This Standard defines the qualification test of welders for the welding of steels to the requirements of a welding procedure specification. It provides a set of technical rules for a systematic qualification test of the welder, and enables such qualifications to be uniformly accepted independently of the type of product, location and examiner/examining body.
When qualifying manual welders, the emphasis is placed on the welder’s ability to manually manipulate the electrode/welding torch and thereby to produce a weld of acceptable quality.
