Course
QAW-2 Welding and Quality Inspector
Duration: 4 days + 1 day examination
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Course overview: The traditional
Welding Inspector (WI), although still used in a number
of industry sectors, has changed significantly to someone
who has a much greater depth of knowledge of “quality
matters” and with this, a very different set
of skills and competencies required by the traditional
Welding Inspector (Level 2).
This complementary training
course is geared to provide training, instruction and
practical skills development to existing qualified
welding inspectors.
With this quality conscious industry,
a new role as a QA-QC Welding Inspector would have
a much greater emphasis on matters related to Quality
Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) for all industry
sectors.
Suitable for:
Currently qualified PCN, CSWIP or AWS welding inspector
Level 2 personnel or candidates must also pass PCN
Level 2 Welding Inspector as a pre-requisite to the
advanced level QA-QC Welding Inspector Level 2.
Course content:
Terms, definitions, abbreviations and acronyms; behaviour
of welded products; the role and responsibilities
of a QA-QC welding inspector Level 2; auditing procedures;
practical skills development of auditing; planning
of objectives; organizing; hands on experience; case
studies; health and safety in welding; assessing the
welding and cutting equipment; assessment and fitness
for purpose; hand on of physical assessment; reporting;
weld symbols on drawings and communication; interpretation
of design requirements; manual, semi-automatic, mechanised
and automated welding processes; welding process control;
deviation from WPS requirements; implications; calibration
and validation; application and equipment requirements;
measurement of parameters; practicalities; control
of welding consumables; process control and in process
monitoring; welding procedure and welder qualification
testing: essential variables and their control; application
of pre-heat, heat input and interpass temperature controls;
deviation from procedure requirements and tolerances;
welding procedure qualification documents; application
and identification of essential variables, range of
qualification, testing results and re-qualification
requirements; interaction of the main qualification
documentation; practical assessment of documents; reporting
of findings; application of Codes and standards; survey
of welding, welding inspection, NDT, QA and QC standards;
contractual aspects versus code and standard requirements;
assessment of documentation; verification of documents;
Hands on experience; Scrutiny of welding qualification
documentation; Guided case studies; manufacture and
designation of steels; weldability considerations;
controls required to avoid welding problems in steels
and stainless steel; problems; control of mechanical
properties; welding procedure requirements and their
understanding; the welding of non ferrous alloys application
of non destructive testing; survey of methods and their
application to detect specific defects; NDT procedures;
Qualification of personnel; assessment of reports;
quality requirements for welding – ISO 3834 (EN729);
introduction to the standard; other standards; welding
coordination requirements; responsibilities.
Course outcomes:
After the course you will be able to:
- Understand the terminology used in Welding Quality
Assurance and Quality Control
- Appreciate different joint designs and compliance
to welding procedure specification requirements.
- Appreciate a broad range of welding technology
and its interaction with welding auditing.
- Confirm the role, responsibilities and duties of
a welding auditor
- Appreciate the need for QA, QC and inspection within
a fabrication and welding organisation.
- Understand the problems and controls required to
welding different material types.
- Understand arc welding process technology related
to Quality Assurance and Quality Control.
- Appreciate how welding can influence mechanical
and metallurgical properties of welded joints.
- Appreciate why welding procedures and welders are
qualified.
- Assess documentation for compliance in relation
to the requirements of qualification standards
- Identify common weld imperfections, understand
and interpret different acceptance standards.
- Understand the controls required to avoid weldability
problems in welded joints.
- Appreciate the methodology of welding symbols and
how to interpret an engineering drawing.
- Understand health and safety requirements related
to welding and assess welding equipment for compliance.
- Be able to report on the acceptance or rejection
of welded products and offer constructive feedback.
- Appreciate good house keeping measures in relation
to health safety and environmental requirements related
to welding
- *Be able to carryout welding audits effectively
and efficiently (*Subject to existing pre-requisite
training and experience).
- Know when to establish “expert” help?
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