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SEMFWE3-61 Planning welding production resources and activities

SEMFWE3-61 Planning welding production resources and activities 1

Overview

This standard identifies the competences you need to plan welding production

resources and activities, in accordance with approved procedures. You will

need to produce plans for significant welding and related activities requiring

multiple stages in their execution, and this will cover such areas as welding

production trials and operations, welding equipment changeover and

replacement, welding equipment installation and commissioning, welding

equipment maintenance, lifting and moving large components and assemblies,

welding equipment capability studies or equipment replacement programs, and

checking and testing completed welds. You will also be required to establish

the activities that must be carried out, and the methods and resources to be

used, and you will be expected to produce a detailed plan of operation. You will

be required to complete the work within agreed timescales, whilst ensuring that

the activities within your control conform to organisational and legal

requirements.

Your responsibilities will require you to comply with organisational policy and

procedures for planning the welding and related activities. You will report any

problems with the activities that you cannot personally resolve, or that are

outside your personal authority, to the relevant people. You will be expected to

work with a minimum of supervision, taking personal responsibility for your own

actions and for the quality and accuracy of the work that you carry out.

Your underpinning knowledge will provide a good understanding of your work,

and will provide an informed approach to applying the appropriate techniques

and procedures for the planning of welding and related activities. You will

understand the welding activities within your area of responsibility, their

technology and application, in adequate depth to provide a sound basis for

carrying out the planning process to the required standard. You will understand

your organisation's methods of operation in sufficient detail to enable you to

make informed decisions.

You will be aware of any health, safety and environmental requirements

applicable to your area of responsibility. You will be required to demonstrate

safe working practices throughout, and will understand the responsibility you

owe to yourself and others in the workplace.



Performance criteria You must be able to:

P1 collect the information needed to prepare the plan

P2 identify health and safety issues and safe working practices and

procedures that must be followed

P3 identify the operations to be carried out and determine their sequence

P4 establish which methods are required and what resources are to be used

P5 identify any special requirements and incorporate them in the plan

P6 estimate timescales required

P7 prepare and record the plan

P8 inform the appropriate people when the plan is completed

P9 deal effectively with problems within your control and report those that

cannot be solved



Knowledge and understanding You need to know and understand:

K1 how to access information on health and safety regulations and

guidelines relating to the welding and related activities to be used and

plans being produced

K2 the implications of not taking account of legislation, regulations,

standards and guidelines when producing the welding plans

K3 the importance of proper planning of the welding activities, and the

factors to be taken into account

K4 the welding processes being planned, and their technology (such as

basic principles of fusion welding, AC and DC power sources, power

ranges, manual metal arc (MMA), MIG, MAG or cored-wire arc welding,

tungsten arc welding (TIG), submerged arc, gas and plasma welding,

electron beam, resistance welding, laser and friction welding and other

relevant fusion welding processes)

K5 materials and their behaviour during welding (such as structure and

property of metals; heat treatment requirements; types of steel and

cracking phenomena, cast iron, copper, nickel, stainless steel, aluminium

and their alloys; joining dissimilar materials)

K6 construction and design of welded joints (such as design principles of

welded construction, joint design, behaviour of welded structures under

static and dynamic loading)

K7 general principles of welding components and structures (such as use of

jigs, fixtures and manipulating devices; residual stresses and distortion;

types of defect and their avoidance; quality control during manufacture)

K8 types and features of welded joints in plate, tube and sections (including

fillet and butt welds, single and multi-run welds, welding positions, weld

quality)

K9 how to obtain information on welding and related activities, and the types

of information that will be available

K10 how to access and use the appropriate information and documentation

systems, and your organisation's regulations, guidelines and procedures

K11 extracting information required from drawings and welding procedure

specifications (such as interpretation of welding symbols; scope, content

and application of the welding procedure specification) to include

symbols and conventions to appropriate British, European or relevant

International standards in relation to work undertaken

K12 the types of data that should be included in the welding plans (such as

activities to be carried out, sequence in which they must be carried out,

timescales, resource requirements, health and safety issues)

