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UNCONFIRMED MINUTESJUNE 04-06, 2019PARIS, FRANCE

These minutes are not final until confirmed by the Task Group in writing or by vote at a subsequent meeting. Information herein does not constitute a communication or recommendation from the Task Group and shall not be considered as such by any agency.

TUESDAY, 04-JUN-2019 to THURSDAY, 06-JUN-2019

1.0 OPENING COMMENTS – OPEN

1.1 Call to Order / Quorum Check

The Welding (WLD) Task Group was called to order at 9.00 a.m., Tuesday 04-Jun-2019 by Steve Tooley.

Introductions were made and the roster circulated for completion by attendees.

Steve Tooley informed the Task Group that attendees must register for their names to appear in the minutes, and that name badges must be prominently displayed.

It was verified that only SUBSCRIBER MEMBERS were in attendance during the closed portion of the meeting.

A quorum was established with the following representatives in attendance:

Subscriber Members/Participants Present (* Indicates Voting Member)

NAME COMPANY NAME

Einat Abir Guzner Israel Aerospace Industries* Oscar Andersson GKN Aerospace Sweden AB

Julien Benoist Thales* Mitch Boss Lockheed Martin Corporation* Mark Bredbere The Boeing Company* Saeed Cheema Textron Aviation* Gary Coleman The Boeing Company* Phillipe Corre Airbus Helicopters* Chris Davison Spirit AeroSystems* Rodney Deming Parker Aerospace Group* Andrew Dewhurst BAE Systems - Air & Information

(UK)* Massimiliano Di Paola Leonardo S.p.A Divisione Velivoli

Mariusz Dys Leonardo S.p.a. - Helicopters* Chris English GE Aviation Secretary

Arianna Garavaglia Leonardo S.p.a. - Helicopters* Milan Hanyk Honeywell Aerospace Vice Chairperson

Bradley Hartley Parker Aerospace Group* Valere Henry SAFRAN Group* Jerry Hulin GKN Aerospace Filton* Michael Irvin The Boeing Company* Alex Joy GKN Aerospace Filton

Maria Kocoł-Sienkiewicz Leonardo S.p.a. - Helicopters* Ralph Kropp MTU Aero Engines AG* Holger Krueger Airbus Commercial Aircraft* Mitsuharu Kuya Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.* Dag Lindland Pratt & Whitney* Scott Maitland Collins Aerospace (Goodrich)* Joel Mohnacky Collins Aerospace (Hamilton Sundstrand)

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* José A. Moreno Airbus Defence and Space* Lyle Morris Raytheon Company* Marco Luigi Poletto Leonardo S.p.A Divisione Velivoli* Agnieszka Poradka Pratt & Whitney* Paul Slater Collins Aerospace (Rockwell Collins)* Steve Tooley Rolls-Royce Chairperson

Pierre-Xavier Tournier Eaton, Aerospace Group* Akie Uchida Mitsubishi Heavy Industries* Gerhard Westenrieder MTU Aero Engines AG

Other Members/Participants Present (* Indicates Voting Member)

NAME COMPANY NAME

Eurico Assuncao EWF* Graham Buswell SPS Aerostructures Ltd

Casey Dossey Electron Beam Welding, LLCIris Fisha AVR

* Andrew Jackson AMPP Services LtdOlesia Khafizova Shimadzu Europa GmbHSimon Krauer Franke Industrie AG

* Jan Majoress Otto Fuchs KGKostiantyn Matviichuk GKN Aerospace Engine Systems Norway

* Erdem Mermer TAI* Kenji Nakamura IHI Corporation* Stanley Revers Specialist Aviation Group* Bruno Roost Franke Industrie AG* Junji Tsuji IHI Corporation

Dr. Frank Walther TU Dortmund University, Mat. Test Eng. (WPT)

* Christopher Webb PCC Structurals Inc.Wilfried Weber PFW Aerospace GmbHSteve Williams GE AviationEmre Yavuz TUSAS ENGINE INDUSTRIES - TEI

PRI / SAE Staff Present

David AlexanderGabriel KustraIan Simpson

1.2 Safety Information – OPEN

The participants were notified of the meeting safety requirements.

