Certification by SSPC
SSPC sets the standard in corporate certification programs for contractors, inspection firms, and professional programs.
SSPC Quality Programs and the Painting Contractor Certification Program (PCCP)
SSPC Quality Programs offer a proven way for facility owners to find the most qualified contractors for their coating and lining projects.
An SSPC certified contractor will have the experience, knowledge, and equipment to produce high quality work in accordance with local, regional and national guidelines for safety, health and environmental compliance.
SSPC Quality Programs are based on consensus
standards developed by a diverse committee of industry professionals. The programs are nationally recognized and widely used for independent contractor evaluation
and pre-qualification.
Contractor Certification Programs --
QP 1: Field Application to Complex Industrial & Marine Structures evaluates contractors who
perform surface preparation and industrial coating application on
steel structures in the field.
QP 2: Field Removal of Hazardous Coatings
is a supplement to QP 1 that
evaluates the contractor's ability to perform industrial hazardous
paint removal in a field operation.
QP 3: Shop Painting
evaluates a contracting company's
ability to perform surface preparation and protective coating application
in a fixed shop facility.
QP 6: Contractor Metallizing
evaluates the qualifications of industrial thermal spray
(metallizing) contractors and defines a minimum standard to evaluate the
contractor's capability to evaluate and accept the preparation of the
surface to be metallized and to thermally spray.
QP 8: Installation of Polymer Coatings & Surfacings on Concrete and Other Cementitious Surfaces
evaluates the qualifications of contractors hired to install polymer coatings or surfacings on concrete and other cementitious surfaces in commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities.
- NEW IN 2009 - QP 9: Standard for Evaluating Qualifications of Painting Contractors Who Apply Architectural Paints and Coatings
evaluates the qualifications of painting contractors who apply architectural coatings on commercial or institutional structures, and defines a minimum standard for qualification.
Coating & Lining Inspection Company Certification --
QP 5: Certification for Coating & Lining Inspection Companies
is
a certification for Inspection Companies whose focus is the industrial
painting industry. QP 5 evaluates an inspection company's ability
to provide consistent quality inspection of coatings & linings
for its clients.
International Acceptance --
SSPC-QS 1: Standard Procedure for Evaluating a Contractor's Advanced Quality Management System is the standard procedure in the SSPC PCCP program that requires participating contractors to implement and document more stringent (ISO 9001 Compliant) quality control and record-keeping procedures than those included SSPC-QP 1, SSPC-QP 3, etc. Owners and specifiers who require a higher level of quality control for their projects may request that contractors already qualified to standards such as SSPC-QP 1, QP 3, QP 6, QP 8 or others also present evidence that their quality systems meet the requirements of QS 1.
How SSPC Ensures Program Compliance --
Disciplinary Action Criteria
(DAC)
The Disciplinary Action Criteria was released in January
1998, and is the consensus document that establishes criteria
to discipline SSPC certified contractors who violate safety,
quality, environmental, and ethical practice standards of
performance as is outlined in SSPC's contractor certification
programs (QP 1, QP 2 and QP 3).
Once certified, each contractor must work within the rules
and standards outlined in the program. If the standards are
not met, the contractor is subject to the DAC's penalties:
warning, probation, suspension, or revocation.
Value to Facility Owners --
Facility Owners
The SSPC certification programs offer facility owners the
advantage of knowing that the industrial painting contractor
who is working on their project has the experience, knowledge
and equipment to produce quality work in accordance with
the local, state and federal guidelines for safety, health
and environmental compliance.
SSPC Individual Certification Programs --
Protective Coatings Specialist Certification
(PCS)
PCS Certification identifies professionals in the industry
and awards recognition to individuals who have achieved the
level of knowledge and experience that few others have reached.
All PCS Certified individuals are knowledgeable in the role
of coatings in the prevention and control of corrosion.
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