Wales and Northumbria Branches Technical Presentation: Improving National Welding Capability

The Welding Institute Wales and Northumbria Branches invite you to their April technical presentation:  Improving National Welding Capability (NWC) through Education, Training, Skills, and Careers

What will the event cover:

The International Institute of Welding (IIW) recently published its NWC guidance note implementing the Educations, Training, Skills, and Careers Building Block authored by Chris Smallbone with the next NWC guidance note - Implementing the Technology Transfer and Diffusion Building Block (to be published soon):  https://iiwelding.org/iiw-jointothefuture/nwc-gn/

This presentation will highlight some of the strategies and actions which can assist individuals, organisations, and countries to improve the national welding capability and benefit through enhanced skills, employment opportunities and security in various forms:

• The need to create a national model and plan to implement the Education, Training, Qualification, and Certification (ETQC), Skills and Careers NWC building block.
• The plan-on-a-page approach to ETQC, Skills, and Careers as well as technology transfer and diffusion.
• Analyses of industry's needs in terms of welding related personnel and companies including the Welding Co-ordination Team (WCT) in line with ISO 14731 and ISO 3834.
• Industry Sectoral Project (ISP) approaches including establishing sector demands.
• The creation of formal networks of competent education, training, and career providers.
• A situation analysis of all education, training, qualification, and certification centres including how they would meet future technological directions.
• Upgrading of resources including trainers, educational materials, facilities, and equipment.
• The ideal practical welding training centre.

Our industry expert:

Chris Smallbone FWeldI, FIIW

Meet the speaker:

Chris Smallbone has been at the forefront of many unique and pioneering major innovations, including a Executive Director, building up two world-class national welding institutes South African Institute of Welding (SAIW) (1980-1993), and Welding Technology Institute of Australia (WTIA) (1995-2014).

In the International Institute of Welding (IIW) he has played pivotal roles including major accomplishments and technical impacts across many fronts including being IIW president (2005-2008) and leading various IIW Education, Training, Qualifications, and Certification groups from 1992 to 2017 on the IIW Board, the IIW IAB, Commission XIV, and the ongoing National Welding Capability (NWC) project in working group regional activities.

Benefits from attending the event:

• Information transfer from experts
• Discussion, questions and answers on the specific topics
• A broader understanding of the extent of standards in the industry
• Attendance of this event qualifies for CPD 

Continuing Professional Development (CPD):

The Welding Institute awards points towards CPD for delegates attending this webinar. Every hour attendance of an event will earn 2 points towards your continuing professional development.