MEM05061 — Apply basic metallurgy principles to welding applications

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41 assessable components: 4 elements (12 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 26 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Review design specifications and referenced standards and codes for metallurgical requirements

1.1Review design documents and drawings and identify material, welding process, consumables, standards and codes specifications
1.2Review specified standards and codes for metallurgical requirements
1.3Identify metallurgical and welding related defect risks for specified base, filler and consumables

2 Check base metals and alloys for consistency with specifications

2.1Check provided metal or alloy materials for consistency with specifications
2.2Identify any faults in materials and assess potential implications for weldability and task suitability
2.3Arrange for any sampling, pre-welding tests or test welds in accordance with SOPs to determine weldability

3 Apply metallurgical principles to welding and heat treatment

3.1Monitor weld pool formation and solidification processes for consistency with metallurgical requirements and standard operating procedures
3.2Monitor and adjust welding parameters to suit metallurgical requirements of material being welded
3.3Ensure welding related heat treatment is performed consistent with metallurgical principles and standard operating procedures

4 Apply metallurgical principles to inform mitigation strategies to avoid common weld cracks or defects

4.1Identify suitable methods for residual stress control
4.2Check selection of welding consumables and parameters to ensure hydrogen content is consistent with avoidance of weld cracks or other defects in different metals
4.3Ensure distortion minimisation techniques are applied to mitigate metallurgical effects of heating and welding on parent metal properties

Performance evidence

confirm the weldability of at least one grade each of carbon steel and stainless steel, aluminium or an aluminium alloy, and one other non-ferrous metal or alloy
monitor and identify factors that could adversely affect heat input on deposited metal
monitor and identify the factors associated with the heat affected zone that could adversely affect the welding of at least two of carbon and low alloy steels, stainless steels, aluminium, and nickel, copper and manganese metal and alloys. Note: Where a volume and/or frequency is not specified, demonstration must be provided at least once.

Knowledge evidence

parameters used for the grouping of base metals
microstructures of common ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys
iron-carbon diagram and its use in welding and related processes
the classification of carbon, manganese and low alloy steels
effects of common alloying elements on material properties and weldability
mechanical properties of carbon and low alloy steels including hardness and ductility
factors affecting base metal quality
factors affecting the weldability of carbon and low alloy steels
weld defects in carbon and low alloy steels including: distortion, lack of fusion, penetration defects including incomplete root penetration, lack of root fusion, lack of inter-run fusion, lack of side wall fusion, inclusions, porosity, fatigue, intergranular and stress corrosion, cracking including solidification cracking, hydrogen heat affected zone cracking, and reheat cracking
factors affecting weldability of alloy, quenched and tempered steels including: welding zones, microstructures of base and filler metals and implications for welding, carbon equivalence, hydrogen content and control, residual stress avoidance, weld preheat temperatures.
cold cracking including test methods for susceptibility
factors affecting the weldability of stainless steels
factors affecting the weldability of aluminium and aluminium alloys
weldability of non-ferrous metals and their alloys including copper, nickel, magnesium
weldability of cast irons
causes and control of distortion in welding including the relationship between a material’s coefficient of thermal expansion per unit volume of heat and distortion
types of electrodes used in welding and their classification
effects of moisture on electrode performance
potential sources of hydrogen and effects of hydrogen diffusement in welding
hydrogen control techniques for welding processes
methods of residual stress control including welding technique, peening, heat treatment,
the basic metallurgical changes that occur in carbon steel during normalising
heat treatment methods including normalising, annealing, quenching, stress relieving, tempering, pre-heating, and post weld heat treatment
shielding gases and their application to welding processes
sources for further metallurgical professional and technical advice
welding terminology including codes and symbols.

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