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SSPC QP 6 Certification
As a result of our continuing efforts in education, training and
safety, Park Derochie is proud to have achieved SSPC QP 6 status. This makes
PD the first Canadian company to achieve QP 6 certification and we are one of only three companies
in North America to currently hold it.
SSPC QP certification is a quality standard similar to ISO but the QP
program is specifically geared to the coatings industry.
Details on the QP6 program are available at the
SSPC web site.
SSPC QP 6 Contractor Metallizing Certification Program
SSPC QP 6 Certification is to be used by facility owners or their protective coating specialists or specifying engineers to ensure
that contractors hired to perform metallizing work to protect bridge, industrial or marine structures, or miscellaneous metal parts
have the primary technical capabilities and organizational structure to do the work.
The QP 6 program evaluates the qualifications of industrial thermal spray (metallizing) contractors by evaluating the contracting
firm annually through an on-site field audit where an independent SSPC auditor observes whether the contractor has the capability to
evaluate and accept the preparation of the surface to be metallized and to thermally spray:
- coatings of aluminum, zinc, and their alloys for corrosion protection of steel and/or
- zinc anodes on steel reinforced concrete, in accordance with the quality and safety requirements of SSPC-QP 6.
The contractor can achieve two categories of QP 6 certification:
- steel, or
- concrete, or both steel and concrete.
Unless otherwise specified, SSPC-QP 6 requires the contractor to be SSPC-QP 1 certified for field surface preparation and coating
application, or SSPC-QP 3 certified for shop surface preparation and coating application, to supplement the requirements of this procedure.
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