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Standard Operating Procedure	SOP No.
Manual Welding Qualification	7.010

Effective: 03-06-12

DCR No.: 11006

Revision No.: 2

Supersedes: 05-04-07

Revision Date: 03-06-12

Page No.: 1 of 3

1 Purpose

1.1 To establish a standard procedure for the qualification of all Therma manual welders.

2 Scope

2.1 This procedure shall apply to all Therma manual welders.

3 Responsibility

3.1 The Therma Quality Assurance Manager (QAM) shall administer this procedure and verify that welder(s) on the job has/have satisfied the criteria herein.

3.2 The Therma Quality Control Examiner (QCE) is responsible for ensuring welder is performing tasks.

4 Procedures

4.1 All welders shall be qualified under the direct supervision of the quality control department.

4.2 All welders will be certified in accordance with the requirements of Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, current edition/addenda.

4.3 All certified welders will be assigned a stamp to be applied adjacent to his/her work (if applicable). In the event a welder leaves the company, his/her stamp will not be issued to another welder for at least six months.

4.4 A record of each qualification for each welder will be prepared on a Welder Welding Operator Performance Qualifications (WPQ), FN 5.005.4.

4.5 The welder’s name, social security number, stamp ID and weld qualification will be entered into the Welder/Brazer Status Form, FN 7.010.1, by the QCE to assure that the individual welder has used the specific process within the requalification period of six months.

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2 5 Review and Approval 5.1 utilized.	7.010 welder who has not welded using a specific process within the six-month period must renew his/her qualification as required by ASME, Section IX. The Therma QA/QC department shall ensure this accepted format is	2 of 3

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2	7.010	3 of 3

Document Approval

Engineering Manager

3/06/12
Date

Process Systems Manager

3-6-12

Date

Quality Assurance Manager

3-6-1

Date