ASME 31.3 Fabricators responsibilities Certified Welding Supervisor

[mark33322]

Hi All

Can anyone give guidance to me where under ASME it is stated that a qualified or certified welding supervisor is required to supervise the ongoing production / fabrication work, not just anyone ? There is a pipe job designed under ASME B31.3 with elevated temperature category. Procedures have been undertaken under ASME IX with welders and procedures qualified. The question is of competency and qualification requirements of the supervisor employed by the fabricator once production is underway.

thank you

mark

 

[Dhurjati Sen]

Look for terms like "Client", "authorised representative" etc.

Those would suffice.

DHURJATI SEN
Kolkata, India

 

[david339933]

You won't find much. There are requirements for the owners inspector, but not for the fabricator.

 

[FacEngrPE]

This seems like you could be questioning if the fabricator has an appropriate welding Quality Assurance program. If the fabricator holds an ASME (PP in this case) stamp, there is a rigorous process to ensure the QA program meets requirements. If you choose not to specify a ASME PP certificate holder, you as the owner need to handle this important issue as a contract specification requirement.

List of ASME certificate holders Link
ASME’s Conformity Assessment (CA) Certification and Accreditation Link

 

[SJones]

Who, in the scheme of things, is asking the question? For oil & gas work, larger operators normally specify that the fabricator shall have an ISO 3834-2 certification. That would take care of your issue.

Steve Jones
Corrosion Management Consultant

http://www.linkedin.com/in/drstevejones

All answers are personal opinions only and are in no way connected with any employer.

 

[weldstan]

As a Contractor and Fabricator, we always had at least one CWI and most of our project QC Managers were CWI's for our power and petrochem projects.