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31、st at www.nfpa.org/docinfo.790-1 NFPA and National Fire Protection Association are registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169. Copyright 2017 National Fire Protection Association . All Rights Reserved. NFPA 790 Standard for Competency of Third-Part
32、y Field Evaluation Bodies 2018 Edition This edition of NFPA 790, Standard for Competency of Third-Party Field Evaluation Bodies, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Electrical Equipment Evaluation and released by the Correlating Committee on National Electrical Code . It was issued by the Sta
33、ndards Council on August 1, 2017, with an effective date of August 21, 2017, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 790 was approved as an American National Standard on August 21, 2017. Origin and Development of NFPA 790 The Technical Committee on Electrical Equipment Evaluation
34、was organized in 2008 by NFPA in recognition of the need for requirements for the qualications and competency of third parties performing eld evaluations on electrical products and assemblies and to guide the process for eld evaluations. One means to demonstrate conformance of products to an applica
35、ble product safety standard is through certication. Historically, certication was accomplished through a laboratory investigation of a prototype or initial sample to determine compliance with the standard, with a system of ongoing follow-up inspections conducted to continue certication. The result w
36、as a “Certication,” “Listing,” “Recognition,” or “Classication” of the product as dened by various standards, including NFPA 70 , National Electrical Code . These processes were formalized in several international standards, including ISO/IEC Guide 65, General Requirements for Bodies Operating Produ
37、ct Certication Systems, and ISO/IEC Standard 17020, General Criteria for the Operation of Various Types of Bodies Performing Inspection. As the marketplace evolved, more and more products needed to be evaluated differently from the above system because they were already installed at the installation
38、 site. Another condition that did not t the normal process and required some other process of evaluation was that some products needed to be evaluated but were not produced in quantities that t the traditional certication model economically. The alternative process to meet the needs for evaluation o
39、f unique, modied, or other equipment beyond the manufacturing process became known as a “eld evaluation.” The process used for eld evaluations, by the nature of the work, is a blend of ISO/IEC Guide 65 and ISO/IEC Standard 17020. In 2008, a task group identied the need to create two documents coveri
40、ng the performance of eld evaluations of electrical equipment and used the following document as the basis for development: Recommended Competency Guidelines for Third Party Field Evaluation Bodies, which was developed by the American Council for Electrical Safety (ACES), a division of the American
41、Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL) (rst edition, November 17, 2005). The ACES document provided guidelines regarding the competency of rms that perform eld evaluations. NFPA 790 and its companion document, NFPA 791, Recommended Practice and Procedures for Unlabeled Electrical Equipment Evalu
42、ation, provide their users with the ability to qualify who can complete eld evaluations and how eld evaluations specically for electrical products are to be completed. No changes were made to the 2014 edition of NFPA 790 other than updating the reference of NFPA 70 , National Electrical Code , from
43、the 2011 edition to the 2014 edition. There are only a few minor changes included in 2018 edition of NFPA 790. The edition date for NFPA 70 , National Electrical Code , is updated in Chapter 2. A spelling correction is made in 5.2.8, and C.1.2(2) is updated for clarity to ensure the text is referrin
44、g to a motor control center.COMPETENCY OF THIRD-PARTY FIELD EVALUATION BODIES 790-2 2018 Edition Correlating Committee on National Electrical Code Michael J. Johnston, Chair National Electrical Contractors Association, MD IM Mark W. Earley, Administrative Secretary National Fire Protection Associati
45、on, MA James E. Brunssen, Telcordia Technologies (Ericsson), NJ UT Rep. Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions Kevin L. Dressman, U.S. Department of Energy, MD U Palmer L. Hickman, Electrical Training Alliance, MD L Rep. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers David L. Hittinger,
46、 Independent Electrical Contractors of Greater Cincinnati, OH IM Rep. Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc. Richard A. Holub, The DuPont Company, Inc., DE U Rep. American Chemistry Council John R. Kovacik, UL LLC, IL RT Alan Manche, Schneider Electric, KY M James F. Pierce, Intertek Testing Servi
47、ces, OR RT Vincent J. Saporita, Eatons Bussmann Business, MO M Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Alternates Lawrence S. Ayer, Biz Com Electric, Inc., OH IM (Alt. to David L. Hittinger) Roland E. Deike, Jr., CenterPoint Energy, Inc., TX UT (Voting Alt. Electric Light & Power Group/EE
48、I) James T. Dollard, Jr., IBEW Local Union 98, PA L (Alt. to Palmer L. Hickman) Stanley J. Folz, Morse Electric Company, NV IM (Alt. to Michael J. Johnston) Ernest J. Gallo, Telcordia Technologies (Ericsson), NJ UT (Alt. to James E. Brunssen) Robert A. McCullough, Tuckerton, NJ E (Voting Alt. Intern
49、ational Association of Electrical Inspectors) Mark C. Ode, UL LLC, AZ RT (Alt. to John R. Kovacik) Christine T. Porter, Intertek Testing Services, WA RT (Alt. to James F. Pierce) George A. Straniero, AFC Cable Systems, Inc., NJ M (Alt. to Vincent J. Saporita) Nonvoting Timothy J. Pope, Canadian Standards Association, Canada SE Rep. CSA/Canadian Electrical Code Committee William R. Drake, Faireld, CA M (Member Emeritus) D. Harold Ware, Libra Electric Company, OK IM (Member Emeri
