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Duties of the RWC:

Tasks and responsibilities of the welding coordination personnel:

- Identification of tasks involved in welding coordination- Formation of team, to include team members names (we need people that have been onthe welding team for ages, in order to qualify for the technical knowledge bit)- Position of team members in the company, and their responsibilities- Extent of authorization given to these members

Proposed team members:

- Liam (Team Leader)- Jim (Initial & technical review)- Graeme- Jason- Keith- Michael- Richard- Peter

Tasks:

1. Review of requirements2. Technical review3. Sub-contracting4. Welding personnel5. Equipment6. Production planning7. Qualification of the welding procedures8. Welding procedure specifications9. Work instructions10.Welding consumables11.Materials12. Inspection and testing before welding13. Inspection and testing during welding14. Inspection and testing after welding15.Post-weld heat treatment (if necessary)16.Non-conformance and corrective actions17.Calibration and validation of measuring, inspection and testing equipment18. Identification and traceability19.Quality records

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Technical understanding of the processes of welding was identified as the source of the difficulties

encountered in establishing a proper welding structure for the company. Material behaviour when

welded and its effect

Joint design, material behaviour and general welding processes such as conditions for material pre-

heat or post-weld heat treatment.

Analysis of the below outlined tasks, will indicate that most of them, can either with extra input, or

are already being implemented in the companys design and manufacturing process. Further analysis

will immediately point out the

Identification of external duties to be contracted out:

- European Welding Engineer for the design of weld jointsDuties:

Design of welded joints (to include weld details such as appropriate weld dimensions,appropriate welding consumables, edge preparation dimensions and specifications,

appropriate welding process), preparation of required pWPS, qualifying them through an

external company if necessary, involvement in production planning w.r.t detailing how welds

are to be made i.e. monitoring the activities of the welding technicians), welding sequence

descriptions, etc. assessment of such conditions as PWHT if necessary. Monitoring the

drawing, because when the design is completed, he examines the drawings, to ensure that

the correct symbols have been appended at the right places.

- Responsible Welding Coordinator (RWC): added duties of the weld engineer, coordinatingthe quality management system as required.

- External company to qualify the preliminary welding procedure specifications (pWPS)- Equipment maintenance company (Internal candidate should be trained by this same

company for simple periodic tests of the equipment in between maintenances)

Equipment that should be handed to them:

a. Exhaust systemb. Calibration/maintenance of the welding equipmentc. Welding helmetsd. Crane maintenance

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Responsible Welding

Coordinator (RWC)

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