Hi all. I have a friend who is a skilled welder, but being foreign he doesnt have any uk qualifications. What does the term 'lloyds registered coded welder' mean and how would he go about getting registered? He needs it as he's sick of doing door work and want to go back to skilled labour Any help much appreciated.

I believe this to be a certification programme that certifies welders for different types of welding tasks ie. Pipe work in all it's various forms, pressure vessels etc. etc.
I think the big manufacturers like Murex run courses.
I can find out exactly from our welders at work on Monday if you don't get any joy on here.

It is a qualification recognised by Lloyds for each job. I hold ASMEIX, and BS4872 in all of its guises.

The qualification is only valid for the specific weld in question, e.g. a 6" pipe but welded and fixed at 45°, and needs renewing after 30 days.

The 'Lloyds certificated welder' tab only really means a chap who can weld to those standards and is not a real qualification, just a level of general proficiency which needs proving for each individual job

What sort of work is he looking for, site or fab shop? Coding on site is site specific and cannot be carried over to another site; so all welders are tested before being allowed to weld. Coding in a shop is similarly site specific and, again, the welder is tested before being allowed to weld. Being Lloyds registered does not exempt you from needing to take these tests and as such is no garantee of work.


I can't believe that he cannot find work as a welder if he is any good, because there's loads of contract work needing good welders. There are usually quite a few jobs in most of the daily papers.

Try Cra-Cro, they seem to get through blokes like a dose of salts, but if your (he's) any good there's a good chance he'll get set on full time.

Cra-Cro

Welding is one of those jobs that doesn't really need a piece of paper to say you can do it....proof is in the pudding....fabbing is a different thing though

Is fabbing something to do with Thunderbirds?

I served my time as a welder/fabricator, which is actually a reconised trade
so I'm neither a welder or a fabricator but both.

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Hi Joel
most engineering places , won't ask for proof of any qualifications, but will get your mate to do a welding test, which is really just a visual thing, they would take him on, on the strength of that test, and then pay for him to do any relevent certified tests required for the work they do.
Different kettle of fish if he wants to work freelance, he will have to pay for the certification tests himself (not Cheap)
Try here for more info

http://www.ukwelder.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=1483



Originally posted by JoelP
Hi all. I have a friend who is a skilled welder, but being foreign he doesnt have any uk qualifications. What does the term 'lloyds registered coded welder' mean and how would he go about getting registered? He needs it as he's sick of doing door work and want to go back to skilled labour Any help much appreciated.

Me and my mate work freelance and have not yet paid for a weld test. It only takes five minutes to find out if somebody can weld or not, before you're allowed to take the proper test and find out if you can really weld.

[Edited on 4/11/05 by gazza285]

I never had any qualifications but I've stick welded vessels used to pour 4 tons of metal in foundries and gas welded boiler frames. I've used arcair cutters and oxy-propane on castings big enough to stand up in. Send your mate to a boiler factory or a skip fabricator, they always want welders and it will get him a foot in the door.

Thunderbirds are real don't yer know... it's the string thats fake!!!