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Duties of Welding Manager

The duties of a welding inspector include ensuring welding operations comply with safety standards and specifications. This involves monitoring operations before, during, and after welding to check documentation, materials, welders' qualifications, joint preparation, welding technique, and the finished weld for defects. Welding inspectors prepare reports documenting their inspections to ensure all welding meets specifications.

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Duties of Welding Manager

The duties of a welding inspector include ensuring welding operations comply with safety standards and specifications. This involves monitoring operations before, during, and after welding to check documentation, materials, welders' qualifications, joint preparation, welding technique, and the finished weld for defects. Welding inspectors prepare reports documenting their inspections to ensure all welding meets specifications.

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Duties of a Welding Inspector

Safety
Before During After

Documentation Condition Condition


Work Order/Permit Cleanliness Cleanliness
Application Standard Preheat & Interpass
Drawing & Specifications Consumables Inspect
Quality Plans Weld Identification
WPS Monitor Visual Examination
Process Other NDE
Inspect Technique Evaluate
Welders, Variables Repairs
Material PWHT, HT & PMI
Consumables Re-inspection
Equipments Reports
Fit-up Repairs
Cutting Repair Procedure
Joint Preparation Repair Welder
Distortion Witness Repair
Environment (Back to Inspect)
Cleanliness Reject
Preheat
Alignment

Observe, Compare and Record

Describe Duties of a Welding Inspector


It is duty of a welding inspector to ensure that all operations concerning welding are in
accordance with written or agreed, practices or specifications.
A welding inspector must ensure that all operations are in complete compliance with
Local, Company and National Safety Legislation.
This includes monitoring and checking a number of operations; before, during and after
welding; as follows :

Before Welding (Pre-welding Checks)

Documentations : Ensure availability of following documents at work location;


a) Work Orders/Permits/PO
b) Application Standard of latest edition amendment.
c) Approved Drawing and Specification of latest revision.
d) Quality Plans – authorized & endorsed with signature & company stamp.
e) Applicable approved Welding Procedure Specification (WPS)
Welders : Ensure that welders to be used are approved by company. Review Welder
Qualification Record to ensure their use within qualification validity and range.

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Material : Review Material Test Certificates to ensure that the material in use is as
specified in drawing and specification.
Consumables : Inspect Consumables to be used for Size, Type and Condition.
Equipments : Check Equipments & Instruments to be used are in good operating
condition. Review Calibration / Validation Certificates, to ensure their use within due
dates and duty cycle.
Fit-up
Cutting Operation : Check cutting method and monitor cutting operation.
Joint Preparation : Inspect joint preparation for appearance and dimension.
Distortion Control : Inspect adequacy of Distortion control measures.
Environment Control : Inspect adequacy of environmental control measures.
Cleanliness : Ensure cleanliness of joint preparation.
Preheat : Ensure achievement of preheat, as applicable, where arc is to be struck.
Alignment : Inspect Fit-up for alignment, both linear and angular; using appropriate
inspection aids.

During Welding (In-process Welding Checks)

Cleanliness : Ensure inter-run & interpass cleanliness.


Preheat & Interpass : Monitor that inter-run & interpass, preheat and temperature, is
maintained.
Welding Consumables : Monitor Consumables in use for storage, handling &
condition.
Welding Process : Monitor welding process in use is as specified in WPS.
Welding Technique : Monitor welding technique in use is as specified in WPS.
Welding Variables : Monitor that all welding variables are maintained within WPS
specified range, during welding.

After Welding (Post Welding Checks)

Cleanliness : Ensure cleanliness of weld zone.


Weld Identification : Check availability and adequacy of Weld Identification.
Visual Examination : Perform visual examination of completed weld joint using
appropriate inspection aid.
Other NDE : Offer for other NDE, as applicable.
Evaluate : Review all NDE reports to identify relevant imperfections and evaluate with
acceptance standard.
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Repairs : Give repairs for defects. Ensure availability of approved repair procedure and
qualified repair welder, to attend repair. Witness systematic removal of defect and
refilling. Offer for Re-NDT of repair area.
PWHT : Perform PWHT, HT, PMI, etc. as applicable.
Re-inspection : Perform re-inspection starting with Visual Examination.
Reports : Prepare report of acceptable weld meeting specification duly signed for future
reference and record.

In general, duty of a Welding Inspector is to Observe, Compare and Record all


operations concerning welding.

Note : The answer should be completed in 22 minutes maximum.

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