Suitable for
People wishing to learn new skills, maintenance staff (installation and repair), welding engineers unfamiliar with these processes, engineering apprentices, or experienced plastic pipe welders requiring additional knowledge and/or certification.
Course content
- An introduction to the common thermoplastics used for making pipes
- Key processing techniques
- Welding equipment
- Avoidance of joint defects
- Health and safety
- Welding parameters
- Joint preparation
- Process control
- Inspection and testing
- Practical sessions involving butt fusion,electrofusion and/or socket fusion welding of PE and/or PP pipes
Benefits
- Courses tailored to client’s needs
- Demonstration of quality to recognised European Standards
- Motivates workforce and enhances competitive tendering for contracts
- CSWIP certification is recognised worldwide
- Attendees trained in current best practice
- A confidence in competent and qualified contractors
- Reduced risk of failures, minimising downtime
- Lower maintenance costs
Certification
Entry level
Entry level certification is aimed for those entering the industry. Candidates receive practical based training, so that they gain an understanding of the welding process and equipment, before undertaking a practical assessment and multiple-choice examination.
Standard level
TWI offers certification to EN 13067 (plastic welding personnel qualification testing of welders, thermoplastic welded assemblies) for candidates wishing to gain a higher level of qualification. Suitable for experienced welders and supervisors, candidates are required to undertake a practical and written multiple-choice exam in their chosen category/categories. More information is available at www.cswip.com.
Categories of certification
Butt fusion
2.4 - PP pipe (Ø≤315mm)
2.5 - PP pipe (Ø>315mm)
3.4 - PE pipe (Ø≤315mm)
3.5 - PE pipe (Ø>315mm)
4.3 - PVDF pipe (all Ø)
Electrofusion
2.7 - PP pipe (all Ø)
3.6 - PE pipe (Ø≤315mm)
3.7 - PE pipe (Ø>315mm)
3.8 - PE pipe saddle joints
Socket fusion
2.6 - PP pipe (all Ø)
3.9 - PE pipe (all Ø)
4.4 - PVDF pipe (all Ø)
Venue
All training courses and examinations can be carried out at either TWI’s Plastic Welding Training Centre in the UK, Malaysia (and soon in the Middle East) or at customers’ premises worldwide.
Duration
Our training and/or certification courses are tailored to the needs of the client, but are typically two days, dependent upon the detail of course required and previous experience of the candidates. The course duration will be discussed prior to a quotation being provided.