Panama Convention

  • Posted by Jade
  • On April 25, 2016
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Our Managing Director Neville Cornish just had a working holiday of sorts, attending the American Welding Society Convention in Panama! This event takes place every two years in a different location each time. It allows Agents and Staff from the AmWS to get together and talk business (nothing to do with off-shore tax havens, we promise). As […]
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Droning On: Our brand new UAV!

  • Posted by Jade
  • On February 2, 2016
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You would have heard us droning on about our new UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) services over the past year, but this week we’ve taken the final step to make this plan a reality. Last May, our Chief Inspector, Supervisor and now Pilot, Garth Heard undertook an intensive course to become a commercial UAV pilot. He […]
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American Welding Society Certification

  • Posted by Jade
  • On February 2, 2016
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American Welding Society CERTIFICATION NOW AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA THROUGH AUSTRALIA WELDING SOLUTIONS Adelaide-based company, Australian Welding Solutions (AWS) has signed an agreement to be official agents for American Welding Society. This partnership means U.S. Certifications are available throughout Australia and New Zealand for the first time. AWS Australia’s leading trainers AWS has been providing advanced […]
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Safety & Compliance: It’s best to know where you stand

  • Posted by Jade
  • On January 1, 2016
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The ACCC (Australian Competition & Consumer Commission) has recently handed down a hefty $515,000 penalty to an Australian company that misled small businesses over their safety and compliance needs, reminding us we should all be aware of our responsibilities and liabilities. Safety and Compliance are not things you want to be too cavalier about, especially in high-risk industries such […]
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Accreditation from the Canadian Welding Bureau

  • Posted by Jade
  • On August 12, 2015
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As Founder and Managing Director of AWS, Neville Cornish has added another qualification to his belt, ensuring we are uniquely positioned in the Australian welding industry. Neville recently became approved as a Canadian Welding Bureau Approved Professional Engineer. He is the only person in Australia to hold this qualification, so is the man to speak to if […]
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Under Pressure: Education is needed for pressure plant awareness

  • Posted by Jade
  • On July 20, 2015
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Most inspection bodies around Australia will be familiar with comments from clients about their requirements for items of pressure plant. ‘Oh I didn’t know that’, ‘It has to be registered?’ ‘I don’t know if we do that’, ‘No one told me that when I bought it’. It’s not unusual to get an urgent inspection request […]
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Weld Procedure: A ‘Cost’ or an ‘Investment’?

  • Posted by Neville
  • On February 3, 2015
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When qualifying welders for projects, are we wearing a cost or making an investment? Where do welders fit in a WPS? The requirement for Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) is quite clear under various Australian and International standards, codes, regulations, and in accordance with the client standards. The Welder Qualification is the next step. To apply the […]
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Birrana Engineering

  • Posted by Jade
  • On November 23, 2014
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Australian Welding Solutions delivers another successful Welding 101 & Science of Welding short course program, where participants had the opportunity to see the effects of diffusible hydrogen degassing from a welded coupon. Hydrogen Assisted Cold Cracking is one of the most catastrophic phenomenon’s to occur in welding.
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Santos

  • Posted by Jade
  • On November 23, 2014
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Graduates and engineers attended the one day short course Welding 101, participants learned about basic theoretical aspects of various welding processes, fundamentals, defects and metallurgy. Then it was out to the workshop to experience hands on welding of MMAW, GMAW including Modified Short Arc on pipe.
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Do you own your Welding Procedure?

  • Posted by Jade
  • On July 4, 2014
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When you engage a Welding Consultant to prepare standards based Welding Procedures, ask if they have the intellectual property right to give you the material they provide. Some Welding Consultants copy documents that they do not have the right to copy, as another company owns the copyright. Use of such documents may expose you and […]
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Modified Short Arc welding

  • Posted by Jade
  • On July 2, 2014
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Australian Welding Solutions has been busy during the past few months in the development of Advanced Welding Techniques for Line-Pipe Welding of X56, X65, Stainless and Duplex materials. The technology of MSA (Modified Short Arc) welding has been around for several years such as (Lincoln STT) (Miller RMD), yet many pipe fabricators and welders still […]
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Scaffolding Safety Alert

  • Posted by Jade
  • On July 2, 2014
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Given recent Scaffolding collapses in Sydney and Melbourne this raises the importance for scaffolding to be inspected by qualified welding inspectors. AWS is a NATA accredited type A inspection body specifically accredited for the inspection of scaffolding. View Scaffolding Safety Alert AWS® Scope of inspection for scaffolding consists of: Inspection of welds by qualified welding […]
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