1.3 Review Code of Ethics (Ref: Attendees’ Guide) and Meeting Conduct – OPEN

The Code of Ethics and Meeting Conduct policies were reviewed.

1.4 Present the Antitrust Video – OPEN

The Antitrust policy video was shown.

1.5 Review Agenda – OPEN

Ian Simpson reviewed the agenda for the meeting. New business items were identified for inclusion in section 7.0 (closed meeting). New business items were identified for section 22.0 (open meeting).

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1.6 Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes – OPEN

Motion made by Saeed Cheema and seconded by Gary Coleman to accept the February 2019 Nadcap meeting minutes. Motion passed.

1.7 Rolling Action Item List (RAIL) Review – OPEN

The RAIL was reviewed by Ian Simpson. The majority of action items are closed or are included in this meeting for further discussion. The following actions, with due dates of this meeting or prior, remain outstanding:

308 – Subscribers to provide the details of Suppliers that they intend to have audited to the new Additive Manufacturing checklist. Some responses have been received, but this remains outstanding for the majority of Subscribers.

For specific details, please see the current WLD Rolling Action Item List posted at www.eAuditNet.com, under Public Documents.

1.8 Staff Engineer Communiqué – OPEN

Ian Simpson presented a Nadcap Communiqué to the Task Group.

1.8.1 The next Nadcap Task Group meeting will be in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The Annual Auditor Conference will be held in conjunction with the Task Group meeting and will be the weekend preceding the Task Group meeting.

1.8.2 A Summary of changes made to General Operating procedures since the last Task Group meeting was presented.

OP 1115 (Delegation of Audit Report Reviewer) revised 25-Mar-2019. Changes include: definition of review period; clarified delegation removal requirements; added annex A to define the rules for recording, oversight, and concurrence percentages; revised associated form for recording delegation data and delegation approval.

OP 1116 (Auditor Staffing) revised 11-Feb-2019. Changed Annex A relating to approving and maintaining Subscriber Accreditation Option B auditors.

OP 1118 (Auditor Observations) revised 28-Mar-2019. Changes include: Observation requests not permitted within 14 days of the audit start date; Only one Observer (except that a trainee observer from the same Subscriber is allowed); defined reasons for declining an Observation; provision for Staff Engineer to deny a request to decline an Observation; Observer acknowledgement that they will adhere to Subscriber agreement with respect to proprietary information; clarified Observer rules of conduct; added functionality to capture Auditee feedback on the Observer; added requirement for retention of forms that are submitted late.

1.8.3 A summary of changes to WLD specific appendices of OP1114 (Task Group Operation) and OP 1116 (Auditor Staffing) was presented.

OP 1114 Appendix WLD (Task Group Operation Appendix WLD) revised 18-Mar-2019. An editorial revision was made to remove paragraph 4.12. This revision was to bring the procedure in compliance with a higher-level procedure, OP 1107 (Post Accreditation Actions) which now requires Task Group Subscriber Voting Members to approve physical location moves and Ownership changes.

OP 1116 Appendix WLD (Auditor Staffing Appendix WLD) has not been revised.

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2.0 AUDITOR CONFERENCE – CLOSED

2.1 Gabe Kustra presented a draft agenda for the 2019 Auditor Conference, based on items identified by the Task Group. This year’s training reverts to a single conference in conjunction with the October Task Group meeting.

The format also reverts to that used in 2017, which will allow auditors to have face-to-face discussions with a Task Group member if desired. Provision on the draft agenda allows for this on the Sunday afternoon.

The agenda was reviewed, and minor revisions made. Some additional items were added as a result of discussions in item 3.1.2 and 21.1.

Task Group members were assigned to each item. The assigned person is responsible for development of training material and presenting / facilitating at the October 2019 Auditor Conference.

