iDICs Level 1 Certification
The International Digital Image Correlation Society (iDICs) recognizes the need to have trained and vetted DIC practitioners. Therefore, iDICs has developed a certification program where industrial and research institutions can send their personnel to become certified DIC practitioners.
The next in-person Level 1 Certification Exam is on Friday, June 7th, at the Hilton Vancouver Washington Hotel. The exam will occur the day after the SEM Conference to maximize your educational experience and coincide with your travel.
“Having passed the certification course last year, I can't encourage DIC users to take this enough. iDICs does a great job providing a deep dive into system setup and data acquisition, highlighting the differences between 2D-DIC and stereo-DIC and outlining basic DIC principals. Users will be equipped with the skills to assess uncertainty, including noise floor and bias errors and understand the basics of reporting requirements for DIC across the industry.”
Ian Adkins Applications Engineer at Correlated Solutions
The Level 1 – Competent Basic User is expected to understand and demonstrate most of the information contained in the iDICs A Good Practices Guide for Digital Image Correlation. It is expected that a Level 1 user should be able to independently conduct standard 2D-DIC and stereo-DIC measurements when the measurement requirements are provided. The certification emphasizes:
System setup and data acquisition, highlighting important choices between 2D-DIC and stereo-DIC
Understanding the basic principles of DIC and how they interact with the images and the resulting data quality
Understanding calibration techniques and the resulting parameters
Knowing basic post-processing techniques for assessing uncertainty, including noise floor and bias errors
Understanding the common pitfalls of DIC measurements, how to identify them and how to correct the problems
Knowing the basic reporting requirements for DIC measurements
The certification exam includes both a written exam (30% of total score) and a practical exam (70% of total score). The goal of the Level 1 written exam is to test the general knowledge of a Level 1 user regarding the basics of DIC, and it is taken directly from the Good Practices Guide (GPG). The goal of the Level 1 practical exam is to test the ability of a Level 1 user to set up and conduct a DIC measurement in conjunction with a mechanical test, and to perform basic post-processing operations to evaluate data quality.