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Is a welder who has performed the welding during pqr considered to be qualified for that procedure or does welder performance qualification have to be done seperately?
Reply:Someguy,If your working to AWS D1.1, then under 4.18.3 (06) your welder would be qualified for that process."Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." -- Seneca the Younger
Reply:X2 The last place I worked at qualified procedures for other companies. I had all types of weird certs.Yup
Reply:Originally Posted by qaqcSomeguy,If your working to AWS D1.1, then under 4.18.3 (06) your welder would be qualified for that process.
Reply:For most codes, I would say yes, as long as the same tests are done.It would probably require filling out seperate paperwork for each cert though
Reply:By Section IX, yes, he is qualified within the limits of the performance qualifications.  He is still subject to the limits of positions specified in QW-303.  This is covered in Section IX, QW 301.2.
Reply:A welder that preforms welding for a PQR is qualified to weld within the range of qualification for performance qualification. He/She may be able to use the WPS or May not. It depends upon how the WPS is written.As an example a welder could weld a flat plate and flip it over and backgouge it and weld the 2nd side. This PQR could be used to write a pipe  WPS for any position and any diameter with our without backing.The welder would only be qualified to only weld pipe down to 2 7/8" OD in the 1G position with backing.Each range of qualification is seperate and apart from the other.Thus listing a welder as "qualified to a procedure" is a somewhat misleading term that is often used. A welder may have qualification well beyond that of a companies procedures and in addition may be qualified to use a procedure but only within certain ranges.Have a nice dayhttp://www.weldingdata.com/
Reply:Thanks everybody thats all i needed to know.