what does coded welder mean and where can you get welds tested

mikeyboo

As above just wondering does anyone no more on both these questions cheers. Not sure where to post this as on mobile

NuckingFacker

mikeyboo wrote: »

As above just wondering does anyone no more on both these questions cheers. Not sure where to post this as on mobile

A coded welder is simply a welder who has completed a recognised welding test to a satisfactory standard for a given process. It's a bit like boxing, there's a good few titles to aim for and each claims to be the best!

Have a google at "Weldingtipsandtricks.com" or "EN287". The yanks recognise ASME.. as do some europeans. It depends on the process you're looking to get coded at, ie tig, mig, smaw or whatever and often there's a requirement to get re-coded at the start of a new task or job as well as an approved process to follow for a particular job. It's a complex field - and it's often easier to get coded in the UK than in Ireland as there's more testing facilities over there.

Metlab, WIS in Limerick and Advanced NDT would be the biggies in terms of getting welds tested for industry in Ireland, but there are others What and why do you need to know? .

2.8trooper

I had come across this before professionally,we had an outdoor access staircase fabricated from a long established well known engineering company in Dublin,it was for a large cathedral,the consulting engineer in true fashion in order to cover themselves insisted on the staircase being crack tested and a poristy test on welds and wanted copies of various codes for the welder.To have all the tests completed and the welder to "up skill" would have quadrupled the price off the project,and the test procedure wasn't gaurenteed unless they could cut section ally through the weld.it made no sense whatsoever and the consultant in the end had to make do with a rather poor X-ray on some welds.
Sometimes red tape should be kept for going round holes in the ground.

NuckingFacker

2.8trooper wrote: »

I had come across this before professionally,we had an outdoor access staircase fabricated from a long established well known engineering company in Dublin,it was for a large cathedral,the consulting engineer in true fashion in order to cover themselves insisted on the staircase being crack tested and a poristy test on welds and wanted copies of various codes for the welder.To have all the tests completed and the welder to "up skill" would have quadrupled the price off the project,and the test procedure wasn't gaurenteed unless they could cut section ally through the weld.it made no sense whatsoever and the consultant in the end had to make do with a rather poor X-ray on some welds.
Sometimes red tape should be kept for going round holes in the ground.

I've seen very similar - a test expert hired in at €1700.00 a day (he had a very nice car..)to test welds in-situ. Turned out his equipment wouldn't fit into where the really critical welds were being made, in the end he wandered around (he struck me as a little bit clueless tbh) - drank a lot of tea and signed all the forms saying he was happy.

I kinda shook my head a bit tbh. I was doing the welds, and I wasn't all that happy - the drawings were rubbish and the design struck me as being drafted by someone receiving instructions via a two-way radio with a lot of static..the fact we were also there repairing a structure that had failed in the first place would have given me nightmares too if I was the one signing off..he seemed happy though. Gotta love the rules.