Weld Quality Assurance Practices in the Metal Welding  Industries in Ghana

Akpakpavi Michael

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Weld Quality Assurance Practices in the Metal Welding Industries in Ghana

Akpakpavi Michael

Published in International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Volume 3, Issue 4)

Received: 5 May 2015 Accepted: 20 May 2015 Published: 4 June 2015

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Abstract

This study investigates the weld quality assurance practices in the metal welding industries in Ghana. The data for the study were collected using questionnaire, interview and personal discussions. One hundred and twenty informal sector welders, 80 formal sector welders, and 25 welding hardware shops/dealers were contained in the analyzed sample. The results of the analysis revealed that majority of the welding industries in the country lack weld quality assurance standards, weld quality testing equipments and materials as well as personnel to help assure weld quality practices in the metal welding industries. Also, equipments and materials for welding inspection and testing are not readily available in the welding hardware shops in the country. Moreover, even though most of the welders in the country have considerable years of working experience, they lack the skills of ensuring quality in their welding activities due to low levels of technical training. To instill professionalism into the welding industry, the suppliers should import the weld quality testing equipments into the country to be made available to the welders. The welders and the suppliers should take advantage of training programs offered by the training institutions in the country to enable them upgrade and update their knowledge and skills in weld quality assurance practices. The Government, the banks and other corporate organizations should help establish industries solely to produce more of the weld quality testing equipments locally in the country. This indeed, will help create more jobs and reduce the unemployment rates in the country.

Published in	International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Volume 3, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijsts.20150304.13
Page(s)	111-119
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ghana, Weld, Quality, Assurance, Practices, Industries

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Akpakpavi Michael

Mechanical Engineering Department, Accra Polytechnic, Accra, Ghana

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