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Shared processes

Five processes serve both disciplines. The welding management system references them and does not rebuild them — that is deliberate, and it is what stops IDM ending up with two document control procedures, two audit programmes and two non-conformance registers.

IDM's own clause mapping

Reproduced from IDM's 2021 welding manual — their mapping, not CRGI's.

IDM ISO 9001 procedure Mapped to ISO 3834-2 clause
QP01 Document control 10
QP02 Internal audits 14
QP03 Non-conformances 15
QP04 Enquiries 5
QP05 Design 5
QP06 Manufacture 10
QP07 Delivery 10
QP08 Invoicing Not applicable
QP09 Accounts Not applicable
QP10 Recall 15

Revalidate this mapping

It dates from 2021 and has not been checked against the current text of BS EN ISO 3834-2 or against IDM's current QP set. Do this before the certification body is pointed at it. [TBC]

The rule

In Phase 1, reference existing ISO 9001 procedures rather than duplicating them, and record where a procedure needs maturing to carry the welding requirement. That record becomes Phase 2's starting position.

Where a procedure needs maturing

CRGI's assessment, from building the welding system against the existing QP references.

Shared process Gap identified Phase
QP01 Document control Must carry welding records with their own retention periods — 1090 and 15085-5 requirements not yet verified 1 to identify, 2 to fix
QP02 Internal audits No welding-competent auditor named; no welding audit on the schedule 1 to identify, 2 to fix
QP03 Non-conformances Confirm welding NCRs actually reach the register, and that RWC disposition authority is recognised in the procedure 1 to identify, 2 to fix
Competence Welder continuity confirmation has no owner in the 9001 competence process — it is the failure that stopped the system in 2021 1 — fixed in the welding manual
Management review Welding performance is not a standing input 1 — input drafted, 2 to embed
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.