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Norway adopts WeldCraft- Pro™underwater welding programme.

Speciality Welds Ltd is absolutely delightedto announce NYD (Norsk Yrkesdykkersole)commercial diving school, based atFagerstrand Quay, Nesodden in thesouth of Oslo has recently successfullycompleted their instructor/ administratort raining, allowing them to deliverthe highly acclaimed Weldcraft - pro™underwater welding course.

Speciality Welds Ltd, a specialist weldingtraining and cert ificat ion provider is theonly company to offer a fully cert ified,independent ly accredited underwaterwelding programme anywhere in theworld. The Weldcraft- Pro™ trainingprogramme is an 80 hour t rainingsyllabus that follows the EuropeanWelding Federation (EWF) guidelinesfor underwater fillet - welder on plate.The course is cert ified through EAL.EAL is part of SEMTA - Sector SkillsCouncil for Science, Engineering andManufacturing Technologies and is UK’sleading awarding- body for engineering

qualificat ions. This cert ificat ion providesindependent , quality assured, auditedcontrols, thus, making it the onlyex ternally awarded wet welding t rainingprogramme to issue internat ionallyrecognised/ verified qualificationsanywhere in the world. The programme isalso recognised by IMarEST, The Inst itute

Norway adopts WeldCraft-Pro™ underwater welding programme.of Marine Engineering, Science andTechnology under their CPD programme.The course is offered to commercialdiving schools, following approval of theirinstructors and administrators, under alicence agreement , where Speciality Weldsprovides all the learning materials, exams,audit controls and delivery mechanismsto deliver and control t raining. Training isdivided into dry and wet welding, togetherwith a series of learning outcomes (LOC)where candidates must complete writ tenwork and take an end of course exam.Pract ical welder qualificat ion test ing isprovided under BSEN ISO 15618- 1: 2002.Training is open to both non- weldersand welders alike and provides for theessent ial skills foundation t raining for acommercial diver, to ensure they meetindustry demands now and in the future.The author is the companies MD, Mr.David J. Keats. David has worked in theindustry since the early 70’s and is arecognised industry expert in this fieldand has published a number of t it les onunderwater welding, including a CEngthesis on a patented underwater wet- spotwelding process.