ASME IX Welding, Brazing and Fusing Qualifications

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21 Dec 2025 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register

ASME IX Welding, Brazing and Fusing Qualifications

Introduction

This 5 days course focuses on imparting a comprehensive understanding of ‘stated’ and ‘implied’ requirements (i.e. Content and Intent) of the Welding Qualification code. The participants would gain insight into ASME Section IX to facilitate interpreting, understanding, and complying with the Code rules. The program covers a quick review of common welding processes, their merits, and demerits, the detailed methodology of Procedure and Performance Qualifications; a step-by-step explanation for the preparation of WPS, PQR, and WPQ records. The course covers detailed Road Maps for the review of welding qualifications for different Processes, and extensive case studies for the application of the Road Map. Attendees will come away from this course with a clear understanding of the methodology of using Section IX and how code requirements are to be addressed. Emphasis will be placed on writing welding procedures, prepare welding specifications, and welder qualifications. Participants will also review Supplier made Procedures scrutinize and audit subcontractor Welding procedures as well as the Welder Qualifications.

Objectives

    By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

    • To introduce participants to the purpose and methodology of Welding Qualifications.
    • Learn how to understand, interpret, and comply with ASME Section IX requirements
    • How to conduct Procedure and Welder Tests, and certification of welders.
    • To provide a step-by-step approach in the preparation of WPS, PQR, and WPQ records.
    • To know Essential, Non-essential and Supplementary Essential Variables, and their use.
    • Review welding processes/variables and basic welding metallurgy
    • Review, scrutinize and accept or reject sub-contractor
    • Welding procedures and Welders
    • Re-certification of Welders and Welding Operators.

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

This course is ideally suited for Welding Engineers in all industries especially for people who are involved in Writing and qualifying welding procedure specifications, qualifying welders, reviewing of suppliers’ procedures, auditing of in-house procedures, and qualifications. This course will be beneficial for Plant inspectors, Third-party inspectors and Shop inspectors, QA/QC personnel, and others involved in Welding qualifications.

Course Outline

  • Development of ASME Section IX;
  • Overview of ASME Section IX
  • Relationship of Section IX to Other Codes
  • Brief review of welding processes SMAW, SAW,
  • GTAW, GMAW,
  • Brief review of Welding consumables, AWS and ASME classification
  • Requirements for Procedure Qualification
  • Requirement of performance qualification
  • Welding variables- Essential, non-essential, Supplementary
  • Documentation of PQR tests
  • Writing Welding procedure specifications on the basis
  • of Qualified PQR.
  • Scrutiny of WPS/PQR documents
  • Usual pit-falls and mis-conceptions
  • P- No, S- No, F- No and A- No
  • Performance Qualification-tests and documentation
  • Re-qualification of welders.
  • Supplemental variables - special considerations for notch-toughness
  • How welding influences toughness; toughness requirements of code
  • Case Studies covering preparation of WPS/PQR documents
  • Road map for WPS/PQR Review
  • Case Studies covering scrutiny and review of WPS/
  • PQR documents
  • Mockup examinations

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