knoba
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In Flange Jockey's post; mild steel tig, he grinds off the top of his previous welds to make them level and uniform. What is the reason for this? ...and what is this process called?
Hitch
What is it called... as far as im aware, its called grinding
I would have thought that the procedures would have to be set by an official standards committee or by some sort of central body for safety. That's outrageous that companies can set their own rules. If the welding has a required code then it obviously has a public safety issue attached to it.
I agree that HSE has gone berserk in most areas, clogging up the system with red tape, but what of a; newly coded, company weldor, without your hard earned, and well tempered, experience snowcat?
For welding, the best thing you can do, i'd have thought, to show a minimum level of tested competence is to go to Babcocks, take a 6g in your favoured type of welding and material, and have a code you can wave at people.
My point Snowy wasn't that you'd have an appropriate code, just that you would have a code!
It's the equivalent of having a degree. Employers don't necessarily care what the degree is in, just that you have one. It opens doors. It demonstrates a level of competence, and moreover, that you have transferrable skills.
Your previous work and codings don't stand for nothing - they just have limited value.
Can you see my point tho Simon, If push came to shove, and something went tits up with my work, I wouldn't trust past merits to stand for much in a court of law....... however a basic level of competence might.....
Absolutely Snowy! So where we at then? Apprenticeship. Codings, C&G or what? The truth is, you could be qualified to the nines, but if you do something wrong (you are human arn't you?), you could still have to defend your actions in a court of law. However, we are allowed to make mistakes, but only if we know what we are doing.
Work that out....
I don't think that we've disagreed yet BTW, so I'm not sure if we are arguing or not... You're worse than my missus.
And Knoba, experience IS worth a damn, and don't let anyone (including Snowcat) tell you otherwise. Many vocational qualifications can be gained without attending classes, but by demonstrating experience. This is certainly true of CSCS cards, NVQ, SVQ etc.