Training on IIW Manufacture Certification Scheme, Astana, November 24-25, 2014

On November 24 – 25 in Astana city Kazakhstan Welding Association “KazWeld” held the training complying with ISO 3834. The 85 leading welding engineers from all regions of Kazakhstan, representing various companies such as Tengiz Chevroil LLP, Intergas Central Asia JSC, KazTransOil JSC, Imstalkom JSC, AktauOilMash LLP, Byelkamit LLP, Montazhspetsstroy Company JSC, ESAB Kazakhstan, Lloyd's Register LLP, BUREAU VERITAS, Det Norske Veritas Kazakhstan LLP and other companies attended this training.

The training was led by Mr. Michel Rousseau, a lead auditor of the French Institute of Welding “Institut de Soudure” & MCS Manager and Patrick Lantigner, technical expert at French Institute of Welding “Institut de Soudure”. During the training, they explained in detail the audit procedure and all the parts of ISO 3834 as well as ISO 9001 and ISO 19011.

According to IIW Manufacture Certification Scheme, the audit should be carried out by the professional team consisting of the lead assessor, assessors and technical experts. After training international experts interviewed some participants in order to define the best Kazakhstani assessors. Interview with the other participants will be held later depending on applications on certification from the company.

The training was sponsored by the French oil company “Total Exploration and Production Kazakhstan”.