Beginner's Guide to Reading and Reviewing Welding Documents

In this course, "Beginner's Guide to Reading and Reviewing Welding Documents", you will learn a basic understanding of welding process documentation and culture, with particular attention paid to two critically important documents -- the Welding Procedure Specification (WPS) and the Procedure Qualifications Records (PQR).

This class is designed for someone with little to no experience in welding, welding documentation, and/or quality systems. Perhaps you're an experienced welder who wants to move their career toward testing, training, and structured quality systems ... then this is the class for you. Or maybe, you're a seasoned quality professional that recently took on responsibility for welding process documentation ... this may be the class you need to grasp the long-standing, welding-specific documentation common to the industry.

The WPS is essentially the recipe, the work instructions welders use to correctly complete a particular weld. Variables like base material, filler material, position, electrical parameters, and shielding gas are specified on the WPS. Engineers develop these WPS's based on industry codes, manufacturers' recommendations, and their own experience and experimentation.

The PQR is used to determine that the proposed welding operation is capable of producing welds that meet the engineering requirements for the intended application. The purpose of the PQR is to establish the finished properties of a particular welding procedure. This is done by recording the results of certain mechanical properties tests on the PQR. Tests like tensile, elongation, and Charpy impact are tests commonly found on a PQR.

Given the high level of detail on these documents, mistakes are common ... even for seasoned welding engineers. This is where the skill of a document auditor really pays off. By understanding the function and intent of these documents, a manufacturing, quality or engineering professional can save their company untold costs and delays.

In this class, you will learn:

• The key components of a company's welding program

• An overview of the major welding documents

• What is a PQR? And what is their purpose?

• What is a WPS? And how is it used?

• What to look for in a Welding Procedure Specification (WPS)

• What to look for in a Procedure Qualification Record (PQR)

• How to perform "sanity checks" on your welding documents

• How to record changes to welding documents

• How welding documents align with industry standards

• The most COMMON MISTAKES found on welding documents

• P numbers, F numbers and A numbers

• A case study detailing the review of these critical documents

• And MUCH MORE!!

By the time you're done with this class, you will have the skills to effectively review WPS's and PQR's to verify their accuracy and usefulness.

In addition to the almost 3 hours of lecture video, when you enroll in this course, you also get:

• Numerous DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES including blank WPS and PQR .pdf templates, completed examples of a WPS and PQR, and a glossary of welding terminology.

• LIFETIME ACCESS to it's contents ... all the lectures, all the downloadable resources, and anything added to the course down the road.

• A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION (upon completion of the course) indicating your name, the course's name, and the course's time duration.

• Q&A ACCESS through Udemy to industry leaders who can answer your questions about the course's content.

With all these benefits, you can't lose. Sign up today and start gaining the skills you need to advance your career in welding quality and documentation.