We provide qualification of welders and welding procedures for welding compliance with the American Welding Society (AWS) API test on welds and guidelines from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Benefits of Qualification for Welders and Welding Procedures.
- Be sure you employ welders whose skills are verified and can follow the instructions in a given welding procedure specification.
- Be confident that your welding procedure specification will produce a welded component with properties that satisfy the design requirements.
- Comply with applicable codes and standards.
- Reduce the risk of company liability with documented safety standards.
- Ensure the quality of welded components.
- The term “qualification” means that a welder or welding operator has met the requirements of a given standard and is qualified to perform welding within the scope of that standard.
- Certified welders must possess the skills necessary to produce a sound weld, which is visually acceptable and also meets testing requirements.
- The qualification of welders can be accomplished by making radiographs or by using bend tests, as required by many welding codes.
- In Europe, welder qualifications are determined in accordance with EN ISO 9606 or ISO 14732. We can also qualify welders involved in the fabrication of pressure vessels falling within the scope of the PED.
- To document welder capability, we issue the welders’ qualification test certificate or welders’ performance qualification.
Welding procedure qualification verifies compatibility of materials and techniques able to produce welded components that are in compliance with welding codes and have acceptable mechanical properties.
In order to achieve an accurate welding procedure specification, we help you to develop and assess welding procedures on a qualification weld. The qualification weld is then inspected by the following mechanical and non-mechanical tests in preparation of the procedure qualification report (WPQR):
- Macro etching
- Bend testing
- Charpy Impact Testing
- Hardness Testing
- Non Destructive Testing
Scope of QA /QC Welding Training
IQMS Training center covering NDT level I&II in NDT Methods, QAQC Welding training,
- Awareness of welding symbols, groups, joints.etc
- Types of welding and knowledge of each welding
- Types of welding defects and metal defects
- Knowledge of WPS, PQR, WQT& WQR etc
- Duties & Responsibilities
- Dimensional conformance
- Knowledge about QA &QC
- Knowledge of Destructive Testing
- Knowledge about NDT Testing
- Knowledge about Hardness Testing
- Dimensional Measurement Methods
- Codes, Standard and Procedures
- Safety Awareness
- Visual Acuity
