Afternoon all,

Just a sense check, would you find it acceptable for an already trained and certified welder to train and sign off someone as being competent to carry out light welding jobs in-house (nothing structural).

I haven't got a problem with it, just wondering what others think.

'Sitting next to Nelly' is OK provided Nelly is trained to train as many people cannot train somebody else because of their own temperament etc. e.g. they just do not posess the inbuilt ability to pass across things to others even where they themselves are very competent in their own right and additionally Nelly must do things properly themselves in the first place so as to pass across things properly so there are 2 aspects here; training others to undertake the mechaincs of a thing along side training people to do things in a safe and healthy way

My advice is to have your tradesman trained to be a trainer and they can then combine their skill to do the job with their skill of being able to train and in addition ensure that things are done in a safe and healthy way so ensure that that the last area is embedded in all things; its a great way of doing getting on - and have the activities made formal as Lawlee has noted -- Best of luck

The LEV for the welding is called Nelly :)

Anyhoo his capacity to train is fine as he also carries out training in other areas (ex FLT Trainer as well(, the guy who needs certifying already has some welding knowledge. But legally there is nothing to say that it can't happen, as long as competency can be proved!?