Course Overview:
This program is focused on the qualification of a weld through preparation, testing and development of welding procedures and these welders.
The aim of this paper is to explain the procedures that are followed in preparing documents required for the procedure, welder and equipment qualification according to ASME Section IX.
The topics addressed here include commonly soldering techniques and consumables as well as the importance of non-destructive testing techniques for control of quality with experience in the application of different nondestructive testing techniques such as visual, magnetic particle, ultrasonic and radiographic inspections. Also an understanding of how a NDT examination of discontinuities is performed and recorded will be acquired.
This course is particularly directed towards personnel employed as plant inspectors, third party inspectors, QA/QC and others dealing with welding qualifications and NDT examinations.
Course Objectives:
- o introduce participants to the purpose and methodology of Welding Qualifications.
- Learn how to understand, interpret, and comply with ASME
- Section IX requirements
- How to conduct Procedure and Welder Tests, and certification of welders.
- To provide step-by step approach in preparation of WPS,
- PQR, and WPQ records.
- Re-certification of Welders and Welding Operators.
- Understand the requirements of ASME sec. IX for Procedure Qualifications
- Know the common NDT methods used in industry
- The principle and Methodology of common NDT methods
- Merits and demerits of NDT methods
- Selecting the appropriate NDT methods
- How to Calibrate equipment and conduct the NDT examinations,
- Understand Types of discontinuities
- Detection, Interpretation, and evaluation of indications
- Document the test results, Understand the requirements of ASME sec. V for NDT.
Determine when mitigation is required and the appropriate mitigation methods to utilize including maintenance pigging, physical design changes, and operational modifications
Who Should Attend?
This course is ideally suited for all inspection persons to understand the role of Procedure Qualification as a tool of Quality Assurance. This course will be beneficial for Plant inspectors, Third-party inspectors and Shop inspectors, QA/QC personnel, and others involved in Welding qualifications and NDT examinations.
Course Outlines:FN Diving performs the following underwater NDT Inspection methods when needed with Diver Technicians holding CSWIP 3.1 up to 3.4.
- The program covers all the essential knowledge and understanding, and problem-solving skills, needed by newly appointed engineers/technologists with responsibilities in the field of metallic materials technology. A solid understanding of the principles underpinning the use of metallic materials in industrial applications will be given. There will be group discussions on case studies involving the failure of metallic components and the emphasis will be on understanding why failures happen and how they can be avoided. All participants will return to their organizations with a developed Action Plan to implement their learning from the program into their daily routine at work.
- The Causes and Types of Corrosion
- Introduction to Welding Procedures
- Overview of Procedure Qualifications WPS/PQR
- A brief review of Welding processes SMAW, SAW, GTAW,
- GMAW,
- A brief review of Welding consumables, AWS and ASME classification
- Requirements for Procedure Qualification
- The requirement of performance qualification
- Welding variables- Essential, non-essential, Supplementary
- Documentation of PQR tests-Contents of PQR
- Writing Welding procedure specifications on the basis of Qualified PQR
- Contents of WPS.
- Scrutiny of WPS/PQR documents
- P- No, S- No, F- No and A- No
- Performance Qualification-tests and documentation
- Re-qualification of welders.
- Case Studies covering preparation of WPS/PQR documents
- Welding Inspection Operations
- Inspection Considerations
- Quality Assurance by NDT methods
- Examination Methods
- Qualification of Nondestructive Examination Personnel
- Discontinuities
- Visual Examination (VT)
- Magnetic Particle Examination (MT)
- Liquid Penetrant Examination (PT)
- Eddy Current Inspection (ET)
- Radiographic Inspection (RT)
- Ultrasonic Inspection (UT)
- Weld Inspection and Data Recording.
- Feedback and Question answers