Qualification of Welders and Welding Operators

§ 192.227 Qualification of Welders and Welding Operators#

(a)Except as provided in paragraph#

(b)of this section, each welder or welding operator must be qualified in accordance with section 6, section 12, Appendix A or Appendix B of API Std 1104 (incorporated by reference, see § 192.7), or section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code#

(BPVC)(incorporated by reference, see § 192.7). However, a welder or welding operator qualified under an earlier edition than listed in § 192.7 may weld but may not requalify under that earlier edition.#

(b)A welder may qualify to perform welding on pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of less than 20 percent of SMYS by performing an acceptable test weld, for the process to be used, under the test set forth in Section I of Appendix C of this part. Each welder who is to make a welded service line connection to a main must first perform an acceptable test weld under section II of Appendix C of this part as a requirement of the qualifying test.#

(c)For steel transmission pipe installed after July 1, 2021, records demonstrating each individual welder qualification at the time of construction in accordance with this section must be retained for a minimum of 5 years following construction.#