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QUALIFICATION UPDATE

11th October 2018

AS/NZS2980 is now AS/NZS2980:2018

Many of you will have heard about the major changes to AS/NZS2980. The Australian Welding Authority has initiated a change to align the current AS/NZS2980 with the ISO standard and so the new qualification is now AS/NZS2980:2018. Details to follow.

We Are Moving

11th October 2018

Yes, at long last we are moving into our brand new workshop premises – which has more space, better ventilation, good sized classroom and lots of new welding machines.

New welders include: State of the Art Kemppi Mig Pulse and Synergic Programmable Welders for: Solid and Flux Core and Self Shielding Wire Kempact latest Mig Welders.

Our New Address –
From mid-November 2018:
4A Lismore Street,
Christchurch,
Waltham,
8011. (just off Wilsons Rd)

Certificate Course

Fulltime Course

National Certificate in Welding Level 3
National Certificate in Welding Level 4

This course is offered to both Domestic and International Students. However Studylink funding is not available for this course at present.

We have been successfully offering NZQA National Certificate in Welding Level 3 and Level 4 for 3 years now and have been proud to provide the Engineering Industry with well trained qualified Welders. No previous welding experience needed. This is a one year course with a minimum 20 hours class contact time each week. The certificate course is designed for people wishing to pursue a career in welding. It is aimed at preparing people to be highly qualified in all aspects of welding an could lead to supervisory or inspection positions with suitable work and life experience. If you are interested please complete an Enrolment Form and return it to the Welding Academy. On receipt of this we will contact you. Entry

Requirements:

All Students
- No previous welding experience needed
- Applicants must be 18 years or over.
- Applicants should have sufficient physical stamina to be able to weld for several hours per day.
- Applicants must be able to perform the mechanical tasks required to complete the course unit standards.
- Proven competency in maths.
- All applicants must prove their legal status to allow them study in New Zealand
International Students
- Applicants must have a current IELTS 5.5
- Correct visa to study in New Zealand

Graduate Profile

Graduates will have practical welding skills covering joining of steel, stainless steel and aluminium, employing the following techniques:

Manual metal arc welding (MMAW)
Gas metal arc welding (GMAW or MIG)
Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW or TIG) and
Cutting using manual processes.

Graduates will have the skills and knowledge to meet all requirements for certified welding in the engineering industry.

If you are interested please complete an Enrolment Form and return it to the Welding Academy. On receipt of this we will contact you.

Thank you for your enquiry

We will be in contact with you as soon as possible.

AS/NZS 2980: 2018

Revision of AS/NZS 2980: 2007 and adoption of AS/NZS 2980: 2018

AS/NZS 2980, New Zealand’s most widely used Welder Qualification Standard, has been revised. The revision moves the old AS/NZS 2980 away from local standards to International standards ISO; which is ISO 9606-1:2012, Approval testing of welders—Fusion welding, Part 1: Steels. This has been adopted as AS/NZS ISO 9606.1.

For now, the revised AS/NZS 2980: 2018 will be used as a transition to AS/NZS ISO 9606.1 rather than a complete changeover

The important changes can be summarised as:

Test piece length may be 200mm; currently the test piece length is 300mm, however we will be keeping our test plates to 250mm to enable as to do a macro test if required, prior to radiographic testing.

Butt and fillet welds require separate qualification however there is the option of a single bevel butt test piece that covers both types of weld as outlined in Annex C of AS/NZS ISO 9606.1.

Qualification of welding positions has also changed, Vertical up is now seen as a separate welding procedure and needs to be qualified separately.

The FCAW gas shielded process does not cover FCAW self-shielded, and vice versa.

The welder may grind the stop/start position on the capping run.

The current term “prolongation” has been changed to “revalidation” i.e. the requalification or extension of the certificate when it is up for renewal.

There are now three options:

Retesting every 3 years i.e. the welding of another test plate.

Every 2 years revalidation for a further 2 years is possible where there are records of 2 tests by radiographic or ultra-sonic testing on the welder’s production welds in the previous 6 months.

