WELD PROCEDURE CERTIFICATION
Our Certification service comprises a complete package in respect of producing Welding Procedure Qualification Records / Procedure Qualification Records (WPQRs/PQRs).
Our fully trained and qualified Examiners will:
- Attend your site
- Collect all of the required data to produce the relevant certification.
- Coordinate the required Non Destructive and Destructive testing with independent UKAS accredited laboratories.
- Review and Compile all documentation including test results against standards.
- Our Certification Department will then produce the WPQR Certificate and issue you an electronic and hard Copy.
WELDER PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION
- Our Examination department is Accredited and Appointed as an Recognised Independent Third Party Organisation (RTPO) to witness and verify testing and Certification of welders.
- Welder performance Testing is carried out by witnessing a welder following a written instruction to produce test coupon.
- The written instruction usually comes as a Preliminary Welding Procedure Specification (pWPS) or a Welding Procedure Specification (WPS).
- Our Examination team then Coordinate the required Non Destructive and/or Destructive testing with independent UKAS accredited laboratories.
- Upon acceptable test results our Certification Department produce the relevant Welder Certification to one or more National, European or Internationally recognised standards.
WELDER QUALIFICATION PROLONGATION/REVALIDATION
- Under our UKAS Accredited Welder Qualification Scheme, WESTZON are able to Endorse prolongation/Revalidation of Welder qualifications.
- Welder Qualifications are required to be confirmed every 6 months by an Employer or a Supervisor.
- In order to do this a Welder must provide 2 acceptable volumetric reports (Radiographic or Ultrasonic) within the last 6 months of the certificate validity.
- Upon review of this documentation Welder qualifications can be Prolonged for a further 2 years.
How Does it all work?
Weld Procedure Testing and Welder Qualification Testing
- Under our Type A inspection body status, we provide a full Weld Procedure Qualification Record and Welder Qualification Testing service.
- Our experienced welding examiners can travel to sites all over the UK and record all relevant welding data required in order to gain certification.
- Following Welding, the test pieces are sent for Non-destructive testing which will be conducted by an ISO9712 level II technician.
- After acceptable NDT Results (if required) the test coupons will be send to a UKAS ISO 17025 mechanical laboratory for the required mechanical testing to be performed
Recording and reporting
- Our Approved Welding surveillance personnel will attend your site and witness all welding activities, record and report on the results using UKAS calibrated equipment and compile a full documentation pack ready for certification.
Certification
- All documentation is handed over to our Technical manager who will then produce the complete certification package, which will include a UKAS Certificate and all test data.
SUPPORTED INDUSTRIES
Our Examiners provide welding procedure qualification and welder qualification tests for many industries including:
- Oil & Gas
- Nuclear
- Defence
- Rail
- Aerospace
- Petro-Chemical
- Pressure Equipment
- Food
- Renewable Energy
- Pipe work Fabricators
- Marine
- Steelwork fabricators
Our team of Welding Examiners have been fully trained and approved by our In house Technical managers; both of which are Certified International and European Welding Engineers (CIWE / CEWE) with experience in Welding Surveillance and Welding Quality management systems including ISO 1090, ISO 3834, ISO 15085 and DIN