SSPC QP6SM Contractor Metallizing Certification Program
SSPC QP6SM 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.
Links to initial and maintenance application forms, internal
audit checklists, and other information can be found
on the Lists,
Applications, and Forms page.
Facility owners and their
specifying protective coating specialists and engineers
who wish to specify QP 6 for upcoming metallizing projects,
please please contact the appropriate SSPC staff person using the info to the right---------> QP 6 certification is based on SSPC-QP 6, Standard
Procedure for Evaluating the Qualifications of Contractors
Who Apply
Thermal Spray (Metallizing) for Corrosion Protection of Steel
and Concrete Structures, a consensus standard developed
by SSPC technical committees, published July 1, 2004. SSPC-QP
6 can be purchased individually as a PDF download through
the SSPC
Online Standards Store. It can also be found in the latest edition of Systems
and Specifications, SSPC Painting Manual, Volume 2, available through
the SSPC
Online Bookstore.
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