§ 57.02-4 Fabricator's responsibility.

(a) (Replaces QW 103 and QB 103.) Each manufacturer or contractor is responsible for the welding and brazing done by their organization and must conduct tests required in this part to qualify the welding and brazing procedures used and the performance of welders and brazers who apply these procedures. The manufacturer must bear the expense of conducting the tests. Each manufacturer must maintain a record of the test results obtained in welding and brazing procedure and welder and brazer performance qualifications. These required records, together with identification data, must be maintained by the manufacturer or contractor on the recommended forms illustrated in Section IX of the ASME BPVC (incorporated by reference; see § 57.02-1), or on any other form acceptable to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection. Upon request, duplicate forms must be furnished by the manufacturer or contractor to the marine inspector. (b) Except as otherwise provided for in § 57.02-2, the fabricator must notify the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, prior to conducting performance or procedure qualification tests, and arrange a suitable time and place for conducting the tests, so that a marine inspector may be present.