Conditions that may affect the results of the tests/calibrations such as humidity, temperature, and other conditions.
5. Date of inspections, tests, maintenance and/or calibrations.
6. Identification of the testing technician.
7. Indication of inspections, tests, maintenance, and/or calibrations to be performed and recorded.
8. Indication of expected results when calibrations are to be performed.
9. Indication of "as-found" and "as-left" results.
10. Sufficient spaces to allow all results and comments to be indicated.

3. The testing organization shall furnish a copy or copies of the complete project as specified in the maintenance testing contract.

Test Report Submittal

Test Equipment List

Registered Professional Engineer Data and Verification

Employee Information

Employee Designation Form

Instructions
Use the following Employee Category Key to determine in which each employee will be designated. When more than one General Category applies to an individual employee, select the category that most often applies or is the employee's primary responsibility.

                For example:
                A Shop Service Employee that occasionally supports field service activities would be designated a Shop Service Employee.

All employees are to be designated into one category. No employee should be designated into more than one category.  

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Employee Category Key

Category Descriptors

Overhead/Non Production Employees

• Management
  • Executive
  • Supervisor/Manager
  • Project Management
• Office/Support/Administrative
  • Clerical
  • Accounting
  • Information Technology
  • Other - indirect: (Example: trucker driver, janitorial)
• Sales/Marketing

Production Employees (Billable)

• Field Service Employees
  • Project Manager
  • Field Engineer
  • Test Technicians
  • Field Non NETA Technicians
    • Cable Splice and/or Termination
    • Cable Locator
    • Electrician/Installer
    • Other  (Example: helper)
• Shop Service Employees
  • Power System Repair/Replacement
  • Rebuilding/Repairing Switchgear
  • Rebuilding/Repairing Breakers
  • Apparatus Repair
  • Panel Builder
  • Other  (Example: helper)
• Office Production Employees
  • Professional Engineer
  • Engineer
  • Engineering Assistant
  • Draftsman/CAD

Certification of Non-Interference and Revenue

CPA/Audit Review Partner

Active full membership shall be limited to any firm, company, or corporation in the electrical testing industry which conducts true and factual evaluations of the electrical products, devices, or systems to be tested providing the following qualifications are met:

1. They shall be regularly engaged in the technical testing, maintenance, and repair of electrical materials, devices, appliances, electrical installations, any systems for the purpose of preventing injury to persons or damage to property and other equipment. This type of business shall constitute 75 percent of the firm's revenue.
2. It has sufficient breadth of interest or activity so that the loss or award of a specific contract to determine the compliance of a product with the applicable test standard would not be a substantial factor in the financial well-being of the organization or laboratory. At least ninety-five percent (95%) of the organization's testing business shall be for entities other than a parent or holding company or special interests having part or whole ownership or influence of the testing organization.

• The company named is regularly engaged in the technical testing, maintenance, and repair of electrical materials, devices, appliances, electrical installations, any systems for the purpose of preventing injury to persons or damage to property and other equipment. This type of business constitutes a minimum of 75 percent of the firm's revenues.
• The company named is a legal entity with its own financial statements and its own separate Taxpayer ID number.
• The company named performs the day-to-day operational management functions of a stand-alone business, having its own employees and sharing no operational management with any affiliated company.
• The company named is free from undue influence from an Affiliated Company and does not exercise undue influence on an Affiliated Company to minimize potential conflict of interest in "Independent /Unbiased Testing".
• The company named derives no more than five percent of its gross annual revenue directly or through influence from an affiliated company.

• Corporate Headquarters form
• Branch Offices form
• Affiliated Companies form
• Certification of Non-Interference and Revenue form
• Percent of Corporate Revenue form
• Employee Information form
• Professional Engineer's Data and Certification form

CEO / President

• The company named is regularly engaged in the technical testing, maintenance, and repair of electrical materials, devices, appliances, electrical installations, any systems for the purpose of preventing injury to persons or damage to property and other equipment. This type of business constitutes a minimum of 75 percent of the firm's revenues.
• The company named is a legal entity with its own financial statements and its own separate Taxpayer ID number.
• The company named performs the day-to-day operational management functions of a stand-alone business, having its own employees and sharing no operational management with any affiliated company.
• The company named is free from undue influence from an Affiliated Company and does not exercise undue influence on an Affiliated Company to minimize potential conflict of interest in "Independent /Unbiased Testing".
• The company named derives no more than five percent of its gross annual revenue directly or through influence from an affiliated company.
• I agree to abide by the NETA Bylaws and any amendments thereof and by the requirements set forth in the Policies and Procedures of the Association.
• I agree to comply with the current NETA Accredited Company annual dues structure and to pay dues pursuant to the provisions of the Bylaws and Policies.
• I agree to inform the NETA office in a timely manner of any changes in testing personnel or branch offices for which quarterly dues are calculated.
• I agree to inform the NETA office in a timely manner of any changes in ownership structure or company name.

• I have read the material and affirm that the information supplied is correct.
• I agree to all the requirements of the Association.

CEO / President, Affiliated Company

• I have read the material and affirm that the information supplied in this application is correct.
• I have read Policy NPM013.
• I agree to the Certification of Non-Interference and Revenue and all requirements of the Association.

CPA / Audit Review Partner

• The company named is regularly engaged in the technical testing, maintenance, and repair of electrical materials, devices, appliances, electrical installations, any systems for the purpose of preventing injury to persons or damage to property and other equipment. This type of business constitutes a minimum of 75 percent of the firm's revenues.
• The company named is a legal entity with its own financial statements and its own separate Taxpayer ID number.
• The company named performs the day-to-day operational management functions of a stand-alone business, having its own employees and sharing no operational management with any affiliated company.
• The company named is free from undue influence from an Affiliated Company and does not exercise undue influence on an Affiliated Company to minimize potential conflict of interest in "Independent /Unbiased Testing".
• The company named derives no more than five percent of its gross annual revenue directly or through influence from an affiliated company.

• Corporate Headquarters form
• Branch Offices form
• Affiliated Companies form
• Certification of Non-Interference and Revenue form
• Percent of Corporate Revenue form
• Employee Information form
• Professional Engineer's Data and Certification form

Registered Professional Engineer Data and Verification

• I personally perform and/or review and approve all power system studies as well as any other engineering analysis.
• I evaluate unusual test results and make recommendations for corrective action.
• I have read the material and affirm that the information supplied is correct.
• I have read NETA Policy NPM014.