5 Tips In Choosing A Certified Welding Company

When choosing a certified welding company for any kind of project, whether big or small, you need to pick a certified welding company. As potential service provider they should have been certified by organizations that certifies welding companies, welding electrodes, welding inspectors and weldingorbital welding inspection companies. This will ensure that all the welds conducted, including positions, process and joints, are current and approved by the certifying organizations. The following are the most important benefits of choosing a welding company.

Benefits Of Choosing The Certified Welding Company

1.    Guaranteed experience — Every certified welding company has both certified welding supervisors and welding inspectors. These people should have completed a course in welding and have at least a year of experience before they are certified. This means that they have the knowledge and experience to company projects safely and in accordance to current standards.

2.    Knowledgeable employees — Certified companies have access to course materials along with the latest and best ways to complete welding jobs. This ensures that the professional working on your project knows what he is doing. Certifying organizations also offer seminars and information sessions that will update an employee or the company’s welding knowledge. Every certified company and employee is guaranteed to be up to date with the latest changes to code as well as with welding methods. They will also know about the building codes in your area along with the implemented safety regulations.

3.    Liability insurance — If anything goes wrong, certifying organizations requires that all its certified companies carry liability insurance. This should cover you should anything happen to a welding company employee while on your property, or if the job was not correctly completed or has caused damage to your property.

4.    Up to standard code — Every job requires a different code of standard for welding, which can differ from small projects likes homes to bigger scale welding projects like office buildings. If a company is certified for a particular code, you should know without any doubt that they know the code inside and out, and meet all your requirements and expectations.

5.    Quick and easy tool for choosing a welding company — It is easy to determine if a company is certified or not. A certified welding company will have a badge on their literature which shows what the company is certified for. Also, the website of the certifying organization includes a searchable database of inspectors.

Always Choose A Certified Welding Company

Just like anything else, when choosing for a welding company, it is best to look for one that has been certified by pertinent organizations. When a company is certified, it means that it has taken the time and invested the money to make sure that its welders and employees are up to standard, are safe with their working habits, and have the necessary knowledge and experience to back it all up.

About Reuben Salazar

My name is Reuben Salazar. I’m president of Dan’s Certified Welding, Inc. (DCWI), a family-owned business founded in 1976 by my parents, Dan and Mary Salazar, and centrally located in the Los Angeles, CA, area. For over 35 years, we’ve continued to deliver high quality, craftsmen-specialized welding to each of our customers across the country. We’ve served hundreds of manufacturers and machine shops who lacked in-house welding or approved, qualified welding professionals. DCWI combines the most innovative large corporation ideas with the customer-oriented values of a family-owned business. You will not be considered “just another number” at our company. To us, YOU are the #1 most important aspect of our business! We pride ourselves on taking the time to fully understand the needs of our customers, making them feel welcome, comfortable, and appreciated, so they have no doubt their welding projects are in capable, professional hands.