Welding Quality Standard Template
Create Your Welding Quality Standard in Hours, Not Weeks
The Welding Quality Standard Template is a complete, editable framework that allows you to create a professional welding quality standard in just hours. Built around AWS codes and industry best practices, it gives you everything you need to quickly meet customer and auditor documentation requirements.
More than just compliance, a Welding Quality Standard provides the structure to reduce rework, improve consistency, and boost productivity across your shop. This template is easy to customize, expand, and adapt as your business grows.
Win contracts, reduce rework, and bring consistency to your welding operations with a complete, editable template you can customize today.
NOTE: This product is offered in two file types: Google Docs and Microsoft Word for you to pick your preferred text editor.
Why Most Fabricators Struggle With Welding Quality Standards
- Customers and auditors are demanding formal documentation before approving contracts.
- Writing a Welding Quality Standard from scratch takes weeks of research and writing.
- Without clear procedures, shops face rework, scrap, and failed inspections.
The Welding Quality Standard Template was created to make compliance fast and easy.
- Delivered in Word and Google Docs for simple editing.
- Structured around AWS codes and industry best practices.
- Color-coded system makes customization effortless:
- Red text = Your input required.
- Blue text = Instructions to guide you.
- Green text = Examples you can keep or delete.
In just a few hours, you’ll have a professional, audit-ready Welding Quality Standard tailored to your shop.
WHAT IS INCLUDED WITH YOUR WELDING QUALITY STANDARD TEMPLATE...
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A Complete, Editable Welding Quality Standard
Including 15+ sections including: Quality Policy & Objectives, Roles and Responsibilities, Welding Procedure Specification, Inspection Procedures, Material Control, Non-conformance, Corrective Action Documents & Record and more. Fully customizable, provided in Microsoft Word and Google Docs to satisfy your preference of text editor.
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Sample Forms
A package of forms and logs to put your standard into practice: WPS, PQR, WPQ templates, Inspection checklists, Non-Conformance Reports, Welder Continuity Log and more. Use these forms, edit them for special customization, add to them, and make them part of your Welding Quality Standard.
What will the Welding Quality Standard Template help your business do?
CREATE A WELDING QUALITY STANDARD
85% of the work is done for you. Simply take the template and customize to your business. Do this in hours, not weeks.
COMPLY WITH DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS
Quickly and confidently use your Welding Quality Standard for customer audits and internal quality improvement.
REDUCE REWORK AND SCRAP
Gain control of quality with clear welding procedures, inspections processes, material control and clear roles and responsibilities.
IMPROVE CONSISTENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY
Welding quality standards provide the guidance and instructions necessary to achieve consistency not just in quality, but productivty.
CUT COSTS AND IMPROVE MARGINS
Manfuactures that have and adhere to welding quality standards experience significantly lowe rework and scrap rates than those who don't.
ADAPT AND GROW
Welding quality standards are living documents. You can build your business and adapt your quality standards to your growth. Comply with changing code or customer requirements.
Get you template and create your Welding Quality Standard in just a few hours!
*NOTE: THIS TEMPLATE IS NOT A PHYSICAL PRODUCT. IT IS PROVIDED IN MICROSOFT WORD AND GOOGLE DOCS FORMATS FOR YOU TO EDIT WITH YOUR PREFERRED TEXT EDITOR.
FAQs
1. Is this a physical product I’ll receive in the mail?
No. The Welding Quality Standard Template is a digital resource, delivered instantly after purchase. You’ll receive access to both Microsoft Word and Google Docs versions.
2. What format is the Welding Quality Standard Template delivered in?
You’ll get the template in Word format and Google Docs format, so you can choose whichever works best for your shop.
3. Do I need special software to use the template?
No. All you need is Microsoft Word (or any word processor that opens .docx files) or a free Google account to use Google Docs.
4. How long will it take me to create my own Welding Quality Standard with this template?
Most shops can have a professional, customer-ready Welding Quality Standard in just a few hours. The heavy lifting is already done for you. However, quality standards evolve, so this should be a document you update on a regular basis.
5. How much of the document is already written for me?
More than 80% of the information is already filled in. The remaining sections simply require you to add company-specific details.
6. What exactly do I need to fill in myself?
Anything in red brackets is where you’ll add company names, roles, or process details. Everything else is pre-written or optional.
7. I don’t have a welding engineer on staff. Can I still use this?
Yes. The template was designed for shops without dedicated engineers. You can assign responsibilities to existing roles like supervisors or inspectors.
8. Does the template follow AWS codes and standards?
Yes. The Welding Quality Standard is AWS-centric and references key codes like D1.1, D1.6, A2.4, and A3.0.
9. What if my shop only welds carbon steel — do I need to keep the other sections?
No. Simply delete any sections that don’t apply (like aluminum or stainless steel) and keep only what fits your business. Most shops leave these other sections in the event they take on work for other metals in the future.
10. Can I delete sections that don’t apply to my business?
Absolutely. The template is fully editable so you can keep, remove, or modify sections as needed.
11. Will this template work if I already have a general quality manual?
Yes. The Welding Quality Standard you create with this template is designed to integrate with existing quality manuals or work as a standalone welding-specific standard.
12. What kind of businesses is this best suited for?
Fabrication shops that weld carbon steel, stainless steel, or aluminum for a variety of customers that do not have formal quality standards or want to improve their current ones. Most fabrication shops have Quality Manuals, but only minimally address welding.
13. Is this template too advanced for a small job shop?
Not at all. In fact, smaller shops benefit the most because having a Welding Quality Standard helps them quickly meet customer documentation requirements without hiring extra staff. It also helps them gain consistency in quality and productivy when they implement the stardard into production.
14. Will this help me meet customer documentation requirements for contracts?
Yes. This template is specifically designed to help you create a comprehensive welding quality standard that complies with customer and auditor requirements that demand a documented welding quality system.
15. How does the color-coded system (red, green, blue text) make it easier to use?
- Red text [ ] shows you where to add your details.
- Green text are examples you can keep or delete.
- Blue text are instructions to guide you, which you remove once the document is complete.
16. Do I get instructions on how to complete the template?
Yes. A full step-by-step user guide is included so you’ll know exactly how to finish your standard. These instructions are included in all sections of the template so you can easily work through the document without any back-and-forth between separate documents.
17. Is this a one-time purchase, or do I need to renew it?
It’s a one-time purchase. Once you own the template, it’s yours to use and customize as much as you want. If there are any updates or additions you will receive them for free.
18. Can I edit the document later if my processes or customers change?
Yes. A Welding Quality Standard is a living document. You can update it anytime as your business evolves, customer requirements change or you need to comply with additional codes, standards or specifications.
19. How secure is the delivery of the files?
All files are delivered through secure download links and backed up in both Word and Google Docs versions for your convenience.
20. Do I get both Word and Google Docs versions?
Yes. You’ll have immediate access to both formats so you can work in whichever platform you prefer.
21. What's included in the bonus?
The bonus is only available until Friday October 3, 2025. It includes welding procedures for carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum. These procedures cover the majority of what general fabrication shops see in production. Carbon and Stainless Steel procedures are prequalified in conformance with AWS D1.1 and AWS D1.6 respectively. 12 WPSs for each base metal. Aluminum procedures are provided for welding 6000-series aluminum, specifically 6061.