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IDM-FPC-WQM-001 Rev 4 — DRAFT IDM Engineering (Chester) Ltd
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CRGI > RWC
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Responsible Welding Coordinator — acceptance
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00 System Manual and Control / 01 FPC and Welding Quality Manual

16. Welding coordination — cadence and records

The requirements set out in this manual are only met if welding coordination is exercised continuously rather than at audit. The following cadence is the minimum, and each occurrence is recorded in the welding activity log with the date, the person and the decision or finding.

Per job

  • Technical review completed and recorded before the job card is released to the workshop (Section 4).
  • Welder allocation checked against current qualification, including continuity confirmation status, before welding starts; where the internal Welding Coordinator is allocated to weld, an independent inspector is identified at the same time (Section 7).
  • Any material, filler or joint configuration outside the scope in Section 1 referred to the RWC before work proceeds.

Monthly

  • Welding Coordinator (internal) reviews the Welding Qualification Register for confirmations falling due and notifies the RWC (Section 6).
  • RWC signs confirmations due and records the signing.
  • Welding activity log reviewed for open items.

Quarterly

  • RWC reviews WPS and WPQR validity, and the coverage of qualified welders against the WPS in production use, including single-welder exposure.
  • NDT and inspection personnel certification currency verified, including sub-contract personnel.
  • Welding non-conformance trends reviewed and reported to the General Manager.

Annually

  • Internal audit of the welding management system against this manual (QP02).
  • Welding performance reported into management review, including qualification status, non-conformances and repair rates.
  • Controlled standards register checked for revisions to the standards in Section 1, and the impact assessed.
  • This manual reviewed and re-issued or endorsed as current by the RWC.

Records of coordination

The welding activity log is the record that welding coordination has actually been exercised. It is maintained continuously and is not reconstructed retrospectively. A period with no entries is treated as a non-conformance against this manual and raised through QP03.

Controlled copy. The controlled master of every document in this system is the file held on the IDM server in the welding management system folder structure. This portal is a controlled view of it. Where the two differ, the server file governs.