About our Founder.

ARO Testing is an Idaho based company strategically located within one hour of Boise international airport. Alma Olsen the founder has experience working throughout the United States as well as in Brazil, Chile, Mexico,Canada, and China.

The Founder of ARO Testing has worked on Structural Weld repairs for a variety of equipment including the following: Ball Mills, Sag Mills, Trunions, Draglines, Shovels, Blast hole drills, Cranes, Continuous haulage, Battery haulers, Scalars,Crawler Dozers,  ect.

The founder has also provided welding engineering services for the following companies: Tech duck pond operations mining company, Montana tunnels mining company, Thompson creek mining company, Golden sunlight mining company, Hampton Hydraulics, RamRod, Ligon industries, A&B process systems, Aerisyn energy, Schuette metals, Ash Grove Cement, OEM inc, Universal industries, CSP America, FLSmidth excell crushers,Northside welding, Parma company, Martin manufacturing,  Oldenburg group lake shore, Bucyrus international, Stamler industries, Visa lighting, ect.
 

Relevent
Skills:
  • American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
  • American Society of Non Destructive Testing (ASNT) Non Destructive Testing (NDT) Level III in Magnetic Particle Testing (MT) and Die Penetrant Testing (PT). Level II In Ultrasonic Testing (UT).
  • Portuguese language skills, and some Spanish.
  • Understanding of military and commercial welding and NDT Codes, including AWS, ASME, ABS, Din, ISO, MIL-STD’s including but not limited to 248, 278, NAS410, 2035SH, 1689
  • Understanding of welding and NDT of many materials Including: Steel, HSLA Steels, Cold Weather Steels, High alloy steels, Stainless Steels, Monel, Nitronics, Copper Nickel, Aluminum, Manganese, Cast, Forginged, Drawn, and rolled materials.
  • Experience and Training with AutoCAD, Corrosion Engineering, Automation, Failure Analysis, Procedure Development, Ultrasonic Inspection, Visual inspection,Vibration Analysis
  • Bachelor of Science in Welding Engineering from Utah State University.