Welder Qualification Oversight Consequence

To place in context how easy it is to run afoul of the code, we offer a simple
example of how a CWI or QC Manager might fail to keep a welder certified:

“The welder initially qualified to use multiple welding processes at the company
and continued to weld daily but failed to weld with the GMAW process for > 6
months. This terminated the welder’s qualification to use that process.”

If the welder is subsequently placed on a job using the GMAW process, an

independent Authorized Inspector (AI) for the job is obliged to refuse to sign off
on the project, with the structure welded by the non-qualified welder potentially
becoming scrap metal which may cost thousands if not hundreds of thousands of
dollars.

With job margins already under pressure, an error of this magnitude could result in
the ending of a career or even the demise of an entire company.