ASME Section IX Welding Course

Master Welding Qualifications with ASME Section IX

Join this intensive half-day training focused on ASME Section IX, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ standard for qualifying welding, brazing, and fusing procedures and personnel. This course is essential for professionals involved in boilers, pressure vessels, and piping, ensuring safety and compliance through proper welding practices.

What You’ll Learn

• Overview of Welding Codes, Design, Materials, Fabrication, and Testing
• Welding Qualifications and ASME Boiler Code Section IX
• Review of Welding Processes and Their Applications
• How to Qualify Procedures and Personnel
• Understanding Essential and Non-Essential Variables
• Best Practices for Reviewing Contractor Submittals and Welding Procedures

Recommended: Bring a hard or digital copy of ASME Section IX for notes and highlights.

Who Should Attend?

Design engineers, welding engineers, inspectors, and anyone involved in welding compliance and quality assurance.

Instructor: Andrew D. Wilson
Professor, Brigham Young University–Idaho
Vice Chair, ASME Section IX Welding Qualification Subcommittee

Andrew is the vice chair of the subcommittee for Welding Qualification for ASME Section IX. For the past 8 years he has been a Professor of Welding Engineering Technology at Brigham Young University-Idaho specializing in welding processes and welding codes and standards. Prior to that time, he worked as a senior welding engineer for Bechtel developing and maintaining project welding control manuals including procedure qualification records (PQRs), welding procedure specifications (WPSs), welder performance qualification (WPQs), and welding documentation procedures and systems. This work included codes such as ASME B31.3, ASME Section VIII, ASME Section IX, AWS D1.1, AWS D1.4, and AWS D1.6. Andrew holds BS and MS degrees in Welding Engineering Technology from Utah State University.