scope:

Specifies essential requirements, ranges of approval, test conditions, acceptance requirements and certification for the approval testing of diver-welder performance for the welding of steels underwater in a hyperbaric wet environment. During the approval test the diver-welder should be required to show adequate practical experience and job knowledge (test non mandatory) of the welding processes, materials and safety requirements for which he is to be approved, information on these aspects is given in Annex B. This standard is applicable when the diver-welder's testing is required by the purchaser, by inspection authorities or by other organisations.