ASME Section IX - Welding Codes and Metallurgy

Parts QG and QW

Date: April 28 to May 1, 2025
Earn: 32 CPD hours
Price: $2595
Attendance:
Remote Online Attendance
or
In-Person Attendance at:
Holiday Inn Express
10010 104 Street NW
Edmonton AB T5J 0Z1 Canada
(Use rate code "ILAST" for discounted accommodations.)


Attendance Options

Remote Online Attendance:
participants attend remotely (from home or workplace) and interact with the live instructor through an online video meeting on the scheduled instructor-led training dates.
In-Person Attendance:
participants attend in-person (at the Holiday Inn Express location) and interact with the live instructor on the scheduled instructor-led training dates.

Who Should Attend

Inspectors, welders, welding supervisors, quality control personnel, technologists, and engineers involved with new welding procedure and welder qualifications for new fabrication, repairs, maintenance, and inspection for pressure vessel or piping.

Welding Examiner: this course is also designed to prepare candidates for Paper 2, Paper 4, and some of Paper 3 (see Note 1 as follows). See Welding Examiner Candidates below.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

  • understand the need for safety codes and local jurisdiction safety regulations applied to welding pressure equipment
  • navigate ASME Section IX welding qualification code paragraphs to be able to identify the requirements for procedure and performance qualifications
  • understand how materials are assigned P-Numbers, F-Numbers, and A-Numbers
  • apply essential, nonessential variables, and supplementary essential variables for procedure and performance qualifications
  • discuss and apply common construction code welding requirements for ASME Section IX WPS qualification using:
    • ASME B31.1
    • ASME B31.3
    • ASME Section I
    • ASME Section VIII-1
  • understand the technical fundamentals for many of the ASME Section IX rules by learning the base metal and welding metallurgies that they are based on, including:
    • reasons for preheat, QW-406
    • reasons for PWHT, QW-407
    • different weldment zones, AWS A3.0
    • material test reports, ASTM specifications, and
    • role of alloying elements, residual and unspecified elements in steel and affect on weldability.
  • begin using ASME Section IX through hands-on Workshop exercises.

Course Outline

Pressure Equipment Safety Regulations in Canada
  • CSA B51 and provincial regulations: AB PESR, SK B&PVR, BC SAD, ON TSSA, others
  • overview of CSA, ASME, and related Codes for new construction and in-service integrity
General Review of ASME IX
  • detailed review of Part QG – General Requirements
  • QG-106 Organizational Responsibility for supervisory personnel performing WPS and performance qualifications and Alberta Welders Regulations
  • QG-109 Definitions and AWS A3.0 Standard Welding Terms and Definitions
  • detailed review of Part QW - Welding Articles
    • Article I – Welding General Requirements – QW-100
      • test positions and specimen removal
      • tests: tension, guided-bend, and impact specimens, and acceptance criteria
    • Article II – Welding Procedure Qualifications – QW-200
      • WPS and PQR content, changes, and responsibilities (minimum requirements)
      • essential, nonessential variables, and supplementary essential variables for WPS qualification, including QW-250 Tables for SMAW, SAW, GMAW, and GTAW
    • Article III – Welder and Welding Operator Performance Qualifications (WPQ) – QW-300
      • qualification by mechanical tests and volumetric NDE, QW-302
      • performance essential variables, including QW-360 and QW-416 Tables for SMAW, SAW, GMAW, and GTAW
      • retests, expiration, and renewal of qualification
        • Alberta Welders Regulations versus ASME IX requirements
          • welder performance qualification cards in Alberta
          • AB-76A and 76B welding documentation forms
      • QW-423 Alternate Base Materials for Welder Qualification
        • how to correctly assign P-Numbers for welder performance qualification
    • Article IV – Welding Data – QW-400
      • QW-420 and Table QW/QB-422 P-Numbers
      • QW-430 and Table QW-432 F-Numbers
      • QW-440 and Table QW-442 A-Numbers
      • Table QW-451 Procedure Qualification Thickness Limits and Test Specimens
      • Table QW-452 Performance Qualification Thickness Limits and Test Specimens
      • Table QW-461.9 Performance Qualification – Position and Diameter Limitations
Introduction to:
  • steel metallurgy and heat treatment using ASTM and ASME standards
  • properties and structure of metals based on metallurgy and heat treatment
  • steel welding metallurgy
Workshop #1: ASME Section IX, Table QW/QB-422, P-No. and Group No.
  • Attendees will develop the basis for establishing P-No. 1, Groups 1 to 4 as they appear in Table QW/QB422.
  • This workshop will be reviewed several times during the course to further explain ASME Section IX requirements.
Workshop #2: Reviewing and Understanding Test Results for Procedure Qualification (QW-483)
  • Review a set of test results including:
    • ASME Section IX requirements for Test Reports, and
    • ASME Construction Code Requirements versus ASME IX Requirements.
Workshop #3: Practicing with ASME Section IX, Section I, Section II Parts A and C, Section VIII-1, B31.1, and B31.3
  • As an exercise as part of developing a new WPS, each attendee will participate in this workshop to practice using:
    • ASME Section IX,
    • base metal specifications: ASME Section II Part A,
    • filler metal specifications: ASME Section II Part C,
    • construction codes: ASME Section I, Section VIII-1, B31.1, and B31.3.
  • At the completion of the Workshop, the instructor will interact with all attendees by discussing each Welding Variable, Filler Metal Selection, and Construction Code requirements as they relate to developing a WPS.


Learning Assessment

Learning self-assessment is performed through discussions, problem solving exercises, and workshops.

Required Code Documents

All participants must have a copy of the ASME Section IX code.
Welding Examiner candidates must have the documents referenced above. (See Welding Examiner Candidates.)

Course Notebook

A digital course notebook will be provided to all participants by CASTI (printed hardcopy not available).

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Hours

Participants will receive a digital CASTI Certificate of Completion, awarding 32 CPD hours, for attending all 4 days of the scheduled training. Note: CPD (Continuing Professional Development) hours are equivalent to PDH (Professional Development Hours).

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About the Instructor

John E. Bringas, P.Eng. is the President and Founder of Codes and Standards Training Institute (CASTI) and CASTI Publishing Inc. He is a professional engineer who has practiced metallurgical and materials engineering, and inspection since 1975. He has also been certified as an API 510, 570, 653, 571, 577, and 580 inspector, an AWS Certified Welding Inspector, an Alberta In-Service Pressure Vessel Inspector and Welding Examiner, and CGSB certified NDE examiner in UT and RT. He is a long-time committee member of ASTM A01 Steels, A05 Coated Steels, B02 Nonferrous Alloys, E04 Metallography, E28 Mechanical Testing, F42 Additive Manufacturing, J01 ASTM/NACE Committee on Corrosion, NACE STG 31 Oil and Gas Production—Corrosion and Scale Inhibition, STG 32 Oil and Gas Production-Metallurgy, STG 34 Petroleum Refining and Gas Processing, STG 35 Pipelines, Tanks, and Well Casings, STG 39 Process Industries—Materials Applications and Experiences, and past Canadian Representative on ISO TC 17-SC 4 (Steels). He is the author of the ASTM Handbook of Comparative World Steel Standards, ASTM Handbook of Steel Data: American and European, ASTM Passport to Steel Database, and the CASTI Metals Data Books. Mr. Bringas has engineering work experience in the steel making, foundry, consulting (failure analysis), inspection, NDE, refinery, pipeline, and petrochemical industries.