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to update the Auditor Conference agenda and forward the finalized agenda to PRI Auditor Conference team. (Due Date: 28-Jun-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to develop Auditor Conference training material for Auditor Consistency, audit issue updates, and prepare to facilitate discussion on checklist feedback. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to request and subsequently ensure training on time management from an identified auditor is developed. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Dag Lindland to develop Pratt and Whitney specific training material for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Jerry Hulin to develop GKN Aerospace Filton specific training material for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Rodney Deming to develop Parker Aerospace specific training material for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Brian Harvey to develop Gulfstream specific training material for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Steve Tooley to develop an update on ISO Weld specification revisions for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Mitch Boss to develop an update on ISO Additive Manufacturing specification revisions for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Gary Coleman to develop an update on AWS Weld specification revisions for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Mitch Boss to develop an update on AWS Additive Manufacturing specification revisions for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Milan Hanyk to develop AC7110/4 checklist revision training material for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Michael Irvin to develop NCR writing re-fresher training material for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Chris English to develop GE specific training material for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

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ACTION ITEM: Steve Tooley / Andy Toth to develop Rolls Royce specific training material for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Milan Hanyk to develop Honeywell specific training material for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Alexander Bourgeois to develop Bombardier specific training material for the Auditor Conference and forward to PRI. (Due Date: 30-Sep-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Jerry Hulin to prepare to facilitate a discussion on auditor experiences and problems and how the handbooks may be used in this situation. (Due Date: 20-Oct-2019)

3.0 AUDITOR EFFECTIVENESS – CLOSED

3.1 Review of OP 1117

The Auditor Consistency procedure (OP 1117) requires the Task Group to review several items as part of the process to monitor and ensure consistency among its auditors.

The following items were discussed:

3.1.1 Auditor Performance Data Set Charts

The current Auditor performance data set charts (NCRs per audit day, NCRs per checklist paragraph, red-line, and Auditor Variation) were reviewed by the Task Group.

The Task Group also reviewed the NCR analysis tool developed by Mario Leclerc. As previously noted, this tool allows drill down on specific checklist and auditor data and has been found by the Task Group to be the most effective way of analyzing auditor performance. During review of data on this tool, the Task Group requested if this evaluation tool could be modified to state the audit number in the ‘List’ tab, if it is possible to add the relevant Subscriber when the NCR is specific to a Subscriber unique requirement, and when NCRs are voided list the justification added by the Audit Report Reviewer.

The Staff Engineer again noted that this particular chart cannot be posted in the Subscriber Member forum in eAuditNet as it contains a significant amount of sensitive information. Subscriber members who wish to use this chart were informed that they could request a Webex meeting with a Staff Engineer to perform any additional analysis outside of the Task Group meetings.

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to post the standard data charts in the Task Group Work Area in eAuditNet. (Due Date: 30-Jun-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to determine if the Auditor NCR Analysis Tool can be modified to add the audit number for each NCR paragraph, to link the Subscriber for NCRs which were written against a unique Subscriber requirement and incorporate Audit Report Reviewer rational for why voided NCRs were voided. (Due Date: 21-Oct-2019)

The Task Group have previously noted potential non-value-added NCRs as a result of this data review. The sub-team reported on this in item 21.1.

3.1.2 Observation Reports

The Task Group reviewed 7 observations covering 5 auditors.

The majority of Observations did not identify any issues with the Auditors. One Observation noted that the Auditor had not prepared a written audit agenda. Per discussion with the Task Group member who had performed the observation, in this case this was not detrimental to how the audit was conducted. The Task Group decided that this should be included as a discussion item in the Auditor Conference and added this to the Auditor Conference agenda.

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Considering the revision to OP 1118, the Task Group enquired if the Observer should be able to view the Auditee feedback. The Staff Engineer was requested to establish this.

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to find out whether an Observer should be able to see Auditee feedback from Observed audits. (Due Date: 21-Oct-2019)

One Observation report noted items with respect to potential clarification in the Job Selection Handbook and the possibility of translating checklists. As these are open agenda items these were discussed in agenda item 21.1.

