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Standards library · Updated 4 August 2026 · Free to read ISO 15614 explained: welding procedure qualification by test ISO 15614 is the international standard for proving that a welding procedure works, by welding a test coupon under controlled conditions and testing it to destruction. The result is a welding procedure qualification record, and that … Read more
Standards library · Updated 4 August 2026 · Free to read ISO 9606 explained: qualification testing of welders ISO 9606 is the international standard for qualification testing of welders in fusion welding: it defines the test the welder welds, what is done to that test piece to judge it, and the range of production work … Read more
Standards library · Updated 4 August 2026 · Free to read AS/NZS 5131 explained: structural steelwork fabrication and erection AS/NZS 5131 sets out what a fabricator and an erector have to do, and have to be able to demonstrate, to build structural steelwork: the quality management, the documentation, the welding control, the tolerances and the … Read more
Standards library · Updated 4 August 2026 · Free to read AS 4041 explained: pressure piping AS 4041 is the Australian Standard for pressure piping: it covers the design, materials, fabrication, examination, testing and commissioning of piping that carries a fluid under pressure. It is the piping equivalent of the pressure vessel standard, and the … Read more
Standards library · Updated 4 August 2026 · Free to read AS 3992 explained: welding qualification for pressure equipment AS 3992 is the Australian Standard that sets out how welding procedures and the people who weld them are qualified for pressure equipment. It is not a design standard and it does not tell you how … Read more
Standards library · Updated 4 August 2026 · Free to read AS 1210 explained: pressure vessels AS 1210 is the Australian Standard for pressure vessels: it sets out how a vessel is designed, what it is made of, how it is welded and inspected, and what has to be tested before it is put into … Read more
Standards library · Updated 4 August 2026 · Free to read Welding symbols explained: reading a drawing to AS 1101.3 A welding symbol tells you four things: what kind of weld, which side of the joint, how big, and anything special about it. AS 1101.3 is the Australian Standard that defines how those four things … Read more
Standards library · Updated 4 August 2026 · Free to read AS/NZS ISO 3834 explained: quality requirements for fusion welding AS/NZS ISO 3834 is the standard that sets out what a fabrication business has to control in order to produce welds of a consistent, specified quality. It assesses the company, not the welder and not … Read more
Standards library · Updated 4 August 2026 · Free to read AS/NZS 1554 explained: structural steel welding AS/NZS 1554 is the joint Australian and New Zealand standard series that governs how steel structures are welded, how those welds are qualified and supervised, and what a weld has to look like to be accepted. It is … Read more
Standards library · Updated 4 August 2026 · Free to read AS 2214 explained: certification of welding supervisors AS 2214 is the Australian Standard that sets out how a welding supervisor is certified for structural steel welding: the knowledge they have to demonstrate, the experience they have to hold, and the examination they have to … Read more
