Authorization Criteria for Steel Pipe Piling Qualification (Class R/N)
The following documents must be submitted for welding performed compliant with AWS D1.1:
- Completed self-audit Authorized Facility Audit List Questionnaire for steel pipe piling
- Signed copy of the AFAL instructions page
- Organization Chart with names and titles of all personnel at the facility
- Facility approved Quality Control Manual
- A complete Welding Quality Control Plan which contains the following documents:
- Welding and NDT certifications (CWI, ACWI, UT MT PT VT Level II, NDT Level III)
- Welder Performance Qualifications
- Master List of all welders which shows the type of welding performed, position, last date qualified
- A complete organizational chart including the names of all personnel
- All Quality Control Forms used for production and inspection
- All NDT procedures including the NDT written practice per ASNT-TC-1A
- NDT forms used for inspection of products
- Any supporting documentation justifying your responses in the questionnaire
The following documents must be submitted for welding performed using the Electric Resistance Welding (ERW) process:
- Completed self-audit Authorized Facility Audit List Questionnaire for steel pipe piling
- Signed copy of the AFAL instructions page
- List of certified personnel
- A complete organizational chart including the names of all personnel
- Quality Control Forms used for production/ inspection process
- Any supporting documentation justifying your responses in the questionnaire