Welding Fabrication Standards - EWF
Welding Fabrication Standards - EWF
Welding Fabrication Standards - EWF
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<strong>Welding</strong> <strong>Fabrication</strong> <strong>Standards</strong> Page 1<br />
Foreword<br />
During the year 2004, workshops regarding the “Leonardo Continued Project” where held in certain<br />
European Countries with the participation of experts from the welding industry in order to identify<br />
the competence profile, knowledge and experience requirements for welding engineers and<br />
inspectors. The main purpose of the project was to develop appropriate continuous education tools<br />
such as training courses (classroom instruction, distance learning) and education on the job.<br />
The initial education, qualification and certification of welding and inspection personnel itself has<br />
been harmonised by the European Federation for <strong>Welding</strong>, Joining and Cutting (<strong>EWF</strong>). However,<br />
an accessible, convenient and reliant modular method to deliver the appropriate knowledge has to<br />
be developed in order to maintain and upgrade this knowledge and develop appropriate skills for<br />
which welding engineers and inspectors are called for by the industry.<br />
This leads to the set up of learning tools to integrate and update the knowledge already achieved<br />
by the qualified personnel, in order to follow the technology trends in the welding field, avoiding<br />
duplication of training items with the previous education achieved with the IIW/<strong>EWF</strong> courses.<br />
In this framework The Italian institute of welding (Istituto Italiano della Saldatura - IIS), has<br />
developed • the following educational tools for the classroom instruction:<br />
− slide presentation through computer projector, to be used by teachers during the training<br />
courses;<br />
− books (electronic and/or paper format), to be used by participants;<br />
− exercise questions, to be used during classroom instruction.<br />
This book is therefore meant to provide direct and clear information on European standards<br />
relevant to welding fabrication, as these are subject to continuous updating; therefore knowledge<br />
of requirements of the standards is to be considered basic knowledge for welding co-ordinators<br />
and inspection personnel.<br />
Moreover this book has been recently integrated taking into consideration guidelines produced by<br />
<strong>EWF</strong> for the application of ISO 3834 requirements, produced after several years of experience of<br />
its members in technical assistance on the field of welding fabrication, education and training of<br />
welding and NDT personnel and in certification of welded products manufacturers.<br />
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