The Recertification Program is managed and implemented under the cognizance of the RECERT Manager in the Mechanical Systems Division/Code 540 of the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate, GSFC.
RECERT is the safety program which provides for test, inspection, certification, and recertification of lifting devices and equipment (LDE); mobile aerial platforms (MAP), powered industrial trucks (PIT), critical jacks (collectively MPJ); and ground-based pressure vessels and pressurized systems (PV/S) at Greenbelt and Wallops. The certification and recertification of LDE, MAP, PIT Operators and Critical Lift Coordinators is also included.
LDE includes bridge cranes, gantry cranes, monorail cranes, hoists, mobile cranes, Hydra-Sets, load measuring devices, and any slings, or hardware components used to attach the load to the crane hook for lifting.
Ground-based PV/S includes cryogenic, vacuum, hydraulic, compressed gas (including compressed air) systems; and system components such as vessels, piping, relief valves, gages, and flexible hoses. PV/S also includes boilers, water towers, jet fuel storage tanks, pressurized research and development setups, flight project ground support equipment such as purge carts, engineering test units, and payload environmental transport systems, etc.
This safety program ensures that the respective equipment is tested, inspected, and certified per NASA requirements to assure personnel and operational safety.
