Synopsis

This course is designed to provide an appreciation of ASME and ISO welding codes and standards to those engineers involved in manufacturing and fabrication industries using arc welding  technologies. Its objective is to help engineers understand how to apply these welding codes and standards to ensure the welds meet the quality requirements set by these codes and standards. This course will provide general guidelines in applying and interpreting the rules along with case study. It will also benefit participants through the following:

•    receive overview of ASME and ISO welding codes and standards
•    understand the importance of qualification test in ensuring weld quality
•    understand the background of rules and qualification range
•    understand the background of destructive and non-destructive tests required for qualification test
•    understand the process and approach to qualify a welding procedure specification and welder in the most cost effective and practical way
•    understand the background of qualification range of welding procedure specification and welder qualification
•    application of qualification range to maximise the benefit of welding procedure specification and welder qualification
•    understand the approach to validate a welding procedure specification with respect to welding and fabrication standards and project specification
•    understand the weld quality requirements to improve effectiveness of inspection and reduce reject or repair rate
•    improve communication between design engineer and welding engineer


About The Course Leader

Chen Fun Wee graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Materials & Manufacturing Engineering and a Master of Science in Advanced Engineering from Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom. Chen started his career with Ferrorex Industries (M) Sdn Bhd where he was a Heat Treatment Engineer responsible for the provision of heat treatment services to customers in the mould and die industry. He later joined Assab Steel (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd as a Plant Engineer where he managed a team of heat treatment, machining and warehouse staffs and is a tool steels heat treatment process specialist. Chen joined TWI in 2007 and is currently the Engineering Country Manager (Malaysia) of TWI Services Sdn Bhd. In this role, he is responsible for risk based inspection (RBI) assessment and welding engineering activities. He has completed several RBI assessment and implementation projects for power and chemical plants in Malaysia and is familiar with international deterioration rates and remaining life assessment techniques and standards. Chen has completed several welding engineering and fabrication inspection support projects in various industrial sectors and is knowledgeable with international welding fabrication, inspection and qualification standards. He also developed aluminium and stainless steel welding procedure specification for two different manufacturers to comply with international standards and certifications. Chen was also responsible for implementing welding quality related software for a large fabricator in an offshore oil & gas project in Malaysia and developed similar software for two companies in Thailand. In addition to his project responsibilities, Chen also conducts training on RBI and metallurgy. In 2010, Chen was seconded to TWI headquarters in Cambridge, United Kingdom where he worked on several arc welding projects with Consulting and Principal Welding Engineers.

Professional Qualification :
•    CSWIP 3.0 Visual Welding Inspector
•    Diploma of International Welding Technologist (IWT)

Professional Membersh :
•    Chartered Engineer (CEng)
•    Graduate Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Uk
•    Member of The Welding Institute, UK
•     Affiliate Member of the Welding Institute of Malaysia (AWIM)