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The European Welding Community felt the need of interchanging views and experiences, and created the European Council for Co-operation in Welding (ECCW) with the participation of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands and United Kingdom. |
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• EWF- European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting was created
• Membership of EWF enlarged with the participation of all countries from the European Community to the EFTA and Eastern
European countries.
• Guidelines for European Welding Engineer, Technologist and Specialist were approved
• First Authorised National Body – ANB was approved for Portugal, followed by Spain and the UK |
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• EWF Constitution was approved by Ministère de Justice in Belgium
• Commission XIV of IIW adopted the EWF Guidelines for Welding Engineer, Technologist and Specialist |
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• EUROJOIN 2 – Florence, Italy
• EWF Constitution was registered in Moniteur Belge
• Trademark of EWF and copyright of documents were registered
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• EWF Training and Qualification System enlarged to European Welding Inspection Personnel, European Welding Practitioner
and European MMA Welder
• Rules for the implementation of EWF Guidelines for the education, examination and qualification of welding personnel |
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• EWF created a Committee for “Harmonisation of Assessment and Certification of Companies according to EN 729 Quality
Requirements”
• 15 ANBs were operating the System and the total number of diplomas awarded reached 10.000
• EWF and IIW start discussion regarding the adoption of the EWF Qualification System by the IIW
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• Guideline for European MMA Welder was approved
• Guideline for European Thermal Spraying Specialist
• The first Newsletter was issued |
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• EWF membership constituted by 17 members from EU and EFTA countries and 7 Observers from Eastern Europe
• More than 10.000 diplomas were awarded this year
• Rules for the implementation of a Company Certification System were issued |
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• Secretariat of EWF was established as an independent company with independent organised accounting system
• EOTC Agreement Group for Welding Joining, Cutting and Surfacing was approved and published in the EOTC Directory.
• Guideline for European MIG/MAG Welder |
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• A formal agreement is signed between IIW and EWF to develop an International Qualification System based on the EWF
System
• Observers became full members, bringing EWF to an organisation with 24 members
• Weld-On – the first cooperation project approved under the Leonardo da Vinci programme started
• Guidelines for European TIG Welder and Oxigas Welder |
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• EWF first participation in the Essen Fair
• EUROJOIN 3 – Bern, Switzerland
• Guideline for European Adhesive Bonding |
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• First ANBCC-Authorised National Body for Company Certification (Italy and United Kingdom)
• EWF implemented the Personnel Certification System for the competences certification of EWE, EWT, WS and EWP
• Guidelines for European Thermal Sprayers and for European Adhesive Bonding for Engineer, Specialist and Bonder |
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• IIW and EWF General Assemblies decided to create a Planning and Implementation Group for the development of the IIW
structure to manage the IIW Qualification System
• Weldiction – a new Leonardo da Vinci project started
• 21 ANBs operating the EWF Training and Qualification System |
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• Guidelines for Special Courses in Laser Welding, Robot Welding and Welding of Reinforcing Bars
• Guideline for European Welding Inspection Personnel |
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• The IIW Qualification System is formally established
• The IIW Qualification System operation rules were issued based on the equivalent EWF document
• The first IIW Guidelines were issued: International Welding Engineer, International Welding Technologist, International Welding
Specialist and International Welding Practitioner
• The first International ANB approved was China followed by Japan, Australia and USA |
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• Collaboration with EA, for the development of the future document EA – 6/02 - Guidelines on the Use of EN 45 011 and EN 45
012 for Certification to EN 729
• EWF Company Certification System operated by ANBCCs from 7 countries
• EWF is online with the website http://www.ewf.be |
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• EUROJOIN 4 – Dubrovnik, Croatia
• EWF diplomas awarded reached 50.000
• IIW diplomas awarded reached 10.000
• EWF starts activity in the field of “Environment in Welding Fabrication”, developing the Environment Management System –
EMS |
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• Guidelines for European Welding Specialist for Resistance, European Thermal Spraying Practitioner and the European MMA
Diver Welder
• Database of EWF certified companies with 200 entries |
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• First EWF ANBCC approved to implement the Environment Management System in Welding Fabrication
• EWF is involved in three new EU collaboration projects in which 9 EWF members are partners
• EWF System for Certification of Personnel is operated by 5 ANBs
• First revisions of the IIW guidelines IWE, IWT, IWS and IWP are issued |
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• EWF participates in 3 EU collaboration projects (Euroweld, Continued, Netframe)
• Guideline for a Special Course in Weld Imperfections for Non-Destructive Testing Personnel |
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• EUROJOIN 5 – Vienna, Austria
• The IIW/IAB System is operated by 34 ANBs
• IIW Distance Learning Guideline (IWE)
• EWF Guideline for the certification of European Plastics Welder
• EWF was involved in 4 new EU projects – Vircouns, Railsafe, Pro-knowledge, Leadout |
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• Implementation of the Combined Secretariat for EWF and IAB/IIW
• Total number of EWF and IIW diplomas awarded reached more than 100.000
• Econweld - a new FP6 project started with the participation of EWF and 4 EWF members |
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• EUROJOIN 6 – Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• End of the 6th Framework Programme - EWF participated in 11 projects where 26 EWF members collaborated
• EWF Companies and Personnel Certification Systems transferred to IIW
• Guideline for European Welding Practitioner for Resistance Welding
• EWF is involved in 3 new projects – Globalmat, Hamster and SIM-TWB |
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• Agreement with IIW to open to countries outside Europe the use of the EWF Certification Systems for Companies
and Personnel
• Two non-European Countries became ANBCCs
• EWF takes over the coordination of the EU Project ECONWELD, involving 19 partners and aiming at Improvement of Health,
Safety and Ergonomics in Welding |
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