WI-07 · When something falls outside scope¶
Declining work is cheaper than an uncertified weld on a rail vehicle.
- Scope means the materials, processes, classes and locations on the Scope of Certification Statement (WMS-A-02) and the material and consumable approval matrix (WMS-C-09).
- A customer drawing calling for something outside scope does not put it inside scope. Where a customer has imposed a requirement, it is registered in WMS-D-11 and assessed in WMS-G-04.
- Refer it to the RWC before welding, before quoting, and before promising a date.
- Record the referral and the answer in the welding activity log (WMS-E-13).
If the answer is that IDM cannot do it, that is a legitimate answer.
There is a live one
The mild-steel-to-cast-iron joint on Alstom drawing 24308 falls outside every current WPS, WPQR and welder qualification. Cast iron is recorded NOT APPROVED on WMS-C-09. It is resolved by qualifying a procedure and a welder for it, or by excluding it in writing — and until one of those happens, it is not work IDM can take.
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