Welding Codes, Standards and Quality Assurance

Objectives:

• Quality Assurance (QA) in welding is controlled by the standards and codes adopted by each specific item welded. Thus the present course is prepared for interested personnel to introduce them to the most famous standards and codes including ASME, AWS, API, etc.
• Moreover, the required welding QA documents are considered.

Contents:

• 1. The History, Purpose and Types of Welding Codes.
• 2. The Application of the American Petroleum Institute Standard API 1104 for petroleum pipelines.
• 3. The Application of The American Welding Society Code for Steel Structure (AWS D1.1)
• 4. Pressure retaining Codes (ASME)
• 5. Documents for Qualification of Welders and Welding Procedures (WPS, PQR, WPQ)
• 6. Quality Assurance Guidelines for welding workshops, American and European Systems.

Who Should Attend:

• The course is interesting to all the staff involved in design, operation, maintenance, inspection, reliability and safety of various welded industrial systems including:
• • Boilers, pressure vessels and piping systems
• • Steel Structures.
• • Petroleum, petrochemical and chemical industry systems.

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