Test(~ed)(~ing)
Test(~ed)(~ing) : means the operation of a device or system to ensure that it will perform in accordance with its intended operation or function. Also see certification, pencil-whipping and approved and AHJ. In Canada, the term 'test' is defined by code and that definition precedes this sentence on this page. But more is implied here than immediately meets the eye. In order for a test, as communicated in a report, to have any real validity, such as to be acceptable to the AHJ, or a court of law, the testing organisation must be accredited by the Standards Council of Canada. Testing by organisations other than those, which are SCC accredited is not acceptable to any Canadian AHJ, with the exception of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, despite its references to the National Building Code of Canada. The SCC maintains separate levels of accreditation: testing, certification and standards writing. If you desire to test your home tap water for contamination, you simply hand a sample to an organisation, which is SCC accredited for testing of this type. In the aforementioned scenario, the testing suits your personal purposes only. If, on the other hand, you desire to bottle that water for sale to others, you had better have the testing performed and reported on by an organisation which is SCC accredited for certification. Test reports other than certification listings justifiably fill Canadian AHJs with nothing but suspicion and are not excessively likely to meet with approval. In fact, they are more likely to be regarded as a tip-off to attempted pencil-whipping, based on our history on the subject. Nonetheless, testing precedes certification. In Canada, only ULC provides adequate protection against pencil-whipping to the AHJ because ULC will not issue test reports on items tested, which are not subject to certification. By contrast, you may see WH test reports on items, which are not meant for certification, where the origin or tampering with the original sample and its constituent materials is unverifiable. There is plenty of history to caution the AHJ to stick to listed and bounded items only, preferably those listed or certified by ULC, particularly when it comes to items concerning life safety - such as firestopping. Testing without certification is also acceptable in third world nations and in the United Kingdom. In North America and Germany, apart from the nuclear industry, testing without certification, outside of the SCC accreditation regime, is generally associated with felonies
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