As a result of the 5 year systematic review of ISO 9606-1, ISO/TC 44/SC 11 "Qualification requirements for welding and allied processes personnel" have decided to revise the standard. As part of the revision, the committee will consider merging Parts 1: "Steels" and 4: "Nickel and nickel alloys" of the standard.
A preliminary work item (PWI) has been registered and a draft is expected before the next meeting of SC 11 that is scheduled in conjunction with SC 10 "Quality management in the field of welding" and WG meetings the week of February 26 to March 2, 2018 at AWS in Miami.
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This part of ISO 9606 specifies the requirements for qualification testing of welders for fusion welding of steels.
It provides a set of technical rules for a systematic qualification test of the welder, and enables such qualifications to be uniformly accepted independently of the type of product, location and examiner or examining body.
When qualifying welders, the emphasis is placed on the welder's ability manually to manipulate the electrode, welding torch or welding blowpipe, thereby producing a weld of acceptable quality.
The welding processes referred to in this part of ISO 9606 include those fusion-welding processes which are designated as manual or partly mechanized welding. It does not cover fully mechanized and automated welding processes.
NOTE For such processes, see ISO 14732[10].