Qualification of Welding Procedures for Construction Work

The design and construction of metallic structures and pressure equipment requires the expertise of welders/operators, welding procedures, and the qualification of the welding procedures.

TÜV CYPRUS offers our customers quality assurance services of all welding work performed during the construction of metallic structures and pressure equipment.

• Qualification of welding procedure specifications (WPS) according to the international standards and codes: ΕΝ ISO 15609 (Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials), ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section IX: Welding and Brazing Qualifications, EN ISO 14555 (Arc stud welding of metallic materials), AWS, API 1104 Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities.
• Qualification of welding procedures with destructive and not destructive tests and issue of WPQR and WPS certificates.
• Qualification of the welders/operators according to ΕΝ 287-1 (Qualification test of welders. Fusion welding. Steels), ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section IX: Welding and Brazing Qualifications, AWS, API 1104 Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities, EN ISO 1418 (Welding personnel. Approval testing of welding operators for fusion welding and resistance weld setters for fully mechanized and automatic welding of metallic materials)

In addition, TÜV CYPRUS, through TÜV HELLAS which is a Notified Body in the European Union (No. 0654), can offer qualification services for welders and welding procedures of manufactures of pressure equipment according to the EU Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC.