DOCUMENTS COVERING

WELDING INSPECTION AND

QUALIFICATION
Job Requirements

 Inspector posses, or have access

to, a great deal of information and
guidance.
 Inspector must have the ability to
evaluate other fabrication aspects
besides weld quality
 Inspector needs to know when
and how to evaluate the welding.
 Documents

 Documents must state what, when, where,

and how the inspection is to be performed.
 Drawings

 Codes

 Standards

 Specifications

 Contract

 Purchase orders
 Information

 Part size and geometry

 Base and filler metals to be used
 Requirements for hold points
 Processes to be used
 Specification for nondestructive
inspection
 Extent of inspection
 Acceptance/rejection criteria
 Qualification requirements for personnel
 Procedure and welder qualification
 Materials control requirements
DRAWINGS

Drawings describe the part or structure

in graphic detail.
 Drawing gives the W.I some idea of
the part size and configuration
 Helps the W.I to understand how a
component is assembled.
 Assists in the identification of
problems that could arise during
fabrication.
Dimensions

 To provide the sizes needed to

fabricate the parts
 To indicate locations where the
individual components of each
part should be placed.
Tolerances

 Tolerances are the total amount

of variation permitted from the
“design size” of a part.
Tolerances may be expressed
three ways
 As a variation between limits,
 As the design size followed by the
tolerance,
 When only one value is given, the
other value is assumed to be zero.
Tolerances
Notes

 Notes can be classified as General,

Local or Specifications depending
on their application on the
blueprint.
General Notes

 General Notes apply to the entire

drawing and are usually placed above or
to the left of the title block in a
horizontal position.
 These types of notes are not referenced
in the list of materials and are not from
specific areas of the drawings.
 If there are exceptions to general notes
on the drawing field, the note will
usually be followed by the phrase
"Except As Shown.“ "Except As Noted,"
or "Unless Otherwise specified."
Local Notes

 Local Notes or specific notes apply only

to certain features or areas and are
located near, and directed to, the feature
or area by a 'leader‘ (bold arrow with
reference line).
 Local notes may also be referenced from
the field of the drawing or the list of
materials by the note number enclosed in
an equilateral triangle (commonly
referred to as a‘flag").
 Specifications
 Specifications presented as local notes will
denote materials required, welding
processes to be used, type and size of
electrodes, and the kind and size of the
welding rod.
 Specifications are located near a view when
it refers specifically to that view.
 When the specifications are general and
apply to all or several different features,
they may be placed within a ruled space
provided on the print for this purpose,
included in the specifications package, or
contractual documents.
Hold Points

 Hold points are specific, prearranged

steps in the fabrication process to
permit interim inspection.
 The inspector must be present to
make an inspection or perform some
specific operation during these
steps.
 The welding inspector may be
required to choose when those hold
points are to occur or they may be
outlined in the jab specifications.
Organizations

 American Welding Society (AWS)

 American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME)
 American National Standards institute
(ANSI)
 American Petroleum Institute(API)
 American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
 Department of Transportation (DOT)
 Military Branches (Army, Navy etc.)
 Other Government Agencies
 CODES
 By definition, a code is, "a body of laws,
as of a nation, city, etc., arranged
systematically for easy reference".
 Since a code consists of laws having legal
status, it will always be considered
mandatory. Therefore, we will see text
containing words such as "shall" and
"will".
 A specific code includes certain conditions
and requirements for the item in question.
 It will also include descriptions of methods
to determine if those conditions and
requirements have been achieved.
 AWS CODES

 AWS D1.1 Structural Welding

Code-Steel
 AWS D1.2 Structural Welding
Code- Aluminum
 AWS D1.3 Structural Welding
Code- Sheet Steel
 AWS 1.4 Structural
Welding Code-
reinforcing Steel
 AWS 1.5 Bridge Welding Code
 AWS D 9.1 Sheet Metal Welding
Code
ASME CODE SECTIONS
 Section I- Rules for Construction of
Power Boilers
 Section II Materials
 Section III Subsection - NCA
General
Requirements for Division 1 and
Division 2
 Section IV Rules for Construction of
Heating Boilers
 Section V Nondestructive
Examination
 Section VII Recommended
Guidelines for the Care
of Power Boilers
 Section VIII Rules for Construction of
Pressure Vessels
ASME CODE SECTIONS

 Section IX Welding and

Brazing
Qualifications
 Section X Fiber-Reinforced
Plastic Pressure
Vessels
 Section XI Rules for In service

inspection of nuclear
Power Plant
Components
ASME CODE SUBSECTIONS
 Section II. Part A - Ferrous Material
Specifications
 Section II, Part B - Nonferrous Material
Specifications
 Section II. Part C - Specifications for
Welding Rods,
Electrodes. and Filler Metals
 Section II, Part D - Properties
 Section V. Nondestructive Examination
 Section VIII, Rules for Construction of
Pressure
Vessels
 Section IX, Welding and Bracing
Qualifications
 STANDARDS
 The dictionary describes a standard as,
"something established for use as a rule or
basis of comparison in measuring or judging
capacity, quantity, content, extent, value,
quality, etc".
 A standard is treated as a separate document
classification: however, the term standard
also applies to numerous types of documents
including codes and specifications.
 Other types of documents considered to be
standards are procedures, recommended
practices, group of graphic symbols,
classifications, and definitions of terms.
SPECIFICATIONS

