When

There are many conditions in which welder qualification testing may be required. The following pages briefly discuss some of those. This is by no means an all inclusive list. Please feel free to contact me if you have some ideas for improving this.

The ones we will address are:

Required By Law

Required by Companies

Required By Educational Institutions

There are many cases above and beyond what will be spoken of here. Keep in mind in all things welding related, there may often be some "requirement" in writing or understood by the parties involved that dictates how things should be done. As inspectors or teachers, we do NOT decide the requirements for products, structures, equipment etc...