ÿþ<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="Author" content="J.S.Dyson"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.51 [en] (Win98; I) [Netscape]"> <meta name="Classification" content="welding"> <meta name="Description" content="Welding Standards, Welding Procedures"> <meta name="KeyWords" content="Welding Standards, ASME, EN288, EN287, Welding Procedures"> <title>Welding Qualifications</title> </head> <body link="#5A317B" vlink="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" background="bg2.JPG"> &nbsp; <table WIDTH="95%" HEIGHT="100" > <tr> <td><FONT face=verdana,arial style="COLOR: #5a317b; FONT-SIZE:19px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Welding Qualifications</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <hr noShade></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font size=+1>Welding Procedures, Welder Approvals and Welding Procedure Specifications explained.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table CELLSPACING=10 CELLPADDING=0 col="3" > <tr> <th VALIGN=TOP><font size=+1>•</font></th> <td><b><font size=+1><a href="new-standards.pdf" target="_top">European Standards</a></font></b> <br><font size=+1>An introduction to European Welding Standards. (427Kb pdf File) </font></td> <td ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN="3" WIDTH="233"><img SRC="jd.jpg" ALT="John Dyson" height=233 width=280></td> </tr> <tr> <td VALIGN=TOP><b><font size=+1>•</font></b></td> <td><b><font size=+1><a href="quals1.htm">Basic Guide</a></font></b> <br><font size=+1>A basic introduction to Welding qualifications and why they are required</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td VALIGN=TOP><b><font size=+1>•</font></b></td> <td><b><font size=+1><a href="wps.htm">Welding Procedure Specifications(WPS)</a></font></b> <br><font size=+1>Welding Procedure Specifications to <nobr>EN ISO 15609-1 (formerly EN288 Part 2).</nobr> Why are they required and what should they include.&nbsp;</font></td> </tr><tr></tr> <td VALIGN=TOP><b><font size=+1>•</font></b></td> <td COLSPAN="2"><b><font size=+1><a href="asme.htm">ASME Section IX</a></font></b> <br><font size=+1>Guidance on the qualification of welding procedures and the performance testing of welders to section 9 of the ASME boiler and pressure vessel code.&nbsp;</font> <font size=+1><a href="calc3.htm">Approval Range Calculator.</a></font></td> </tr><tr></tr></tr><tr></tr> <tr> <td VALIGN=TOP><b><font size=+1>•</font></b></td> <td COLSPAN="2"><b><font size=+1><a href="en.htm">European & ISO Welding Standards</a></font></b> <br><font size=+1>These new standards are renumbered and updated versions of the old EN288 series.&nbsp;Information is also provided about the older standards.</font> <br><font size=+1><a href="calc4.htm">NEW Approval Range Calculator.</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <tr> <td VALIGN=TOP><b><font size=+1>•</font></b></td> <td COLSPAN="2"><b><font size=+1><a href="mech.htm">Automatic/Machine Welding</a></font></b> <br><font size=+1>Guidance on the qualification of welding operators to EN and ASME Rules</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td VALIGN=TOP><b><font size=+1>•</font></b></td> <td VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN="2"><b><font size=+1><a href="http://www.rsaconnect.rsagroup.co.uk/engineering/enginspections.asp" target="_top"> Independant Inspection Authority</a></font></b> <br><font size=+1>Royal &amp; SunAlliance is probably one of the most helpful Inspection agencies around.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font size=+1>&nbsp;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td VALIGN=TOP><b><font size=+1>•</font></b></td> <td COLSPAN="2"><b><font size=+1><a href="http://www.gowelding.com" target="_top">Return To Main Menu Page</a></font></b></td> </tr> <tr><td><font size=+1>&nbsp;</font></td></tr> <tr><td COLSPAN="3"><font size=+1><B><U>Please Note,</U></B></font><font size=+1> whilst I am prepared to answer your questions, I can't supply copies or extracts of standards because they are all subject to copyright law. However copies of most standards can be purchased online from the various standards authorities, see <A href="links.htm" Target=fMain>LINKS</A> for their web site addresses.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Page last updated 23 October 2009</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>