3.1.3 Auditor Observation Plan

The Observation Plan for 2019 was developed at the October 2018 Task Group meeting and modified at the February 2019 meeting to reflect end of 2018 year status.

The plan was reviewed. It was noted that an additional new auditor has been hired, and that he should also be included for observation this year. Hence the current observations required cover 3 risk and 5 new auditors.

Task Group members were notified that OP 1118 (Auditor Observations) had been revised with significant changes. A review of the changes was made by the Staff Engineer, as this affects the scheduling of short-notice observations, the process for declining observations and the required feedback of observations.

It was noted that there are several auditors who are not high risk but have not been observed for a number of years. These auditors are defined as ‘Routine’ in the Observation plan and should take precedence to those with no annotation.

3.1.4 Review Dashboard

The dashboard metrics, as required by OP 1117, were reviewed. Three of the four metrics were green, however the metric associated with Observations Completed was yellow. For a green metric on this item at least 50% of planned observations must have been completed by this meeting. At this time, three of eight identified observations have been performed, placing this metric as yellow (between 30 and 50% of planned observations conducted).

The Task Group were reminded that they failed to meet the Observation plan in 2018 and this was reported to the NMC via the annual report that is submitted to them. Should the Task Group fail to meet the plan again this year, the NMC will again have to be notified. Hence Subscribers were encouraged to review the Observation plan and establish if they are able to observe audits for those identified auditors that have not yet been observed.

3.1.5 Identify Training Needs for Auditors

The review of data defined here, and from section 2.0, has resulted in a number of training items at the 2019 Auditor Conference.

3.1.6 NMC Annual Report

The Task Group compiled the Annual NMC review at the October 2018 meeting and actioned Steve Tooley to submit this to the NMC. This was revised in December 2018 to reflect the end of year observation status, and it was submitted to NMC. The report noted that the 2018 observation plan was not completed as two risk and one new auditor planned for observation were not observed. To date there has been no feedback from NMC. It was noted at the Planning and Operations meeting at the February 2019 meeting that the NMC do have actions to review the feedback given by Task Groups. An update on this item was given in agenda item 19.1.

3.1.7 Actions required by NMC Audit Effectiveness Team

The NMC Audit Effectiveness project is nearing completion.

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The NMC still have a few open items but there is nothing new for the Task Groups at this time.

3.1.8 OP 1117 items not requiring review at this meeting

There are a number of items that OP 1117 requires the Task Group to review on a periodic basis. All of the items were reviewed at the February 2019 Task Group meeting; hence the following items were not reviewed at this meeting:

Process for giving annual feedback to auditors Supplier feedback data Audit Report Reviewer feedback Communication plan Weld specific appendix to the observer form Weld specific training Proficiency testing

The next Supplier feedback data for the period January – June 2019 will be available prior to the October 2019 Task Group meeting. The sub-group, of Steve Tooley and Ian Simpson, will review and forward to Milan Hanyk and Alexandre Bourgeois for evaluation, and will subsequently present the summary at the October 2019 Task Group meeting.

As the Auditor Conference occurs prior to the Task Group meeting in October, the Task Group agreed that any generic items seen in the 6-month data review should be added in the October training.

ACTION ITEM: Steve Tooley and Ian Simpson to review the Supplier feedback data, forward to Milan Hanyk and Alexandre Bourgeois for additional review, include any pertinent items in the Auditor Conference and present to the Task Group at the October meeting. (Due Date: 21-Oct-2019)

3.2 Auditor Status

The Staff Engineer gave an update of new auditor candidates and the status of process restriction removals for current auditors.

It was noted that an auditor had resigned based on his other commitments. He has however asked if he would be allowed to audit again in 2020 and beyond. The Task Group agreed that this would be acceptable, and the only requirement imposed would be to provide training on changes that have occurred since he resigned.

