Table of Contents

Personnel
Foreword
1. Scope
     1.1 Program
     1.2 Exclusion
     1.3 Limitations
     1.4 Safety Precautions
2. Definitions
3. Employers and AWS Responsibility
     3.1 Employers Responsibility
     3.2 Employers Obligation
     3.3 AWS Responsibility
     3.4 Test Facility Responsibility
4. Provisions for Testing
     4.1 Test Facility Accreditation
     4.2 Arrangement for Testing
     4.3 Restriction
     4.4 Site Testing
5. Certification Requisites
     5.1 Application
     5.2 Weld Test
     5.3 Physical Requirements
6. Test Requirements
7. Retests
8. Documentation of elder Performance Qualification
     8.1 Reporting
     8.2 Record Verification
9. Period of Effectiveness
10. Identification/Certification documents
     10.1 Cards
     10.2 Card Care
11. Maintenance of Certification
12. Renewal of Certification
13. Revocation
FORMS:
QC-WF4A: Application for AWS Welder Certification

Abstract

Describes the program administered by the American Welding Society for the certification of welders.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	American Welding Society
Pages
ISBN
Supersedes	AWS QC3 : 1989