Shipbuilding and Repair Quality Standards

Presentation

This training course provides an overview of the IACS Recommendation 47 – Shipbuilding and Repair Quality Standards.

Objectives

On completion of the training, students will be able to:

Understand the applicability of IACS Recommendation No.47.

Get familiar with materials, welding and non-destructive testing. 

Understand the quality standards for steel ship construction and remedial standards for new buildings. 

Understand the quality standards for repair of ships in operation.

Program

General requirements for new constructions and repair of ships in operation

Qualification of welders, welding procedures and NDT operators

Materials

Equivalency of material grades

Surface conditions and acceptance criteria

Shipbuilding and remedial quality standards for new constructions

o Standard for flanged longitudinals and flanged brackets

o Standard for corrugated bulkheads

o Standard for pillars, brackets and stiffeners

o Standard for hull shape

o Standard for fairness of plating between frames

o Standard for alignment and remedial standard for misalignment

o Standard for butt weld plate edge preparation and remedial standard

o Standard for fillet weld plate edge preparation and remedial standard

o Standard for distance between welds

Repair quality standards for ships in operation

o Standard for welding, groove roughness

o Standard for renewal of plates

o Standard for doublers on plating

o Standard for renewal of internals/stiffeners

o Standard for welding of pitting corrosion

o Standard for welding repair of cracks

Certificate

On completion of the training program, the student will be awarded:

A Certificate of Shipbuilding and Repair Quality Standards, issued by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore.

The Certificate of Shipbuilding and Repair Quality Standards is obtained after completion of the course and passing the online test.