How to become a certified assayer in the US

[JDmead]

Ok, so I've been getting regular results that are in line with an assayer that we use to umpire results with the refiner. My next question would be, how do I get some form of official certification to be recognized as a reputable assayer in order to offer the service to the public as well as use our own results to umpire. I realize that to umpire our own lots with our refiner we're still going to have to go to a third party, and that's just part of the game. I'm just wondering what it takes to be one of those certified assayers that people are willing to use.

 

[goldsilverpro]

http://goldrefiningforum.com/~goldrefi/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=9082

 

[JDmead]

Thanks

 

[4metals]

You can pay to be included in the ASTM round robin assay program. It will give you an idea of how well your lab compares with other participating labs.


http://www.astm.org/STATQA/ptpgold.htm

This is for fire assays by cupellation only. A successful assay lab usually has instrumental capabilities for PGM's as well, as samples requiring more than gold and silver ase quite common for a commercial assay lab.

 

[Westerngs]

Some states, Arizona comes to mind, have regulatory programs for assayers.

http://mines.az.gov/Publications/circ091assayers.pdf

I think Nevada also has a similar program.

 

[JoseLuisVillanueva]

You can become a certificate assayer after complete this online program from BCIT, maybe can be useful.

https://www.bcit.ca/programs/assayer-training-statement-of-completion-part-time-5360nobcit/