Just a quick question regarding welder continuity.
Sec. IX QW-322.1 states "The performance qualification of a welder or welding operator shall be affected when one of the following conditions occurs:"
QW-322.1-(1) states:"the welder has welded with that process using manual or semiautomatic welding, under the supervision and control of the qualifying manufacturer or contractor............."
So I take that as meaning, If a welder qualified with GTAW, as long as they weld using the GTAW process within the 6 month expriration date, regardless of material, position, etc, he/she remains qualified to all qualifications using that "process". In otherwords, a welder has qualifications to S/S Pipe (6G), Carbon pipe (6G), 6061 Plate (2G, 3G), all using GTAW, so long as they use the GTAW process, all those qualifications remain in effect.
Is this correct?
Jason