Common use of WELDING TESTS Clause in Contracts

WELDING TESTS. 7.01 Any welder who is required to do additional testing by the Employer, shall be paid for weld time of four (4) hours per successful test (excluding the boiler ¼ Down Hand Plate or other single ¼ plate test, will be paid two (2) hours). Additionally, the prevalent Tank Constructor test consists of three plates welded in the vertical, horizontal and overhead positions and will be paid a maximum of four (4) hours total, upon successful completion. Those requested to take an abbreviated version of the tank constructor test will be compensated at one and a half (1.5) hours for each successful test. Any welder required to take additional welding qualifications for employment with an Employer and who fails the required weld test, QW-320 of Section 9 of the ASME Code will come into effect. At the sole discretion of the Weld Test Examiner, the welder may be granted the opportunity to take a second test. In any event a welder will not be paid for a failed test. If a welder is required to test at the job site, the welder shall be paid for any applicable travel allowance, but not for the failed test. If an Employer is requesting more than three (3) tests per welder and a welder has successfully completed three (3) of four (4) tests, the Employer may retain the welder and pay for the three (3) successful weld test. If the Employer decides not to retain the welder, he or she will be paid for the three (3) successful weld tests. For every required test and any examiner permitted second test the Employer will pay the transfer fees, materials and inspector fees. 7.02 Should a secondary test be required by the Employer, the employee shall be paid for the time required to take such a test. When a welder is required to perform a test of a type other than a standard Provincial test, the Employer shall, on request, make available suitable material to allow a brief period of practice prior to taking the actual test. 7.03 Any welder possessing a current Provincial Government welding certificate of qualification, who is instructed to proceed to take tests, necessitating their having to travel outside of the city limits of the city in which they reside or are employed, shall be reimbursed in an amount necessary to compensate them for travel allowance, transportation, travel expenses, subsistence allowance, if applicable. The Employer and the Union will communicate and mutually agree to related costs and test location(s) before proceeding with the testing. 7.04 Welders passing a test will be furnished a copy of the test papers from the Employer or party requiring the test within thirty (30) days, or upon completion of the job, whichever is sooner, provided they are available at that time; otherwise the Employer will provide a letter confirming the test and the results. 7.05 Where a welder is to take an official Provincial test on which the issuance or re- issuance of their certificate will depend, they shall not be required to do so under conditions which would unfairly affect their ability to perform the test. For other tests, the Employer may prescribe test conditions approximating, but not exceeding, conditions which may be encountered on the job. Welders required to take any test shall be allowed to complete the test. 7.06 Any welder who successfully completes the welding test, but fails to report for work as notified, without a bona fide reason acceptable to the Employer, will not be eligible for any payment, including testing time and other allowances, as set out in Article 7.00. 7.07 Any welder required to take a pre-job welding test for employment with an Employer and fails the required weld test, the welder may be granted the opportunity to take a second test.