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NAME: Christopher Ineson
ADDRESS: 22, Glenlow Road, Hanging Heaton, Dewsbury, West Yorks, WF12 7EJ
TEL (mobile): 07815105662
Email (personal): chrisineson@hotmail.com
DRIVING LICENCE: Full clean
Qualifications:
• CSWIP 3.1 Welding Inspector
• PCN Level II – Radiographic Interpretation
• Level 4 NVQ Internal Verification (V1) qualification
• NVQ Level 4 in Co-ordination of Learning and Development Provision
• NVQ Level 3 in Direct Training & Support
• NVQ Level 3 in Assessing candidates using a range of methods (A1)
• City & Guilds 7331 Training Qualification
• Certified Job Skills Instructor for Saudi Aramco
• City & Guilds certificate in Environmental Technologies
• Qualified welding examiner and tester for Summit Skills
• Full Secondary Education
• Complete 4 year apprenticeship to City & Guilds in Fabrication, Welding & Joining Trade
Principles
• IOSH Managing Safely qualification
PERSONAL PROFILE
Completed my 4-year apprenticeship in welding and fabrication joining trade principles at Procor UK in
1982.
I am a highly skilled welding, pipe and fabrication specialist with extensive experience in the steel, oil &
gas and petro-chemical industries in various locations including, Europe, and the Middle East. An
experienced welder, welding inspector, welding co-ordinator and welding trainer/assessor who takes
responsibility and control for problem solving and meeting set targets within strict time scales using safe
working practices and within demanding environments. Works well both individually or as part of a team.
I have a history of reliability, trustworthiness and adaptability. Always willing to undertake and put in
100% to achieve further career qualifications.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY & EXPERIENCE
May 2014 – Present
Employer: Newburgh Precision
Role: Welding Project Engineer / Welding Co-ordinator
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Development and Qualification of Welding Procedure Specifications to ASME IX, BS EN ISO
15614-1:2004+A2:2012, BS EN ISO 15614-7:2007.
• Qualification of welders to ASME IX, BS EN ISO 9606-1:2012, BS EN ISO 14732:2013.
• Maintaining qualified WPQR, WPS and prolonging welder qualification certificates.
• Training and supporting the Welding Team.
• Welding process improvement with responsibility for reviewing and updating company welding
processes, reducing product costs and process cycles.
• Liaising closely with colleagues from Sales/Estimating, Engineering, Production and Quality
Assurance Departments.
• Liaising with suppliers and customers over technical material & consumable requirements.
• Development work towards attaining BS EN ISO 3834-2 (Quality Requirements for Fusion
Welding of Metallic Materials – Comprehensive Level).
• Development work towards the implementation of a ‘specific’ Welding Cell dedicated to
corrosion resistant overlay clad welding of oil & gas sub-sea components using Inconel 625
consumable and Fronius ETR-S cladding rig.
• Updating and re-writing the company ‘Welding Quality Management System’.
• Development of forms, spreadsheets, check-lists, weld maps etc… for ‘Welding Quality
Management System’.
• Putting in place a temperature/humidity controlled welding consumable store to satisfy BS EN
ISO 3834-2.
• Liaising with the relevant NOBO, NDT and accredited Test Houses.
• Holding regular scheduled welding cell ‘Tool-box’ talks.
• Performing scheduled Welder Audits and Welding Inspection surveillance checks.
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May 2013 – May 2014
Employer: AJ Fabtech
Role: Welding Engineer/Responsible Welding Coordinator/Inspector
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Maintain all existing weld procedure/welder qualifications and prolongation.
• Liaise with Sales/Estimators to ensure that weld procedures are in place for new projects.
• Prepare & qualify new weld procedures and welder qualifications. To BSEN 15614-1 & BSEN
287-1, ASME IX using Carbon Manganese (≤ S355N/mm²), Austenitic Stainless steels,
Chrome-Moly steels and various dissimilar materials.
• Interface with both client & third party inspectors.
• Prepare & manage project specific weld matrixes.
• Trained in the use of TWI weld spec and weld qual software
• Organise all external NDT services & Mechanical weld testing.
• Review radiographs.
• Visual weld inspection on all welding.
• Undertake verification, availability of suitable WPS & WPQR and verify correct consumables
are used.
• Preparing & issuing weld procedures to contract managers.
• Ensuring that welders are working within parameters of weld procedures.
• Welder training & welder toolbox talks.
• Conducting welder audits and tracking welder progress from NCR’s.