 “Specification” - This type is

described as, "a detailed description
of the parts of a whole; statement or
enumeration of particulars, as to actual
or required size, quality, performance,
terms, etc".
 A specification is a detailed description
or listing of required attributes of some
item or operation. Not only are those
requirements listed, but there may also
be some description of how they will be
measured.
•Lifting Equipment Codes & Standards

•Rotating Equipment

•Corrosion

•Welding

•Pressure Vessels

•Exit
API SPEC. 2C Specification for Offshore Cranes

API RP 8B Recommended Practice for Procedures for

ANSI/API RP 8B /ISO Inspections, Maintenance, Repair and Manufacture of
13534-2000 Hoisting Equipment

BS 302 : 1987 Standard Steel Wire Ropes (Part 5)

BS 302 : 1987 Standard Steel Wire Ropes (Part 6)

Power Driven Overhead Traveling Cranes – Semi-

BS 466 : 1984
goliath and Goliath Cranes for general use.

Wire Rope Slings and Sling Legs for General Lifting

BS 1290 : 1983
Purposes

BS 1757 : 1986 Power Driven Mobile Cranes.

BS 2452 : 1954 High Pedestal or Portal JIB Cranes

Power Driven Tower Cranes for Building and

BS 2799 : 1974
Engineering Construction
 Suspended Access Equipment (suspended chairs,
traditional steeplejack’s seats, work cages, cradles
BS 2830 : 1994
and platforms) for use in the Building, Engineering
Construction, Steeplejack and Cleaning industries.

BS 2853 : 1957 The Design and Testing of Steel Overhead Runway Beam

BS 3243 Hand Operated Chain Blocks

Periodic Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of

BS 5430 : 1990 Transportable Gas Containers (Excluding Dissolved
Acetylene Containers) (Part 1)

BS 5655 : 1995 Lifts and Service Lifts (Subsection 10.1.1)

BS 5655 : 1995 Lifts and Service Lifts (Subsection 10.2.1)

Steel Shackles for Lifting and General Engineering

BS 6994
Purposes: Grade M(4)

BS 7072 : 1989 Inspection and Repair of Offshore Containers.

BS 7121 : 1989 Practice for Safe Use of Cranes (Part 1)

 General-Purpose Steam Turbines for
API 611 4th Ed., June1997 Petroleum, Chemical,and Gas Industry
Services

Lubrication,Shaft-Sealing,and Control-Oil
API 614, 4th Ed., Apr. 1999 Systems and Auxiliaries for
Petroleum,Chemical and Gas Industry Services

Gas Turbines for the Petroleum, Chemical,and

API 616, 4th Ed., Aug.1998
Gas Industry Services

Specifications for Packaged Reciprocating

API (SPEC 11 P). 2nd Ed.,
Compressors for Oil and Gas Production
Nov.1989
Services

General Purpose Gear Units for Petroleum,

API 677 2nd Ed., July 1997
Chemical,and Gas Industry Services
 Standard Recommended Practice
NACE RP192 Monitoring Corrosion in Oil and Gas
Production with Iron Counts.

Standard Guide for On-Line Monitoring of

ASME G96 Corrosion in Plant Equipment (Electrical
and Electrochemical Methods

NACE MR0175- Sulfide Stress Cracking Resistant

2002 Metallic Materials for Oilfield Equipment
 Visual Inspection of Pressure Vessels and
AWS- PRVGT
Pressure Piping

Specifications for Packaged

API (SPEC 11 P). 2nd
Reciprocating Compressors for Oil and
Ed., Nov.1989
Gas Production Services

Materials and Fabrication Requirements

for 2-1 /4Cr-1Mo & 3Cr-1Mo Steel Heavy
API RP 934 1st Ed.,
Wall Pressure Vessels for High
Dec. 2000
Temperature,High Pressure Hydrogen
Service

API 527, 3rd Ed., July

Seat Tightness of Pressure Relief Valves
1991
API 598, 7th Ed.,
Valve Inspection and Testing
Oct.1996

API 560, 3rd Ed., May Fired Heaters for General Refinery
2001 Service

API RP 580 Risk-based Inspection

Procedures for Welding or Hot Tapping

API RP 2201
on Equipment-in Service

API 594, 5th Ed., Check Valves: Wafer,Wafer-Lug, and

Nov.1997 Double Flanged Type
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