4.0 SUPPLIER ADVISORIES – CLOSED

4.1 Review of Advisories since February 2019 Nadcap Meeting.

4 Supplier Advisories have been issued by the WLD Task Group since the February 2019 Task Group meeting; #3281, #3306, #3307 and #3309.

Advisories #3306 and #3307 relate to type C (Confirmed product impact) as advised by GE.

When type C advisories are issued the Task Group is required to establish if the accreditations should be suspended or withdrawn, and if breakdown of the Quality System is suspected the AQS Task Group notified, as defined by OP 1109 (Supplier Advisories). The Suppliers were given an opportunity to reply to the Supplier Advisories, then an ad-hoc Task Group meeting was called as agreed by the Task Group Chair. At this meeting the Task Group members voted to suspend the accreditations. The Task Group will meet again as the suspensions near their end.

Discussion ensued about how specification changes and overall contract flow down are evaluated by the auditor. The concern is that there may be insufficient drill down to establish weaknesses in these items. It was noted that the AC7110 checklist does have a section on Contract Review and as such is included in the audit. Subscriber members agreed that if they have specific

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requirements, that they need to provide this detail so that the auditor is in a better position to assess compliance. Subscriber members agreed to review and determine if additional Subscriber specific guidance is required in the AC7110 handbook.

ACTION ITEM: Each Subscriber member to determine if Subscriber-specific guidance is required in the AC7110 Handbook regarding contract flow down and change management. (Due Date: 21-Oct-2019)

4 Supplier Advisories were issued by other commodities that could have an effect on WLD accreditations. These advisories, #3272, #3310, #3317 and #3318 were reviewed.

4.2 Review of Subscriber Advisories.

No Subscriber members identified the need for any Supplier Advisories.

5.0 STAFF ENGINEER DELEGATION – CLOSED

5.1 Review of Staff Engineer Delegation

The Staff Engineer reviewed data for Audit Report Reviewers using delegation oversight form t-frm-07, which includes percentage oversight by the Task Group, percentage of NCRs concurred with by the Task Group, minimum number of audits per year, and other items pertaining to audit completeness. All requirements of OP 1115 (Delegation of Audit Report Reviewer) were met for the delegated Audit Report Reviewers and the following motions were made:

Motion made by Michael Irvin and seconded by Saeed Cheema to maintain Ian Simpson’s delegation. Motion Passed.

Motion made by Michael Irvin and seconded by Saeed Cheema to maintain Gabe Kustra’s delegation. Motion Passed.

Motion made by Michael Irvin and seconded by Saeed Cheema to maintain Mike Gutridge’s delegation. Motion Passed.

Motion made by Michael Irvin and seconded by Saeed Cheema to maintain Wayne Canary’s delegation. Motion Passed.

6.0 ANALYSIS OF FAILURE REPORTED BY SUPPLIER ADVISOY 3262 – CLOSED

6.1 At the February 2019 meeting, Andrew Dewhurst agreed to review the failed audit that caused Supplier Advisory 3262 to be issued. It was noted that some of the NCRs were related to procedural deficiencies and with this being an established supplier on 24 month merit, the cause for procedural NCRs needed to be understood.

Andrew reported that there were a number of special causes on this audit and that no significant items had been missed by prior auditors. One NCR however prompted discussion: the NCR reported the use of copper-based brushes prior to welding, but did not cite a specification that allowed their use (or required the use of, for example, stainless steel brushes). It was agreed that the use of copper brushes could be a problem, but validity of the NCR was questionable without a specific requirement being in place. Subscriber members agreed to review their requirements and to discuss further at the next meeting.

ACTION ITEM: Each Subscriber member to determine if stainless steel brushes are required for pre-weld and/or post-weld preparation. (Due Date: 21-Oct-2019)

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7.0 NEW BUSINESS – CLOSED

7.1 Review of Non-Sustained corrective actions

The NMC Metrics Committee are developing a metric for Quality. They are focusing this goal based on the number of non-sustained corrective actions. All Task Groups have been provided the data for the number of non-sustained corrective actions over a 12-month period, and asked to analyze reasons, trends and any actions that could be implemented to reduce this number.

