Re: [MW:0] QUALIFICATION OF WELDERS BY PRODUCTION WELDING AS PER AWS D1.1

Dear Phillip, There is a quite big difference between welding operator and welder. welding operator works on  automatic welding process equipments and welder's works on their personal skill performance. so both are different aspects. As ASME mention that validity for any welder's skill is applicable max 6months and also it depend upon his failure rate during production. as far as concern a new welder who has not passed the specific required test by the company who is going to employ for specific project he must give a test. For a welder who is already qualified for specific process and position and he could not able to do the welding for almost 6 months and after 6months  the job is available in the same welding process and position then it is on the basis of client approval for any project he can do production test which he passed with RT results then he is eligible for the same welding process and position qualification. but if he failed then he has go for under training for some weeks and depend upon skill verification he must give qualification test again. as per AWS D1.1 clause 4.19.1.1. welder can not qualify in the same way of welding operator. regards SHAMESH LOTLIKAR --- On Thu, 7/22/10, Philip, Taiye (Lagos) <Taiye.Philip@deltaafrik.com> wrote: From: Philip, Taiye (Lagos) <Taiye.Philip@deltaafrik.com> Subject: [MW:6072] QUALIFICATION OF WELDERS BY PRODUCTION WELDING AS PER AWS D1.1 To: materials-welding@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 1:00 PM As per D1.1 clause 4.19.1.1, welding operator may be qualified by taking RT on production welding, Please clarify if welders also can be qualified in the same way with reference to clause?   Regards Philip Taiye Principal QA/QC Welding Engineer (MIPs Quality Control) DeltaAfrik Engineering Limited 2nd Floor, City Express Bank Building Plot 1637 Adetokunbo Ademola Street Victoria Island, Lagos   Nigeria Phone: +234-1-461-8508, +2341-461-6137 ext. 1257 Cell: +234-(0)-803-803-1396 Fax: +234-1-262-2418 e-mail: taiye.philip@worleyparsons.com     *** WORLEYPARSONS GROUP NOTICE *** "This email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete the email and any attachments. Any personal views or opinions expressed by the writer may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of any company in the WorleyParsons Group of Companies." -- To post to this group, send email to materials-welding@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to materials-welding-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group's bolg at http://materials-welding.blogspot.com/ The views expressed/exchnaged in this group are members personel views and meant for educational purposes only, Users must take their own decisions w.r.t. applicable code/standard/contract documents.

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