Welder qualifications, procedures, safety file and insurance — issued with the quotation, not produced after somebody asks for them.
ISO 9606-1Welder qualification
ISO 3834-2Welding quality
NilLost-time injuries
InsuredPublic liability
01 · Qualification
Welder qualification
Welders are qualified to the process, position and material they are put on. Nobody is put on a coded joint on the strength of being good at the last one.
Qualification held — by process
Standard
Process
Positions
Material
Renewal
ISO 9606-1
MMA / SMAW
PA · PC · PF
Carbon steel plate & pipe
2-yearly
ISO 9606-1
MIG / GMAW
PA · PB · PC
Carbon steel, stainless
2-yearly
ISO 9606-1
TIG / GTAW
PA · PB · PF
Stainless, thin-wall pipe
2-yearly
ISO 9606-2
MIG / GMAW
PA · PB
Aluminium
2-yearly
Verification
Current certificates — with welder name, qualification range and expiry date — are attached to every quotation involving coded work. If a certificate lapses mid-contract, that welder comes off the joint until it is re-tested.
02 · Quality
Quality system
Welding quality requirements to ISO 3834-2, applied as a working routine rather than a folder that stays in the office.
Before welding
Drawing and specification reviewed against capability
Procedure selected and agreed for each joint type
Welder qualification checked against the procedure
Material identified, marked and traceable to the job
Fit-up, root gap and cleanliness checked
After welding
100% visual inspection against the procedure
Dimensional check against the drawing
Non-conformances cut out and re-run, then re-inspected
Third-party NDT coordinated where specified
Records issued with the job at handover
03 · Safety
Safety on site
Hot work in a live plant is the highest-risk thing we do. It gets planned, permitted and watched — every time, on every site, including the small jobs.
Our safety file goes out with the quotation so your HSE department can review it before an order is placed rather than on the morning the crew arrives at the gate. Where your site has its own induction, permit or contractor system, we work to yours.
Safety file contents
Company HSE policy and organogram
Risk assessments per scope of work
Method statements, job specific
Hot work and confined space procedures
PPE register and issue records
Equipment inspection and calibration records
Insurance certificates and registrations
On the job
Permit obtained before any hot work starts
Fire watch posted and extinguishers positioned
Screens up, extraction where the space demands it
Toolbox talk at the start of every shift
Lifting gear inspected and certificated
Site left clean, off-cuts and consumables removed
Hot work — permitted, screened and watched.
04 · Record
HSE record
The figures we are asked for most often at pre-qualification, in one place.
Rolling 24-month record
Measure
Figure
Notes
Lost-time injuries
0
No LTI recorded over the period
Recordable incidents
0
Near-misses logged and reviewed at toolbox talks
Hot work permits
100%
Permit in hand before hot work commenced
Weld re-work
< 1%
Cut out and re-run, then re-inspected
On-time delivery
98%
Against agreed programme dates
05 · Company
Registrations & cover
Company registration, tax status, local content registration and insurance — the four things a procurement department asks for before a purchase order is raised.
Company documents
Document
Reference
Status
CAC incorporation
RC 0000000
Certificate on file
Tax identification
TIN 00000000-0000
Current
NCDMB registration
NOGIC JQS pending
Documentation available
Public liability
Insured
Certificate issued with quotations
Workmen's compensation
In force
Cover for all crew on site
06 · Handover
Documents you get
What arrives with the quotation, and what arrives with the finished job.
With the quotation
Firm price with scope, exclusions and assumptions
Material take-off
Programme and lead time
Welder qualification records
Risk assessment and method statement
Insurance and registration certificates
At handover
As-built mark-up of the drawing
Dimensional check sheet
Visual weld inspection record
Third-party NDT reports where specified
Torque records where bolts are tensioned
Signed handover sheet
Pre-qualification
If you run a vendor pre-qualification process, send the pack through and we will complete it. We would rather spend an afternoon on your forms than turn up on site with the wrong paperwork.
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Or send measurements and what the job has to carry — we will do the take-off ourselves.