• Calibration & Maintenance of existing welding plant & procurement of new plant.
• Purchasing and control of welding consumables.
• Appointed person for all dealings with TWI.
• Undertake pre weld, during weld and post weld inspections.
• Complete relevant quality plans & inspection reports.
• Goods inward inspection to check against relevant Purchase orders/specifications.
• Internal & external project specific audits and contract reviews.
• Visit suppliers & carry out inspections.
• Engaged in development work to achieve EN 1090 and ISO 3834 for AJ Fabtech.
August 2012 – May 2013
Employer: Ardeth Engineering:
Role: Welding Engineer/Inspector/Welding co-ordinator
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Selecting weld procedures and developing weld procedures to meet the requirements of ASME
IX and EN 15614-1, ASME VIII, PD5500 with materials such as, Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel,
Nickel Alloys, Monel & Duplex & Super Duplex up to 100mm thickness.
• Compiling welding matrixes.
• Conducting welder qualification and procedure tests and prolongation of welder qualifications.
• Interpreting specifications, setting up and qualifying new welding procedures and qualifications,
including liaising with testing labs and notified bodies.
• Provision of specialist knowledge and expertise to the organisation including reviewing welding
and materials procedures in relation to customer requirements.
• Problem solving to provide solutions to the organisation in relation to welding and materials.
• Ensuring technical compliance/quality is maintained in the work being conducted.
• Reviewing welding procedures for contractors and site divisions.
• Ensure company is up to date with all new welding techniques and joint technology, ensuring
continuous improvement of current procedures and processes.
• Carrying out inspection activities as a QC inspector in a workshop environment to relevant
QCP’s & ITP’s...
• Liaison with client and inspection verification bodies and technical authorities.
• Reviewing, sentencing and signing off radiographs to required specifications.
Nov 2005 – Aug 2012
Employer: NG Bailey Engineering Academy
Role: Welding Trainer/Assessor/Internal Verifier
Duties & Responsibilities: Delivering MMA and TIG welding instruction on Carbon and Austenitic
Stainless steels to company apprentices so they can be placed on-site in the construction of complex
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plant rooms/chiller systems or within our fabrication facility. Implement and track good health & safety
practice, develop theoretical and practical lessons and learning materials, assess candidate’s
performance both at the Academy and on their allocated sites, conduct welder approval and
qualification tests and monitor qualification records for welders throughout the business, conduct
internal verifications. Liaise with sites and fabrication facility on welding related issues and inspection
issues.
Aug 1997 to Oct 2005
Employer: Saudi Aramco
Role: Job Skills Instructor (Welding)
Duties & Responsibilities: To monitor and implement good health & safety practice during theoretical
and workshop practice instruction in plate and pipe welding and automatic and manual oxy-acetylene
cutting. Teaching both apprentices and regular employees in MMA, TIG, MIG, and FCAW, pipe sizes
ranging from 12mm NB up to 300mm NB – SCH 40 to SCH 140 wall thickness. Responsible for the
running of speciality courses in the welding of chrome moly steels and low alloys, austenitic steels and
small bore pipework. Fully conversant with the preparation of knowledge enhancing quizzes and tests,
and trainee improvement materials. Preparation and ordering of materials for cutting and welding
practice. Keeping stock and track of all welding consumables. In depth involvement with evaluation and
post phase follow ups of trainee’s. Also experienced with the teaching and instruction of pipefitting and
mechanical engineering (Precision bench work). Conducting welder approval and procedure tests and
inspection of Class ‘A’ pipe welding to relevant international and Saudi Aramco standards. Also involved
with development of new welding curriculum and technical writing for course upgrades.
Further Work Experience
Coded welder for various pipe-work installation companies involved in the welding and installation of
furnace related pipe-work, process pipe-work, petro-chemical pipe-work and pipe-work for large plants
like British Steel and British Leyland...
Coded welder on boiler/economiser/heat exchanger construction. Worked on Class ‘A’ pressure
vessels, pipe-work (Large & Small bore, STD to XXS wall, Austenitic, Martensitic, Chrome Alloys,
Carbon Steels, Exotic materials), for customers such as BP, Conoco, Total Oil, Chevron, B.N.F.L
Worked on railway rolling stock of all descriptions, including passenger train construction and
locomotive construction in Carbon Manganese steels and Aluminium.
Hobbies & Interests
Muay Thai boxing, boxing, reading, listening to music and bearded dragons
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