Qualification and certification of NDT personnel is driven by the primary goal to ensure competent and responsible execution of NDT work. This presentation provides justification for necessity of professional qualification of NDT personnel and responsibility of the Employer for its personnel. In addition it provides key objectives that need to be implemented in order to execute the qualification and certification process with desired outcomes in both, central qualification systems like ISO9712 (from a standpoint of an approved training center) as well as employer-based systems as SNT-TC-1A or NAS410 / EN4179 (from a standpoint of an outside agency). Discussed objectives include understanding the similarities and differences between the employer and independent qualification and certification systems and how transfer between the two may be done correctly; requirements on lecturers; courses design and execution; balance between theoretical, specific and practical part of the training; and sufficiency of training materials including handbooks, audiovisuals, equipment and training samples.