Atema

How it Works...options and flexibility

In each 40 hour session, hours are gained by pre-seminar assignments, and daytime and evening onsite sessions. Pre-seminar activities include review of specific materials and the use of each participant's current work related case problems as available. Each onsite day includes 8+ hours of presentation topics; Q&A sessions and group case studies that target technical, interpretive and ethical problems faced by field and shop based professionals. Although there is significant benefit, it is not necessary to attend A, B and C sessions, or to attend them in order. You can even opt to attend the first three days and not the fourth.

Further recertification PDH credit beyond the 40 hours may be gained when participants elect to continue using the quality tools introduced in the sessions and apply them directly to welding quality problems on the job with employers or clients. Projects are supervised by Atema instructors through to resolution.

In addition to the direct benefits from attending the course(s) participants who attend a part A, a Part B and a Part C, can achieve Six Sigma Green Belt status.

Sessions Topics may include:

Eight Points of Visual Inspection of Welds

This quick review of applying the requirements of visual inspection listed in table 6.1, AS D1.1 will also include visual examples of what to look for and how to measure them.

Interpreting Standard welding procedures, when to use them

Several industry sectors now recognize AWS standard welding procedures in lieu of developing costly WPSs by testing. Review the background, use and interpretation of these documents is discussed

Quality Management Systems

This review covers the elements of a Quality Management System as they are applied in a steel fabrication environment. Selections from AISC’s, and AWS’s fabricator certification programs will be highlighted.

Contract Review and Inspection Plans—Shop or Field

The inspection professional is often in the role of reviewing fabrication or construction contracts for inspection requirements. What do you look for in required qualifications and responsibilities if you are representing the owner, the fabricator, your independent agency? How will you sequence inspections and develop an inspection plan? Review the basics of a plan that describes the processes characteristics, sampling plan, personnel responsible, schedule, reports and criteria in a way to meet customer project requirements. These discussions also include a review of the responsibilities of the inspector as defined in D1.1 or D1.5.

The Elements of a Welding Process Program.

ISO and AISC are two quality system examples requiring a company to describe their program to assure welding quality. This requirement includes how welders are qualified, materials are specified, consumables are stored, records are kept and other essential items. This discussion will outline the basics of how to document such a program.

Common Inspection Challenges

The things that not all inspectors interpret correctly, some examples: measuring TKY connections effectively, interpreting reentrant angle requirements, what is the required radius for copes, how to measure flare groove welds, qualifying the stud welding process, new RT inspection requirements of D1.1 2006 version.

Qualifying Welders—Testing Welders

This review covers the importance of a complete welder qualification process which includes establishing continuity from the beginning. Employers often overlook these important steps in the control of this process. Preparation and development of a test description to control the testing process is presented and discussed.

Essentials of Qualifying a WPSs

Discuss the importance of; essential variables, choosing procedure parameters, prequalified or qualified by testing, where to put training, supervision vs. welders, shop control methods to assure correct choices for WPS parameters, and electrode selection.

How to determine the range for the essential values on a WPS

This discussion will attempt to answer the debate, can the manufacture’s recommended range be used or does the code have more specific requirements for amperage, voltage and other essential characteristics. What variance in essential variables triggers requalification?

Quality Tools Applied to Welding Inspection Problem Solving

A number of basic quality tools will be included. A number of these tools are applicable to problem solving in the welding quality field and borrowed from the Six Sigma Program. Not only will you learn to understand the tools, you will use them during the class, so that you can then directly to your work. The tools can also be applied in projects after the class with a specific customer project under supervision by an Atema Instructor.

D1.5 Fracture Control Procedure

The importance of a complete plan that is compliant to Section 12 is reviewed. Discussion includes samples which are compliant to the requirements of the AISC certified Fabricator program.

Weld Gage calibration

There will be a hands-on demonstration of how to calibrate weld gages. this will allow participants to calibrate gages meeting ISO and AISC quality management system criteria.