Implementing welding production methods and procedures
Overview
This standard identifies the competences you need to implement welding and related production methods and procedures, in accordance with specified requirements. You will be required to apply appropriate methods and procedures to ensure that the resources and systems available to you are used effectively and efficiently. You will need to ensure that all the conditions and documentation for the required welding production are in place and that correct implementation is achieved. You will also be required to identify any opportunities to improve the welding and related production methods during implementation, and to convey this information to the appropriate people and department.
Your responsibilities will require you to comply with organisational policy and procedures for the implementation of the welding and related production activities undertaken, and to report any problems with these activities that you cannot personally resolve, or that are outside your permitted authority, to the relevant people. You will be expected to apply your knowledge of welding technology to a range of work activities, performed in a variety of contexts and with a degree of personal responsibility and autonomy. Responsibility for the work of others and the allocation of resources may also be present.
Your underpinning knowledge will provide a good understanding of your work, and will provide an informed approach to applying welding technology in production. You will understand the welding activities within your area of responsibility, their technology and application, in adequate depth to provide a sound basis for carrying out the required implementation to the required specification.
You will be aware of any company, legislative or regulatory health, safety and environmental requirements applicable to the welding and related production activity being implemented. You will be required to demonstrate safe working practices throughout, and will understand the responsibility you owe to yourself and others in the workplace.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- confirm that conditions are suitable to implement engineering methods and procedures
- provide clear and accurate instructions to all the relevant people
- obtain accurate information on the activities being undertaken
- ensure that quality assurance systems are correctly implemented
- ensure that engineering support systems are operating correctly
- control the use of resources to achieve the most effective results
- identify opportunities to improve the engineering methods and procedures
- ensure that the implementation of engineering methods and procedures complies with all relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
- how to access information on health and safety regulations and guidelines relating to the welding production activities to be implemented
- the specific safety precautions to be taken when working with welding production and related processes
- the implications of not taking account of legislation, regulations, standards and guidelines when implementing the welding production processes
- the welding production processes being implemented, and their technology (such as basic principles of fusion welding, AC and DC power sources, power ranges, manual metal arc (MMA), MIG, MAG or flux cored-wire arc welding, tungsten arc welding (TIG), submerged arc, oxy/fuel gas and plasma welding, electron beam, resistance welding, laser and friction welding and other relevant fusion welding processes)
- materials and their behaviour during welding (such as structure and property of metals; heat treatment requirements; types of steel and cracking phenomena, cast iron, copper, nickel, stainless steel, aluminium and their alloys; joining dissimilar materials)
- construction and design of welded joints (such as design principles of welded construction, joint design, behaviour of welded structures under static and dynamic loading)
- general principles of welding components and structures (such as use of jigs, fixtures and manipulating devices; residual stresses and distortion; types of defects and their avoidance; quality control during production)
- types and features of welded joints in plate, tube and sections (including fillet and butt welds, single and multi-run welds, welding positions, weld quality)
- how to obtain information on the welding production requirements, and the types of information available (such as customer requirements and instructions, quality control requirements, product specification, production methods)
- how to use and extract information from engineering drawings and related specifications (to include symbols and conventions to appropriate British, European or relevant International standards in relation to work undertaken)
- the types of data that you will require to implement the welding activity (such as activities to be carried out, sequence in which they must be carried out, timescales, resource requirements, health and safety issues)
- production methods that could be used for different types of welding
- how to identify conditions that are suitable for the different types of welding production activities
- how to obtain details of the welding production activities being undertaken
- the factors to be taken into account when implementing the welding production activity, especially those covering working conditions and safety
- the main types of resource involved with different types of production welding activities
- how to verify that resources are suitable, and available within or to the organisation
- the timescales for carrying out the specific production welding activities, and why they must be adhered to
- the procedures for making changes in the implementation, to take account of changed circumstances or improvements in the process
- the importance of monitoring the production process and maintaining records; what needs to be recorded, and where the records are kept
- the quality assurance systems that are being used
- the types of problem that can occur during the implementation of the welding production activity, and how these problems can be rectified
- the extent of your own authority, and to whom you should report in the event of problems that you cannot resolve
- the sources of technical expertise if you have problems that you cannot solve
Scope/range
Scope Performance
Ensure that the conditions and relevant documentation are in place for the welding production required, including all of the following:
- welding and related equipment
- environmental conditions
- human resources
- authority to proceed with production
- materials or components
- health and safety conditions
- pre-production preparation of materials or components
- welder and welding procedure approvals
- pre-production preparation of the workplace or site
- quality assurance procedure or quality plans
Implement welding production methods and procedures for two of the following:
- manual
- automatic
- mechanised
- robotic
Implement welding production methods in two processes from one of the following groups:
- arc welding (MMA, MIG/MAG, TIG, Plasma)
- solid phase welding (friction, flash, diffusion)
- resistance welding (spot, seam, projection)
- brazing, soldering, oxy/fuel gas welding
OR one process from the following group:
5. high-energy density welding (laser welding or electron beam)
Monitor and record welding production methods, using two of the following:
- observation of the welding production process
- checking records of the production process
- producing and maintaining records of the production process
- consideration and, where appropriate, recommendation of improvements
Consider all of the following, taking account of relevant health and safety requirements, and work in accordance with all those deemed applicable:
- standards
- regulations
- specifications
- guidelines
- company procedures
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Additional Information
You will be able to apply the appropriate behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, such as:
- strong work ethic
- positive attitude
- team player
- dependability
- responsibility
- honesty
- integrity
- motivation
- commitment