The certificate remains valid continuously provided that:

The welder is working for the same manufacturer (fabricator) who confirms the certificate every 6 months,

The manufacturer (fabricator) has a verified ISO 3834 quality programme,

The manufacturer (fabricator) documents that the welder has produced acceptable welds.

Qualifying welders to AS/NZS ISO 9606.1 can offer advantages to fabricators and welders as this standard is referenced in AS/NZS 1554.1, AS/NZS 3992, ASME, EN and other standards. While AS/NZS 2980 is a structural welding standard, AS/NZS ISO 9606.1 is applicable to a wider range of work including for example pressure equipment and the marine industry.

Qualifications & Courses

Full-Time Welding Courses

National Certificate in Welding Level 3
and National Certificate in Welding Level 4

Details

• This course is offered to both Domestic and International Students.

• This is a one year course with a minimum of 20 hours of class contact time each week.

• No previous experience needed

The certificate course is designed for people wishing to pursue a career in welding. It is aimed at preparing people to be highly qualified in all aspects of welding an could lead to supervisory or inspection positions with suitable work and life experience.

Short Welding Courses for Beginners

These courses include training for beginners to an Intermediate Level of
Welding.

Training includes:

Safety
Workshop Procedures
Machinery set up
Practical exercises
Training Workbook
Consumables

Full personal protection equipment (PPE) must be worn at all times in the workshop. This includes steel capped boots, cotton overalls, safety glasses, welding gloves and helmet.

PPE can be hired from the Welding Academy for $15 or items purchased.

Payment method - please arrange prior to course
- Bank transfer - 06 0705 0462627 00 or Eftpos.

Description	Classes	Price incl GST
Tig Welding Module 4.
Workbook and training	11 x 2 hour classes	$1,138.50

Mig Welding Module 3.
Workbook and training	7 x 2 hour classes	$724.50

Arc Welding Module 2.
Workbook and training	9 x 2 hour classes	$1,035.00

Flux Core Welding Module 5.
Workbook and training	8 x 2 hour classes	$920.00

Tig Aluminium Module 6.
Workbook and training	11 x 2 hour classes	$1,265.00

Download Enrolment Form for Short Courses

Qualification Courses to AS/NZS2980 Trade Welding Certificate
(From Beginner Level)

Mig Welding Qualification Course
Unit Standard 2672
AS/NZS2980 Trade Welding Certificate

Description	Hours	Price incl GST
NZQA U.S. Workbook, Processing and Training.	54	$2,848.50
AS/NZS2980 Trade Welding Certificate	2	$598.00
Extra training for Certificate (horizontal 6 hrs)	6	$310.50
Total		$3,575.00

Arc Welding Qualification Course
Unit Standard 2682
AS/NZS2980 Trade Welding Certificate

Description	Hours	Price incl GST
NZQA U.S. Workbook, Processing and Training.	54	$2,848.50
AS/NZS2980 Trade Welding Certificate	2	$598.00
Extra training for Certificate (horizontal 8hrs)	8	$414.00
Total		$3,860.50

TIG Welding Qualification Course
Unit Standard 2676
AS/NZS2980 Trade Welding Certificate

Description	Hours	Price incl GST
NZQA U.S. Workbook, Processing and Training.	56	$3,274.00
Extra training for AS/NZS2980 Trade Welding Certificate (10 hours)	10	$575.00
AS/NZS2980 Trade Welding Certificate	2	$590.00
Total		$4,439.00

Download Enrolment Form for Short Courses

AS/NZS2980 Trade Welding Certificate Details

The details of this qualification are currently being updated due to the changes in the procedures of AS/NZS2980.2018

The Australian Welding Authority has initiated a change to align the current AS/NZS2980 with the ISO standard and so the new qualification is now AS/NZS2980:2018. Please CLICK HERE for more details.

Stainless Steel TiG Welding AS/NZS2980 Procedures:

This test replaces the former 4703 welding procedure.

