ISO 3834 Certification of welding activities

SCOPE OF APPLICATION

Assessment of the client’s documented quality management system, of the implementation of these arrangements and of the documentation issued by the manufacturer of material. The manufacturer can hold ISO 9001 certification or not.

APPLICABLE STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS

• ISO 3834-1 : Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials — Part 1: Criteria for the selection of the appropriate level of quality requirements
• ISO 3834-2 : Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials — Part 2: Comprehensive quality requirements,
• ISO 3834-3 : Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials — Part 3: Standard quality requirements,
• ISO 3834-4 : Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials — Part 4: Elementary quality requirements,
• ISO 3834-5 : Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials — Part 5: Documents with which it is necessary to conform to claim conformity to the quality requirements of ISO 3834-2, ISO 3834-3 or ISO 3834-4,
• ISO 3834-6 : Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials —Part 6: Guidelines on implementing ISO 3834

BUREAU VERITAS DELIVERABLES

Bureau Veritas will issue an audit report and a compliance certificate to quality requirement of ISO 3834 series.
The certificate is valid for 3 years provided that periodic audits and unexpected visits are satisfactory.
Re-assessment is required to extend period of validity of certificate. The manufacturer is requested to answer within 10 days after the report issuance, with proposals of corrective actions in case of nonconformities.