Metalsculptor
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Hi all,
I am trying to find out more about having codings as a self employed welder.
I am a sculptor, but also fabricate for companies in between my art projects, usually set building or sculpture fabrication.
The last job i was on needed coded welders, so my employer got Code-a-weld in for a day to test us (he took the welds away to test them).
So now i am coded, albeit for a quite specific type of weld (MAG, PA & PB, 3mm Steel & up).
My employer also took the coding, so his business is coded - he told me that there were insurance implications, so it was better for his business to be coded, than taking on welders that had codings themselves.
He said that even though i am coded, if i were to weld for a company that wasn't coded themselves, that I would have to have specialist insurance in place as i would ultimately be responsible, as it was me who had the coding, not the company.
I have my own public liability insurance, which i need as an artist, but I doubt this would cover such things.
Let me know if you have any experience or knowledge of this - i would appreciate your opinions…
Thanks
I am trying to find out more about having codings as a self employed welder.
I am a sculptor, but also fabricate for companies in between my art projects, usually set building or sculpture fabrication.
The last job i was on needed coded welders, so my employer got Code-a-weld in for a day to test us (he took the welds away to test them).
So now i am coded, albeit for a quite specific type of weld (MAG, PA & PB, 3mm Steel & up).
My employer also took the coding, so his business is coded - he told me that there were insurance implications, so it was better for his business to be coded, than taking on welders that had codings themselves.
He said that even though i am coded, if i were to weld for a company that wasn't coded themselves, that I would have to have specialist insurance in place as i would ultimately be responsible, as it was me who had the coding, not the company.
I have my own public liability insurance, which i need as an artist, but I doubt this would cover such things.
Let me know if you have any experience or knowledge of this - i would appreciate your opinions…
Thanks