1. BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO NADCAP
WHAT WILL NADCAP DO FOR MY BUSINESS?

2. TO START - SOME QUESTIONS
WHO HAS HEARD OF NADCAP?
WHO HAS NADCAP ACCREDITATION?
WHO HAS NADCAP ACCREDITATION BUT Doesn’t work in aerospace?

4. Who is in the club? The list of subscribers is on the nadcap web site
Key names are:
Airbus mtu
BAE Systems Parker aerospace
Boeing rolls-royce
Bombardier safran
Eaton spirit aerospace
Ge Triumph
Honeywell UTC (Goodrich, pratt & whitney, Hamilton sunstrand)
Leonardo helicopters

5. HISTORY
LETS GO BACK IN TIME TO LOOK THE HISTORY OF NADCAP

6. HISTORY
NATIONAL
AEROSPACE
DEFENCE
Contractors
ACCREDITATRION
PROGRAM

7. What does it mean now? N A D C P

8. WHY THE CHANGE? National – nadcap is now multi-national
Aerospace – still valid
Defence contractors – many only do civil work
Accreditation program – still valid
Most people know nadcap as nadcap!

9. What is it? It is an accreditation like AS9001, iso 9001, iso 14001
It is administered by pri – see
There is lots of stuff on the web from pri – use it!
Register at to find helpful documents

10. What steps do I need to take?
Think about the scope you want to work to – only do what you need to
Down load the check lists - start to prepare
Paperwork – AC7108 issue h chemical process baseline checklist – 41 pages
More paperwork – Ac7108/9 plating audit checklist – 37 pages
More paperwork! – Auditors handbook – 46 pages
Answer each question honestly – the auditor will!

11. HOW TO FIND THE DOCUMENTS

14. EXAMPLES OF QUESTIONS

15. MORE EXAMPLES

16. who writes these questions?
Nadcap holds conferences several times a year where the check lists are reviewed
These are free to attend
You do have to pay for hotel, wages for staff to attend transport etc
Details on nadcap web site and s from nadcap

17. Shop floor paperwork Nadcap have rules on what the paperwork should do
It should tell the people what to do and also record what was done
Ac7108 has an appendix about what should be recorded
Likely all your shop floor paperwork will need to be written specially for each part

18. CONCLUSIONS YOU NEED NADCAP TO WORK IN AEROSPACE
You need to do lots of paperwork
You will need to have a culture that embraces nadcap

19. Questions?
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