K13 the factors to be taken into account when determining the welding

technical requirements, especially those relating to health and safety and

working conditions

K14 the types of resource that are associated with the different types of

welding and related activities



K15 the products (or assets) involved in the activity being planned, and their

availability

K16 the development of the welding production plans (to include both master

documents and working instructions, along with their purpose, content

and status)

K17 how to prepare the plans (to include the structure, style, clarity and

compliance with relevant standards)

K18 the process used in the organisation to validate the plans produced

K19 the control procedure for ensuring that the plans are maintained and kept

up to date

K20 the procedures for changing the plans, and why control procedures are

used

K21 the importance of maintaining records of the plans; what needs to be

recorded, and where records are kept

K22 who needs to be informed about the welding plans

K23 the organisational procedures for providing information to different

people, and the various ways of presenting this information

K24 the importance of providing the right information at the right time

K25 the types of problem that can occur during the implementation of the

plan, and how these problems can be rectified

K26 the sources of technical expertise if you have problems that you cannot

solve

K27 the extent of your own responsibility, and to whom you should report if

you have problems that you cannot resolve



Additional Information Scope/range related to performance criteria You must be able to:

1. carry out all of the following when determining and producing the welding

production plans:

1.1 use the correct issue of company information, including drawings

if applicable

1.2 check that all essential information and data needed to produce

the plans are available

1.3 collect relevant information on the welding requirements,

operations, methods and resources

1.4 determine the availability of resources required

1.5 ensure that health and safety regulations and safe working

practices are taken into account

1.6 ensure that the influence of working conditions is recognised and

included in the plans

1.7 present the plans in the appropriate formats

2. produce welding plans which consider five of the following:

2.1 welding production trials

2.2 welding production operations

2.3 welding equipment changeover and replacement

2.4 welding equipment maintenance activities

2.5 welding equipment installation and commissioning

2.6 welding equipment capability studies

2.7 research and development

2.8 lifting and moving large components and assemblies

2.9 checking and testing of completed welds

3. prepare plans that include the use of all of the following resources:

3.1 people with the necessary skills and qualifications

3.2 space

3.3 materials (both raw/parent materials and consumable)

3.4 facilities

3.5 welding equipment (to include welding plant, jig/fixtures)

3.6 utilities

3.7 ancillary equipment (such as fume extraction, measuring and test

equipment)

3.8 support services (such as material treatment, NDT testing, lifting

and moving equipment)

4. prepare plans that include all of the following:

4.1 description of the activities to be carried out

4.2 the timescales to be met

4.3 the sequence in which the activities will take place



4.4 any special requirements that must be met

4.5 the documentation to be used (such as drawings, specifications,

quality assurance)

4.6 details of health and safety issues

5. ensure that plans include relevant regulations, standards and guidelines

from all of the following, as appropriate:

5.1 organisational guidelines and codes of practice

5.2 customer/client standards and requirements

5.3 health, safety and environmental requirements

5.4 national and international standards

5.5 recognised compliance agency/body's standards

6. record the plans, using two of the following methods:

6.1 specific company documentation

6.2 electronic mail

6.3 written or typed report

6.4 computer based presentation



Developed by SEMTA

Version number 2

Date approved December 2011

Indicative review date

December 2016

Validity Current

Status Original

Originating organisation

SEMTA

Original URN 61

Relevant occupations

Engineering and manufacturing technologies; engineering; Metal Forming,

Welding and Related Trades; Corporate managers and senior officials;

Engineering and Manufacturing technologies; Engineering; Functional

managers

Suite Fabrication and Welding Engineering Suite 3; Engineering and Manufacture

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Key words fabrication, welding, production resources, production activities, welding

production trials, welding equipment maintenance, welding equipment

installation, welding equipment capability study, planning welding activities,

welding processes, Leadership; Engineering Manufacture

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