Does CSA Standard W47.1 specify the requirements for a company seeking certification? -
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correct answer✔✔Yes (Cl. 1.1) This standard provides the requirements for the certification
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of companies engaged in the fusion welding of steel and the qualification of their personnel
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and welding procedures.
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Who is responsible for the welded products a company produces? - correct answer✔✔The
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Company (Cl. 1.2) The requirements of this standard are based on the principle that a ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
certified company has full responsibility for the quality of the welded product it produces ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
and this responsibility cannot be transfered to its employed or retained personnel or to the
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administrator of this standard. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Does this standard approve the products and services of a certified company? - correct
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answer✔✔No (Cl. 1.3) This standard governs the certification of companies. Certification ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
pertains to the capability of the company with respect to welding. Certification should not ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
be construed as approving any products or services of the certified company.
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What requirements are stipulated in CSA Standard W47.1? - correct answer✔✔(Cl. 1.4)
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This standard stipulates requirements for: ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
a. Welding engineers
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b. Welding supervisors
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c. Tack welders, welders, and welding operators, and
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d. Documentation.
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What Standard or code reference publications are referred to in CSA Standard W47.1 ? -
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correct answer✔✔This Standard refers to the publications listed in Clause 2. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
,What is the definition of class? - correct answer✔✔(Cl. 3) Class - A category of welder
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qualification, e.g., the flat (F), horizontal (H), vertical (V), or overhead (O) welding ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
positions.
What are the welding classifications specified in CSA standard W47.1? - correct
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answer✔✔(Cl. 3) Classification - T,S,FW, or WT welding personnel as follows: ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
a. "T" refers to a welder's and welding operator's ability to weld from one side without
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backing and achieve complete penetration in the root pass, e.g., hollow section, pipe, and
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plate.
b. "S" refers to a welder's and welding operator's ability to weld plates and rolled or hollow
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sections for the full thickness of material, when welding from both sides without
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backgouging, withing the thickness limitations of the accepted welding procedure data ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
sheets for the process used. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
c. "FW" refers to a welder's and welding operator's ability to deposit fillet and tack welds.
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d. "WT" refers to a welder's and welding operator's ability to deposit tack welds.
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What is a Welding Procedure Data Sheet (WPDS)? - correct answer✔✔(Cl. 3)Welding
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Procedure Data Sheet (WPDS): A document, used in conjunction with a WPS, detailing the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
welding parameters and ranges for welding a specific joint, over a range of thicknesses and
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weld sizes, as illustrated on the DATA Sheet.
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What is the definition of a welding supervisor? - correct answer✔✔(Cl. 3) Welding
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supervisor: The company's designated person(s) directly responsible for ensuring that ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
qualified tack welders, welders, welding operators, robotic welding programmer, and ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
robotic welding operator weld in accordance with approved or accepted welding procedure
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data sheets in the shop and the field.
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Who administers CSA Standard W47.1? - correct answer✔✔(Cl. 4.1) This standard shall be
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administered by the CWB. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
, For how long does a company's certification remain in effect? - correct answer✔✔(Cl. 4.5)
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Certification shall continue in effect subject to periodic verification by the CWB that the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
requirements of this standard are being met. Such verifications shall take place at the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
location(s) where welding is being performed by the company. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Can the Canadian Weld Bureau withdraw a company's certification? - correct
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answer✔✔Yes. (Cl. 4.6) For a company that is not meeting requirements of certification, ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the CWB shall notify the individual identified in Clause 5.1.5 of the specific requirements
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that are not being met. The company shall demonstrate to the CWB within a reasonable
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period of time that the non-compliances have been resolved. In the event that a company
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does not resolve the non-compliances set out in the initial notification, the CWB shall
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notify the Chief Executive Officer, or a person designated by the Chief Executive Officer,
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that the company's certification will be withdrawn if the non-compliances are not resolved.
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Can individuals seek an exemption from writing examinations? - correct answer✔✔Cl. 4.9)
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Where examinations are required, they shall be administered by the CWB. Individuals may
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seek exemption from these examinations on the basis of a combination of education,
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training, and experience comparable to formal courses of study in the subjects covered by ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the examinations. In the case of refusal of exemption, individuals may appeal to the
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Advisory Committee. ||\\//||
Does a company doing only erection work involving welding need a plant? - correct
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answer✔✔No. (Cl. 5.1.2) A company doing only erection work involving welding need not ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
have a plant but otherwise shall conform to all requirements of this standard in order to be
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certified.
Can a company seek exemptions for certain welding techniques, processes, operations, and
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specialized products? - correct answer✔✔(Cl. 5.1.4) The requirements for the standard may ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
not appropriate for certain welding techniques, processes, operations, and specialized
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products. A certified company, or a company applying for certification, may seek exemption ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
from the requirements for welding procedure approval, and welder and welding operator
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testing and qualifications, for items such as, but not limited to: ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Maintenance welding operations; ||\\//|| ||\\//||