The Task Group noted that the number of non-sustained corrective actions for WLD audits is relatively low. They reviewed each non-sustained NCR and the NCR on the prior audit. For the majority of cases, the Task Group noted that the prior NCR resolution had driven to an acceptable level. No apparent trends were noted. The Task Group did however note that on some occasions the Audit Report Reviewer may have been able to ask the Auditee for how they would verify corrective action implementation.

8.0 VOTING MEMBER UPDATES & COMPLIANCE WITH VOTING REQUIREMENTS – OPEN

8.1 The following requests for additions or changes to voting membership were received and confirmed by the Task Group Chairperson pending verification of PD 1100 requirements. The Nadcap Membership form, m-frm-01, were completed as necessary.

Subscriber Voting Member: UVM Supplier Voting Member: SVM Alternate: ALT Task Group Chairperson: CHR Vice Chairperson: VCH Secretary: SEC

New Voting Members:

First Name Surname Company Position: (new / updated role)

Meetings Attended(Month/Year)

Mitch Boss Lockheed Martin

New UVM Feb 2019 Jun 2019

Philippe Corre Airbus Helicopters

New UVM Feb 2018 Jun 2019

Jan Majoress Otto Fuchs KG New SVM Jun 2018 Jun 2019

Erdem Mermer Turkish Aerospace

New SVM Feb 2019 Jun 2019

Stanley Revers SA Group New SVM Jun 2017 Jun 2019

The following attendees noted that this is the first time they have attended, and it is their intention to become voting members in the future:

Brad Hartley – Parker Aerospace Julien Benoist – Thales Einat Abir-Guzner – IAI Maria Kocol-Sienkiewicz – Leonardo Helicopters

8.2 Review Compliance with Voting Requirements of Present Voting Members

The compliance to voting requirements per PD 1100 was reviewed.

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In terms of meeting attendance, the following are delinquent:

Triumph Piaggio Aerospace TEI TUSAS Engines

Due to on-going exceptional circumstances, Steve Tooley agreed to maintain Rodney Holt’s (Triumph) voting status even though he has not met the required meeting attendance for some time.

Two additional voting members, Yasmin Seref Cizioglu (TEI-TUSAS) and Giuseppe Ambrogio (Piaggio) provided reasons to the Chair for why they were unable to attend, and the Chair agreed to maintain their voting status as well.

There were no approval ballots between the October 2018 and February 2019 meetings, hence the allowance by Steve Tooley to maintain voting rights for those members not meeting required ballot participation at the October 2018 meeting were still recognized. Since the February 2019 meeting there has been one approval ballot. The following members were noted as delinquent:

BAE Systems E&I Raytheon Barnes Aerospace

The representatives from Raytheon and Barnes apologized for missing the ballots and committed to future participation. On that basis the Chair agreed to maintain the voting status of their voting representatives.

BAE System E&I representative was notified of the deficiency prior to the meeting. Lenora Bennett did reply but the Chair did not receive any commitment and also noted that this is not the first instance of delinquency and therefore decided not to exercise his option to allow voting status to be maintained. The Chair agreed to write to Lenora to explain the reasons for voting status being removed.

Parker Aerospace notified PRI that Raman Ras was retiring and that his voting status should be removed.

Mitch Boss noted that he would become Lockheed Martin’s UVM, with Hana Renstrom moving to the ALT/UVM position

ACTION ITEM: Steve Tooley to notify, Lenora Bennett that she has not met the minimum balloting requirements of PD 1100 and that her voting status is being removed. (Due Date: 30-Jun-2019)

Voting Membership Removed: The following people had their voting membership removed due to not meeting requirements / other changes as noted above.

