ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 14732 Second edition 2013-08-01 Welding personnel - Qualification testing of welding operators and weld setters for mechanized and automatic welding of metallic materials Personnel en soudage -Epreuve de qualification des opérateurs soudeurs et des régleurs en soudage pour le soudage mécanisé et le soudage automatique desmateriauxmetalliques Reference number ISO 14732:2013(E) TSO IS02013 I without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 14732:2013(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO2013 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyrightoffice Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2013 - All rights reserved No reproductic networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 14732:2013(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. .1 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions ..2 4 Qualification .3 4.1 Methods of qualification .3 4.2 Essential variables and the range of qualification 4 5 Period of validity .5 5.1 Initial qualification .5 5.2 Confirmation ofvalidity .5 5.3 Revalidation of qualification. .5 5.4 Revocation of qualification. .5 6 Certificate ..6 7 Documentation Annex A (normative) Functional knowledge appropriate to the welding unit. ..7 Annex B (informative) Knowledge of welding technology Annex C (informative) Qualification test certificate for welding operators or weld setters ..12 Bibliography .14 iii Stal se with IS out license from IHS Not for Resale