The recent series of “Welding Standards Update” seminars held in Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Christchurch and Queenstown were a great success with more than 140 professionals attending the seminar series. Covering issues around welding and fabrication standards AS/NZS 1554.1:2014 Structural steel welding – Welding of steel structures and AS/NZS 5131:2016 Structural steelwork -…
Palmerston North | Half day seminar | From $138 | Limited seats available Thursday 12 April, 1000 – 1430 hrs OverviewStandards addressedSeminar programPresentersPricesLocationRegisterOverview Why attend? Recent developments in key structural steel standards have meant significant changes to welding related requirements that you need to understand. This seminar will explain these changes to ensure you’re efficiently…
New Plymouth | Half day seminar | From $138 | Limited seats available Wednesday 11 April, 0800 hrs – 1200 hrs OverviewStandards addressedSeminar programPresentersPricesLocationRegisterOverview Why attend? Recent developments in key structural steel standards have meant significant changes to welding related requirements that you need to understand. This seminar will explain these changes to ensure you’re…
Queenstown | Half day seminar | From $138 | Limited seats available Thursday 5 April, 1000 – 1430 hrs OverviewStandards addressedSeminar programPresentersPricesLocationRegisterOverview Why attend? Recent developments in key structural steel standards have meant significant changes to welding related requirements that you need to understand. This seminar will explain these changes to ensure you’re efficiently meeting…
Christchurch | Half day seminar | From $138 | Limited seats available Wednesday 4 April, 1245 – 1630 hrs OverviewStandards addressedSeminar programPresentersPricesLocationRegisterOverview Why attend? Recent developments in key structural steel standards have meant significant changes to welding related requirements that you need to understand. This seminar will explain these changes to ensure you’re efficiently meeting…
Hamilton | Half day seminar | From $138 | Limited seats available Wednesday 28 March, 1245 – 1630 hrs OverviewStandards addressedSeminar programPresentersPricesLocationRegisterOverview Why attend? Recent developments in key structural steel standards have meant significant changes to welding related requirements that you need to understand. This seminar will explain these changes to ensure you’re efficiently meeting…
Auckland | Half day seminar | From $138 | Limited seats available Tuesday 27 March, 1245 – 1630 hrs OverviewStandards addressedSeminar programPresentersPricesLocationRegisterOverview Why attend? Recent developments in key structural steel standards have meant significant changes to welding related requirements that you need to understand. This seminar will explain these changes to ensure you’re efficiently meeting…
When steel merchants aren’t able to supply parent materials to a preferred AS or AS/NZS specification fabricators will face the need to weld structural steel manufactured to an overseas standard. This steel is often referred to as “alternative” steel or “not-prequalified” as it isn’t referenced in the welding standard AS/NZS 1554.1. While the standard allows…
A SFC fabricator has demonstrated that all their welding and related activities are managed under a quality management system that fully complies with the requirements of AS/NZS ISO 3834; specifically for NZS 3404.1 Steel Structures Standard, and AS/NZS 1554 Structural Steel Welding. A quality management system relies on competent people: the fabricators welding co-ordination team. A key…
In order to ensure welding qualification tests are carried out correctly, personnel are appointed to witness welder/welding operator and/or welding procedure specification (WPS) qualification tests being performed. These tests involve welding and subsequent mechanical testing , and the personnel appointed need to be competent for the tasks they are expected to perform. A typical term…
The risk of fire and explosion is ever present with welding and thermal cutting and the fatal accident at an Auckland tank farm is a timely reminder of this. It is no coincidence that most welding equipment and welding consumables come with warnings either in the user instructions or on the packaging. Nor is it…
For structural steel products to be free from serious problems in production and in service, it is necessary to provide a suitable level of quality management from the design phase, through material selection, into fabrication, and subsequently inspection. Requirements for welding/fabrication activities are given in the Code of Practice of the NZ Steel Fabricator Certification…