It is a 6G purge butt welded stainless steel tube in the 45 deg position.
It is welded non rotationally with a weld incorporating both vertical up and down with 2 x stop/starts. Simply expressed the test piece is clamped at 45 deg. in a holder with purge hose attached and welding may begin at the bottom (or top) and weld down (or up) 180 deg.
The candidate starts from this point and welds vertically back up or down to the top, whereby all the conditions described above are satisfied.
The 2 test pieces must be at least 125 mm in length and 1.5 mm thick, which will qualify the candidate for tube welds of up to 3mm thick.
The diameter of the test piece determines the diameter of tube the candidate is qualified to weld adopting a simple equation which is 2 x d and 1/2 x d.
So that assuming the candidate achieves AS/NZS2980 in 50mm S/S tube this will cover the welder for S/S tube from 100mm dia down to 25mm dia.

The final condition to be satisfied is the examination length of the weld which must not be less than 150 mm, so that the smaller the diameter of the tube welded the more individual test pieces must be macro tested. So in the case of a 12.5mm dia test, to achieve an examination weld length of 150 mm 4 separate test pieces would have to be submitted. (3.142 x 12.5 = 39.27 mm x 4 = 157mm; well within a 150 mm examination weld length)

Given the complexities of the AS/NZ 2980 welding test this explanation can only cover the broad scope of the procedure. We encourage all prospective candidates to visit our Academy to see what we do and talk to our tutor prior to undertaking a welding test.

COST FOR CERTIFICATION: $590.00 (incl GST)

An additional cost of $55.00 an hour applies for all Tig training aside from the 2 hours allocated for testing.

Aluminium AS/NZS1660 Mig

UNIT STANDARDS TAUGHT

Unit Standard Number	Description	Level	Credits
21907	Demonstrate and apply knowledge of safe welding practices	2	3
2671	Weld steel structures in the downhand positions using the manual metal arc welding process	3	6
2672	Weld steel in the downhand positions to a general purpose industry standard using the gas metal arc welding process.	3	6
2673	Weld steel structures in the downhand positions using the gas metal arc and flux cored arc welding process	3	6
2674	Weld stainless steel plate in the downhand positions using the gas metal arc and flux cored arc welding processes	3	6
2675	Weld aluminium in the downhand positions using the gas metal arc welding process	3	6
2676	Weld stainless steel sheet using gas tungsten arc welding process	3	6
2677	Weld aluminium in the downhand positions using the gas tungsten arc welding process	3	6
2688	Weld stainless steel tube using the gas tungsten arc welding process	4	12
2678	Join metals using the oxyacetylene welding process	3	6
2681	Weld steel structures using the submerged arc welding process
2682	Weld steel in the downhand positions to a general purpose industry standard using the manual metal arc welding process	3	6
2683	Cut metals using manual thermal processes	3	4
2684	Weld steel structures in all positions using the gas metal arc or flux-cored arc welding process	4	10
2686	Weld aluminium in all posiitons using the gas metal arc process	4	10
2693	Repair ferrous metal components using welding processes	4	10
16955	Calculate sizes, mass, volumes and quantities for fabrication	3	4
20799	Demonstrate knowledge of common engineering metals	3	4
21911	Demonstrate knowledge of safety on engineering worksites.	2	1
21912	Apply safe working practices on an engineering worksite	2	2
22906	Demonstrate and apply knowlege of welding low carbon steel	3	3
22907	Demonstrate and apply knowledge of welding aluminium and stainless steel	3	3
25783	Demonstrate knowledge of metal cutting and gouging processes	3	2
2395	Select, use and care for engineering hand tools	2	4
2396	Select, use and maintain portable hand-held engineering power tools	2	4
2430	Manually produce and interpret engineering sketches under supervision	2	4
2432	Manually construct plane geometric shapes for engineering	2	3
4433	Select, use, and care for simple measuring devices used in engineering	1	2
4797	Demonstrate knowledge of the common composition of engineering metals	3	5