This Guideline is limited to describing a recommended welding quality assurance for small to medium sized weldment Fabricators. The scope does not include guidance on weldment design@ design control or design review. Although some elements of a quality system are applied to weldment fabrication in this Guideline@ it does not constitute the description of a full@ company wide quality system.Notes:? In the event that this Guideline is used by the customer to qualify a Fabricator as a supplier@ this Guideline is written in an auditable format.? As used here the term Fabricator refers to the organization supplying weldments to the Customer.? Each element of this Guideline should be addressed in the Fabricatorapos;s Quality Assurance Manual. If the Fabricator is not sufficiently large to benefit from instituting a particular element of this program@ a not applicable statement should address the item in the quality system manual.??This Guideline may be used for any material or type weldment not covered by an existing industry specific certification program@ such as AISC for buildings@ or ASME for pressure vessels.??This Guideline references the term Governing Specification. If a nationally recognized standard or customer specification is designated in contract documents@ then the rules regarding welding quality in those standards apply. The Fabricator may elect to create a system that complies with one of those standards or may create an appropriate one of their own.