Purpose:

This standard establishes the procedure for qualification of welders and welding operators engaged in the welding of aircraft, missiles, other aerospace equipment, and their parts and accessories by fusion welding processes. This standard is applicable to aircraft, missile, and aerospace ground support equipment or other welding, when included in the contracting documents or when invoked in the absence of a specified welder qualification document.

Welder and welding operator assignments:

Welder: Welders may weld all joints by manual and semi-automatic welding for which they are qualified by producing acceptable test welds, as defined in Sections 4 and 5. In addition, welders may weld all joints by machine and automatic welding within the same limitations as for the acquired welder qualification.

Welding operator: Welding operators may weld all joints by machine and automatic welding for which they are qualified by producing acceptable test welds, as defined in Sections 4 and 5.