Our Mission

Our mission is to provide services in an effective and efficient manner with quality at the forefront of our goals and to build a quality driven team providing service to several industries by the means of auditing, training, consulting, and materials supply and support.

Founder and General Director Dwayne Cooper, Sr. is a career Quality Processes individual with skills and experience to effectively manage and control many aspects of Quality Management. In 2014, Cooper NDT, Inc was founded by Mr. Cooper as a tool to more widely contribute to the Nondestructive Testing industry. Through Cooper NDT, Inc, Mr. Cooper assumes the role of NDT Level 3 consultant including acting as Responsible Level 3 for several clients in the aerospace and oil and gas industries. As an additional service, Mr. Cooper has also conducted several AS9100 internal and external audits for clients in support of their Quality Management Systems accreditation maintenance. As the goal continued to build our standing in the Quality and NDT communities and beyond, Quality First Associates, LLC (Q1A) was formed with sights set on being a quality driven team providing services to our customers. In 2025, we further that goal as becoming the FIRST Nadcap Accredited NDT Outside Agency to AC7114/12.

Quality - First minded professionals make up the quality team of Q1A. And our Customers are truly first in our eyes.