In accordance with the requirements of the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
LRQA Inspection Iberia S.A., a Notified Body as described in the European Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU, Article 20, has approved the following joining personnel to undertake the production of permanent joints for pressure equipment in categories II, III and IV as required by PED 2014/68/EU, Annex I, section 3.1.2.
The certification for the above named joining personnel remains valid only if the requirements for the confirmation of the validity qualifications of a welder for a process have been confirmed every 6 months by the employeer, the person responsible for welding activities or by LRQA Inspection Iberia, S.A. . This shall confirm that the welder/welding operator has worked within the range of qualification and extends the validity of the qualification for a further 6 month period.
The period of validity of a certificate and the conditions for renewal are those set out in the selected standard/code with some restrictions. Below detailed acceptable renewal-revalidation options by standard/code. Revalidation shall be carried out by LRQA Inspection Iberia, S.A.
| Standard | Certificate Validity | Renewal- Revalidation |
| EN ISO 9606-1 | Two (2) or Three (3) years according to selected revalidation option | Revalidation options: 9.3 a) or 9.3 b) |
| EN ISO 9606-2 | Two (2) years | Prolongation 9.2 |
| EN ISO 9606-3 | Two (2) years | Prolongation 10.2 |
| EN ISO 9606-4 | Two (2) years | Prolongation 10.2 |
| EN ISO 9606-5 | Two (2) years | Prolongation 10.2 |
| EN ISO 14732 | Six years (6) or Three (3) years years according to selected revalidation option | Revalidation options:5.3 a) or 5.3 b) |
| ASME IX | Three (3) years | Renewal, as initial approval. |
| EN ISO 13585 | Three (3) years | Prolongation 9.2 |
| AWS D1.1/ D1.1M. | Three (3) years | Renewal as initial approval |
| PED-annex I section 3.1.2 | According to standard selected within the above acceptable options. | |