Certification of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professionals

Engineering Product Definition and Related Documentation Practices

ASME Y14.5.2-2017

(Revision of ASME Y14.5.2-2000)

ASME Y14.5.2-2017

(Revision of ASME Y14.5.2-2000)

Certification of

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professionals

Engineering Product Definition and Related Documentation Practices

Date of Issuance: June 15, 2017

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CONTENTS

Foreword iv

Committee Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Correspondence With the Y14 Committee vi

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 Certification Levels and Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

3 Test Requirements (Examination) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

4 Certification Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Mandatory Appendices

1. Technologist Level Body of Knowledge for the ASME Y14.5M-1994 Examination . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2. Senior Level Body of Knowledge for the ASME Y14.5M-1994 Examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3. Technologist Level Body of Knowledge for the ASME Y14.5-2009 Examination 10

4. Senior Level Body of Knowledge for the ASME Y14.5-2009 Examination 12

FOREWORD

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), recognizing the needs and benefits associated with standard qualifications for professionals using the ASME Y14.5 Standard, established the Y14.5.2 Subcommittee on Certification in October 1988. The Subcommittee was instructed to develop a standard that could be used as the basis of an ASME Program for Certification of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professionals (GDTP). This program provides the means to ensure proficiency in the understanding and application of the geometric dimensioning and tolerancing principles expressed in ASME Y14.5. Those principles form an essential element of engineering language.

This is a voluntary standard that sets forth the qualifications for two levels of certification. The first level, Technologist GDTP, provides a measure of an individual’s ability to understand drawings that have been prepared using the language of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, as defined in the ASME Y14.5 Standard. The second level, Senior GDTP, provides the additional measure of an individual’s ability to select and apply geometric controls to drawings.

Primary changes to this revision are higher percentages of questions per section to increase the application’s emphasis on geometric dimensioning and tolerancing and to revise the criteria for passing the examination.

The original Standard was approved by the Board on Standardization on April 26, 1995. This revised Standard was approved by the Board on Standardization on May 18, 2017.

IN MEMORIAM: In memory of Don Day for his significant contributions to the development of this Standard and to the geometric dimensioning and tolerancing community.

ASME Y14 COMMITTEE

Engineering Product Definition and Related Documentation Practices

(The following is the roster of the Committee at the time of approval of this Standard.)

STANDARDS COMMITTEE OFFICERS

W. Kaba, Chair

J. I. Miles, Sr., Vice Chair

F. Constantino, Secretary

STANDARDS COMMITTEE PERSONNEL

A. Anderson, Dimensional Dynamics, LLC

F. Bakos, Frank Bakos Associates

J. V. Burleigh, Unaffiliated

F. Constantino, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

D. O. Coon, Bell Helicopter

R. Courson, Ford Motor Co.

K. Dobert, Siemens PLM Software, Inc.

S. Hauger, John Deere — MTIC

J. B. Hoskins, The Boeing Co.

J. Houck, Woodward, Inc.

R. C. Jensen, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence

W. Kaba, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.

A. Krulikowski, Krulikowski Consulting, LLC

E. McCarthy, Unaffiliated

P. J. McCuistion, Multimac

J. D. Meadows, James D. Meadows & Associates, Inc.

M. E. Meloro, Northrop Grumman Corp.

J. I. Miles, Sr., Dimensional Management

M. A. Murphy, General Motors Co., LLC

H. W. Oakes, U.S. Air Force (SAIC)

M. J. Stahl, Caterpillar, Inc.

B. A. Wilson, Unaffiliated

E. F. Zwettler, Rolls-Royce Corp.

K. E. Wiegandt, Contributing Member, Consultant

SUBCOMMITTEE 5.2 — CERTIFICATION

M. E. Meloro, Chair, Northrop Grumman Corp.

P. J. Drake, Jr., Vice Chair, MechSigma Consulting, Inc.

P. Murray, Staff Secretary, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

A. Anderson, Dimensional Dynamics, LLC

F. Bakos, Frank Bakos Associates

P. Mares, The Boeing Co.

C. E. McCord, General Motors Co., LLC

P. J. McCuistion, Multimac

P. Meadows, RCO Engineering, Inc.

M. A. Murphy, General Motors Co., LLC

CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE Y14 COMMITTEE

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Secretary, Y14 Standards Committee

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ASME Y14.5.2-2017

CERTIFICATION OF GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING PROFESSIONALS

1. INTRODUCTION

   1. Scope

      This Standard establishes certification requirements for a geometric dimensioning and tolerancing profes- sional (GDTP). Certification shall be based on either ASME Y14.5M-1994 or ASME Y14.5-2009, its appendices, and the application of its principles and concepts.

      
      

   2. Purpose

      This Standard provides requirements and qualifications to be used in certifying a GDTP. These requirements and qualifications recognize the knowledge, training, and experience necessary to understand, apply, and teach the principles as set forth in ASME Y14.5M-1994 or ASME Y14.5-2009. A GDTP may be employed as, but is not limited to

      1. design engineer

      2. production or manufacturing engineer

      3. process engineer

      4. quality engineer

      5. tool or gage engineer

      6. engineering manager

      7. user or programmer of CAD, CAM, CAE, or other software

      8. drafter

      9. checker

      10. engineering consultant

      11. educator

      12. inspector

      13. contract engineer

      14. project engineer

      15. technical specialist

          
          

2. CERTIFICATION LEVELS AND QUALIFICATIONS

   1. Certification Levels

      There shall be two levels of GDTP certification:

      1. Technologist

      2. Senior

Certification indicates that the individual has demon- strated competence in the areas described in para. 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, or 2.1.4.

1. Technologist Level (ASME Y14.5M-1994 Examination). Certification indicates that the individual has demonstrated an understanding of the meaning of the symbols, modifiers, and relationships of geometric dimen- sioning and tolerancing (GD&T) as applied to engineering

   drawings and related documentation that conform to ASME Y14.5M-1994.

   
   

2. Technologist Level (ASME Y14.5-2009 Examination). Certification indicates that the individual has demonstrated competencies in reading and inter- preting an engineering drawing that conforms to ASME Y14.5-2009. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

   1. understanding the rules, definitions, principles, and meanings of the symbols and modifiers of GD&T as applied to engineering drawings and related documentation

   2. understanding the functions and relationships of part features and geometric controls

   3. performing calculations associated with GD&T derived from the drawing and related documentation

   4. understanding that the application of GD&T has implications for manufacturing, quality control, and veri- fication processes associated with engineering drawings and related documentation

   5. applying the principles of GD&T to the establish- ment of functional gaging activities

   
   

3. Senior Level (ASME Y14.5M-1994 Examination). Certification indicates that the individual has demon- strated competencies in application of the rules and prin- ciples required to generate an engineering drawing that conforms to ASME Y14.5M-1994. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

   1. understanding the meaning of the symbols, modi- fiers, and relationships of GD&T as applied to engineering drawings and related documentation that conform to ASME Y14.5M-1994

   2. making the proper selection, with consideration for the function and relationship of part features, of geometric controls to document the product design intent

   3. applying the appropriate geometric control symbols, modifiers, and datum references to the engi- neering drawings and related documentation

   4. applying the principles of GD&T to the operations of manufacturing, quality control, and verification processes associated with engineering drawings and related documentation

   5. applying the principles of GD&T to the establish- ment of functional gaging activities

   
   

4. Senior Level (ASME Y14.5-2009 Examination). Certification indicates that the individual has demon- strated competencies in the application of the rules and principles required to generate an engineering

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