DIN EN ISO 14732:2013-12

The present standard has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 44 "Welding and allied processes", Subcommittee SC 11 "Qualification requirements for welding and allied processes personnel" (secretariat: SUTN, Slovakia) in collaboration with CEN/TC 121 "Welding and allied processes", Subcommittee SC 4 "Quality management in the field of welding" (secretariat: DIN, Germany). It specifies the essential variables, the ranges of qualification, test conditions and the functional knowledge appropriate to the welding unit for the testing of welding personnel, performing fully mechanized or automatic welding of metallic materials. Annex C contains a form for the qualification test certificate. This standard differs from the previous edition (DIN EN 1418:1998-01) as follows: a) the title of the standard has been modified; b) the introduction has been editorially revised; c) the scope has been extended to include stud welding operators and setters; d) clause 2: normative references have been updated; e) clause 3 "Terms and definitions" has been brought in line with ISO/TR 25901; f) process numbers have been updated in accordance with ISO 4063:2009; g) 5.3 has been extended by another method, 5.3 c); h) the period of validity of the certificate has been modified. The responsible German Standardization Committee is DIN/DVS-Joint Committee NA 092-00-02 AA "Qualifizierung von Personal für das Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren (DVS AG Q 5)" ("Qualification requirements for welding and allied processes personnel (DVS AG Q 5)") of the Welding and allied processes Standards Committee (NAS).