ASME Section IX

Welding Qualifications
Course Description
This one-day training course is a basic introductory overview of the Section IX Welding Requirements Code book. It is geared for
accessibility by people who are approaching Section IX for the first time, as well as providing useful information to those with more
Code experience. It provides information which is helpful for the ASME Certificate Holder engaged in welded construction, and
Repair organizations working on ASME Code pressure retaining items under the NBIC. The seminar assumes a basic understanding
of welding processes and their proper implementation, and a discussion of special welding situations, including dissimilar metal
thickness welding and special process overlay welding applications, along with the unique qualification considerations which apply to
these situations. A welding document review workshop allows practical application of the principles taught.

Topics Covered

Correlation to Construction Codes Radiography

Acceptable Welding Processes Stud Weld tests
Requirements for WPS and Welder Qualification Tube to Tubesheet
Manufacturers Responsibilities for Qualification Visual Examinations
Inter-company Welding Procedures Surface NDE
Procedure and Qualification Ownership Transfers Welding Documents
Standard Welding Procedure Specifications Contents, Preparation and Revision
Welder Performance Qualification Welding Procedure Specification
Welder Identification Welding Procedure Qualification Record
Welder Continuity Welder Performance Qualification Record
Requalification and Recertification Welding Variables
Simultaneous Qualifications Essential
Test Coupon Types Supplementary Essential
Position Nonessential
Joint Type Special Process
Product Forms Welder Performance
Conducting a Qualification Test Machine and Automatic Welding
PQR WPS Applicability
WPQ P-Numbers
Test Specimen Preparation F-Numbers
Test Specimen Evaluation and Acceptance A-Numbers
Ranges and Limits of Qualifications WPS/PQR Interrelationships
Required Qualification Tests Continued validity of WPS and WPQ WPS Combination and
Tensile Strength Separation
Guided Bend Dissimilar Metal Welding
Notch Toughness Dissimilar Thickness Welding
Fillet Weld tests WPS Qualification for Root Welds

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ES-10 REV August 2016