Application

This unit of competency was developed for post trade engineering fabrication training and the recognition of post trade skills in establishing and maintaining a welding procedure specification (WPS) management system for an organisation.

It defines the skills and knowledge associated with welding parameters and processes, Australian and international welding standards, welding terminology, welder qualification requirements, and general record keeping skills and knowledge as defined in the unit in conjunction with its prerequisites. The scope of the unit includes establishing system features to maintain WPS currency, accuracy and fitness for purpose for regulatory, job control, and welder record purposes.

While the unit requires some general record keeping skills and knowledge, it does not cover the skills and knowledge to establish and maintain an enterprise welding record management system. If this is required, the unit MEM05064 Establish and maintain a weld record management system must be selected.

The unit is intended to apply in occupations such as welding supervisor, welding inspector, welding engineer and other personnel responsible for establishing and maintaining a weld procedure management system for an enterprise.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include the ability to:

establish privacy, backup and security procedures for a weld record management system

make recommendations on the scope and format of a weld procedure management system for a fabrication enterprise

interpret welder qualification and requalification requirements in at least three Australian or international welding standards

establish a numbering system that allows for identification of each welding procedure specification (WPS) and links to the matching procedure qualification record (PQR) and other weld records

issue correct weld procedure specifications for three workplace fabrication designs

check and/or maintain welder log entries across at least three fabrication projects involving three or more welding processes.

Note: Where a volume and/or frequency is not specified, demonstration must be provided at least once.

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate the required knowledge for this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

welding parameters and processes

technical drawings, welding symbols and weld joint identification

Australian and international welding related standards and codes

processes for approving new and revised WPS

processes for establishing welder qualifications and welder continuity against WPS and welding standards and codes

privacy procedures and regulations

formats for weld procedure management systems

relationship between designs, standards and codes, WPS, PQRs and welder qualification in the fabrication process.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must:

have vocational competency in establishing and maintaining a welding procedure management system at least to the level being assessed with relevant industry knowledge and experience

satisfy the assessor requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015 or its replacement and comply with the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011, its replacement or equivalent legislation covering VET regulation in a non-referring state/territory as the case requires.

Assessment must occur in a functioning workplace. Where assessment in the workplace would be unsafe, impractical or threatens the environment, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment that reflects the circumstances that would be experienced in a functioning workplace. Assessment must cover all aspects of workplace performance, including task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills.

Knowledge assessment may be either verbal or written but must adequately reflect the knowledge requirements of the unit in a functioning workplace.

Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required, including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications.

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Foundation Skills

• text: This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance. Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Prerequisite Units

• {'code': 'MEM05061', 'title': 'Apply basic metallurgy principles to welding applications'}
• {'code': 'MEM05078', 'title': 'Apply welding principles'}
• {'code': 'MEM05085', 'title': 'Select welding processes'}
• {'code': 'MEM11011', 'title': 'Undertake manual handling'}
• {'code': 'MEM12023', 'title': 'Perform engineering measurements'}
• {'code': 'MEM12024', 'title': 'Perform computations'}
• {'code': 'MEM13015', 'title': 'Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering'}
• {'code': 'MEM14006', 'title': 'Plan work activities'}
• {'code': 'MEM16006', 'title': 'Organise and communicate information'}
• {'code': 'MEM05060', 'title': 'Perform welds to code standards using submerged arc welding process'}
• {'code': 'MEM05079', 'title': 'Perform welds to code standards using flux core arc welding process'}
• {'code': 'MEM05080', 'title': 'Perform welds to code standards using gas metal arc welding process'}
• {'code': 'MEM05081', 'title': 'Perform welds to code standards using gas tungsten arc welding process'}
• {'code': 'MEM05082', 'title': 'Perform pipe welds to code standards using manual metal arc welding process'}
• {'code': 'MEM05083', 'title': 'Perform welds to code standards using manual metal arc welding process'}
• {'code': 'MEM05088', 'title': 'Perform welds to code standards using oxy fuel gas welding process'}

Parent Qualifications

• MEM40119 — Certificate IV in Engineering
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