Certification process
Welders or brazers may be certified either in their own company or at FORCE Certification A/S. Certification is performed according to standards for applicable materials and application area. When the welder or brazers holds the necessary qualifications, he or she will be recommended to enter for an examination, which will be completed with a certificate.
The certification is performed by our examiners according to the following steps:
- Assessment of the welder’s or brazer’s professional qualifications
- Welding/brazing of test sample according to WPS (Welding Procedure Specification) /BPS (Brazing Procedure Specification)
- Testing of test sample (non-destructive testing (NDT) and possible mechanical testing)
- Issue of certificate.
We also can examine the person’s practical skills and theoretical knowledge.
FORCE Certification A/S is accredited by DANAK (The Danish Accreditation Fund) as certifying body for approval of personnel.
All our examiners holds an education within the international welding educations EWF/IIW or similar, which guarantees that the issued accredited certificate lives up to European and International requirements.
Get your certificate on paper or digitalized
Testing and issue of a certificate are usually completed within a week. You may receive the certificate either digitalized or printed on paper. When the certificate is issued digitalized you will become registered in FORCE Certification A/S’s on-line database.
From this you will receive information on biannual confirmation and extension of the certificate. Your company performs the biannual confirmation of the welder’s certificate in FORCE Certification A/S’s server.
Furthermore, all welders or brazers will get a card of certificate (credit card size), holding a QR code which will allow read-only access to the welder’s certificates.
If the examiner finds that the person is not capable of passing the test, the person will be recommended to conduct further training.
Professionally trained examiners ensure internationally valid welding certificate
FORCE Certification is accredited by DANAK as a certification body for the certification of welders, brazers, etc.
All our examiners have an education in the international welding education EWF/IIW or equivalent. This gives you the assurance that the issued certificate meets European and international requirements. You are thereby certified to carry out welding work on structures and facilities covered by the standard in question.
Standards for certification of welders or brazers
FORCE Certification A/S is accredited by DANAK for certification of personnel for a number of international and national standards: