Are you a training provider looking to grow your technical training course offerings quickly, professionally and with proven industry impact? 

If so, we offer for purchase our extensive range of course packages, which include all the course materials required to enable training providers, further & higher educational institutions and employers, deliver industry-leading training courses in Metallurgy, Materials Science & Engineering, Welding Technology & Quality Management.

COURSE PACKAGE OVERVIEW

This is a comprehensive welding inspection & quality management course which is unrivalled in the market & which is suitable for candidates at all levels, including those new to welding & quality management, as no specific qualification entry requirements are required. 

The course is focussed on providing practical, work-place ready skills that employers and industry require, but that many academic programmes do not provide.

The scope of the course covers the following:

• A review of welding fundamentals

• A review of parent metal product standards

• Steel preheat temperature determination to BS EN 1011-2

• How to develop & write a qualified Welding Procedure Specification

• The principles of the widely used fusion welding processes including: 

  • arc welding processes

  • laser beam welding 

  • electron beam welding

• The types of welding imperfections that occur in fusion welded joints and how to avoid them.

• How to carry out a visual welding inspection to the general requirements in BS EN ISO 17637 and Aerospace requirements in BS ISO 19828.

• How to use welding gauges.

• The principles, applications, advantages & disadvantages of the supplementary Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) inspection techniques for the surface & internal inspection of welds, including Radiography, Ultrasonic testing, Magnetic Particle Inspection, Dye Penetrant testing & Eddy Current testing.

• The specific weld quality requirements for a wide range of welded products:

• • steel & aluminium structures in the UK & EU for UKCA Marking to BS EN 1090-2 (steel structures) & BS EN 1090-3 (Aluminium structures.)

  • Welded Carbon steel bars for concrete reinforcement to ISO 17660 Parts 1 & 2 and BS 8548

  • Steel & aluminium for railway vehicles and components to BS EN 15085.

  • Pressure vessel steel to BS EN 13445.

  • Metallic piping to BS EN 13480.

  • Electron Beam & Laser Beam welded products to BS EN ISO 13919.

• Weld repairs

• Non-conformance reporting, corrective actions & continuous improvement

• BS EN 1090: requirements for the UKCA and CE marking of steel and aluminium structures.

• ISO 3834: overview of welding quality management system principles.

• Welding Coordination requirements to BS EN ISO 14731

Total estimated time to deliver the training 25 hours.

Industry Sectors 

The knowledge & skills gained on the course are applicable to a wide range of welding industry sectors, including:

🔺 STEEL & ALUMINIUM STRUCTURES (FOR UKCA / CE MARKING TO BS EN 1090)

🔺 CONCRETE REINFORCING STEELS 'REBAR' (TO ISO 17660 & BS 8548)

🔺 PRESSURE VESSELS 

🔺 PIPELINES

🔺 RAILWAY VEHICLES TO BS EN 15085

🔺 AEROSPACE

🔺 AUTOMOTIVE

🔺 OIL & GAS

🔺CHEMICAL

🔺POWER GENERATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR 

🔺RAILS

🔺GENERAL ENGINEERING

🔺DEFENCE

BENEFITS OF OUR COURSE PACKAGES

1. Industry-Relevant: Developed by academic & industry experts ensures that the content is both academically rigorous and practically relevant. 

2. Accredited Certifications: Our courses have accreditation from highly experienced, professionally qualified Chartered Engineers, Metallurgists, Materials Engineers & Welding experts, with decades of industry experience. The value of our certifications has also been recognised by top organisations & professional bodies. 

3. Proven Success: Our training has already empowered professionals from high-profile organisations & professional bodies including Arcelor Mittal, Bourne Steel, J & D Pierce Contracts Ltd, UKRI - Science & Technologies Facilities Council, TAQA Bratani, Moog Aircraft Group, Millar Callaghan Engineering Services Ltd, Professional Lifting Services Ltd, Mueller Europe, WQiC, Harold Newsome Ltd, William Haley Engineering Ltd, RWE Generation UK PLC, TEi Ltd, The Institute of Cast Metal Engineers (ICME), Sulzer and The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC.)

4. No Prior Knowledge Required: The course is suitable for candidates at all levels, including those new to welding inspection & quality management, as no specific qualification entry requirements are needed.

5. Excellent Candidate Feedback: The course has received excellent feedback from candidates who have completed it, highlighting its effectiveness in developing knowledge, skills and understanding:

• 'Fantastic, much better than TWI notes & learned much more during the course.'

• 'Really good course-good pace & very good notes. Thank you.'

• 'Good course, well-paced, good content & structure.'

6. No 5 or 10-year Recertification Required: With Philip Bralsford Consultancy & Training, your certification also has no expiry date—avoid the cost & time spent on compulsory 5 or 10-year recertification.

7. Comprehensive Curriculum: This is a comprehensive course. For a complete list of topics covered on the course, see further down the page under the heading: 'COURSE CONTENT.'

8. Career Advancement: The training is designed to enhance candidate's career prospects by increasing their technical knowledge, skills and understanding. 

Purchase this Course Package

If you are a training provider, or employer looking to deliver this training then for a quotation, or for more information, please contact our Principal Consultant, Philip Bralsford:

• • e-mail: philip@philipbralsford.co.uk

• • Telephone: +44 (0)114 235 6111 

  • Mobile: +44 (0)7963 099930