any coded welders out there

[lumos2000]

i need some advice on a course ive been offerd, and want to know if the qualifications are worth doing?

 

[Grannygrinder]

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I've done my codings in MIG.
I haven't got any other welding qualifications though.
We do the codings every other year at work, its a legal thing just in case something fails.

 

[lumos2000]

pm sent

 

[GT-Steve]

There's a million and one codes out there, all material specific, position specific, and welding medium specific. And that's just the tip of an iceberg. Fillet Welds, Butt welds. Plate or tube.. etc. etc.

On top of that, each company out there will require their own codings and WPQ (weld procedure qualification). Weld procedures will need to be written for the material you can weld, with limits on material thicknesses and the positions you can weld in. Then you will need to be 'qualified' to that specification by producin a witnessed test piece. After that, depending on the area of business, you be required to have your test piece sent to test engineer, for destructive and non detructive testing.

It's an absolute minefield, and you'd do well to read a copy of BS15614 or EN 287 or EN 288, but as a guide BS15614 will give you the info you need to start with.

I could witter on all day, but it's my job and I like to have a break..

 

[cyfa2809]

There's a million and one codes out there, all material specific, position specific, and welding medium specific. And that's just the tip of an iceberg. Fillet Welds, Butt welds. Plate or tube.. etc. etc.

On top of that, each company out there will require their own codings and WPQ (weld procedure qualification). Weld procedures will need to be written for the material you can weld, with limits on material thicknesses and the positions you can weld in. Then you will need to be 'qualified' to that specification by producin a witnessed test piece. After that, depending on the area of business, you be required to have your test piece sent to test engineer, for destructive and non detructive testing.

It's an absolute minefield, and you'd do well to read a copy of BS15614 or EN 287 or EN 288, but as a guide BS15614 will give you the info you need to start with.

I could witter on all day, but it's my job and I like to have a break..

I did some of/alot of this with my c and g. I didnt know i learnt that much. Im far from master though.

 

[lumos2000]

thanks for the replys, ive sent some pms. ive got a little time to make my mind up.

 

[GT-Steve]

I did some of/alot of this with my c and g. I didnt know i learnt that much. Im far from master though.

yeah sorry, I get all anally retentive about it, but there's welders, and there's WELDERS...

I come from an HVAC/pressure vessel background where you cannot afford for anything to be wrong.

 

[cyfa2809]

I WISH i was that level! Bugger im far from it though. Lvl 1 or 2 c+g so only basic but still involved.

Probably forgot a lot of it though, havent been at a machine since (3 or 4 years), sob sob.

My first love infact, probably.

 

[poweredbypies]

My dad learnt to weld long before all that came in. There's not a lot he cant weld, well if he has the right equipment. Siemens wouldnt have been to pleased if he had cleared out his workshop