First Name Surname Company Ballot Response Met (Y/N)

Meeting Attendance Met (Y/N)

Lenora Bennett BAE Systems E&I

N Y

Raman Ras Parker Aerospace

Y Y

Changes to Voting Memberships Since the Last Meeting:

First Name Surname Company Position:

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(new / updated role)

Hana Renstrom Lockheed Martin ALT/UVM (Previously UVM)

All changes are pending completion of all required steps on the Nadcap Membership Form (m-frm-01).

ACTION ITEM: PRI to make changes to Voting status as noted in the tables within the minutes. (Due Date: 30-Jun-2019)

9.0 SUPPLIER SUPPORT COMMITTEE (SSC) REPORT – OPEN

9.1 Bruno Roost presented the SSC report. The report gave information on the SSC role, current activities, the mentoring program, Business Development Tool, SSC Helpdesk, and SSC initiatives and events. The SSC provides an avenue for Suppliers to have input and give feedback to the Nadcap program and provides answers and support for Suppliers who have questions and problems.

The SSC sponsored events at this meeting include Supplier tutorial, keys to a successful audit, eAuditNet Supplier tutorial, and how to become a SVM.

There are many resources available and can be found in eAuditNet via Resources / Documents / Public Documents / Supplier / SSC Documents.

The SSC 2019 Supplier Survey is in development and will be rolled out at the October 2019 Nadcap meeting.

The SSC Communications sub-team have compiled a Supplier Handbook, to provide a centralized location for material to help Suppliers. It is posted in the location stated above and is titled ‘Nadcap Supplier Support Committee Handbook’.

Bruno also presented the latest Supplier News. Additional items to the SSC report included: an overhaul to the PRI public website – expected completion Quarter 4 2019; future eAuditNet enhancement for ‘watch list’ to enable status of Nadcap accreditations to be monitored; revised Nadcap certificates for those suppliers on merit to recognize their achievement; future eAuditNet enhancement for NCR editing prior to submittal to Staff Engineer review; update on Supplier Symposiums; Supplier survey to assess benefits of the Self-audit.

10.0 NMC METRICS – OPEN

10.1 Ian Simpson reviewed the NMC metrics. These metrics are for the period ending 31-Mar-2019 due to the earlier than normal meeting dates.

Welding Certs Issued (Green) Eligible Merit (Green) On-Time Certification (Green) Staff Cycle Time Initial (Green) Staff Cycle Time Reaccreditation (Green) Task Group Cycle Time Initial (Green) Task Group Cycle Time Reaccreditation (Green) Suppler Cycle Time Initial (Green) Suppler Cycle Time Reaccreditation (Green)

The Staff Engineer also noted that the monthly metrics (Feb-2019, Apr-2019) since the last Task Group meeting were reviewed and no red metrics have occurred in these months. The May 2019 metrics were not available due to the early schedule of this meeting.

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11.0 SPECIFICATION CHANGES – OPEN

11.1 Gary Coleman provided an update on the status of American Welding Society (AWS) specifications.

AWS D17.1 (2017) – The 2nd amendment has been issued to correct Table 5.5 and the footnotes of table 7.1. Work has already started on a 4th edition although this will not be released until 2020/2021. This will include items from recent enquiries and items that were deferred from the last revision.

AWS D17.2 – 3rd edition was released in 2018. Team are now working on a 4th edition. Limited number of inquiries which have been dispositioned. Changes to specification will clarify requirements.

AWS D17.3 – 3rd edition is being worked on. Agreement reached on clauses 6.5, Essential Variables, and 6.7 Qualification limits. Continued discussion on Friction Stir Spot Welding and Friction Plug Welding. Committee have decided to move forward with 3rd edition and continue with these additional processes in the 4th edition.

The next AWS D17 Committee meeting will be 12 to 14 November-2019 at the FABTECH Annual Conference in Chicago, USA.

Holger Krueger presented updates for ISO/TC44/SC14 (Welding in Aerospace) and ISO/TC261/JWG5 (Additive Manufacturing (AM) in Aerospace). The ISO Committees met in Hamburg, Germany, 9-11 April-2019:

The following items were noted for ISO/TC44/SC14.

Eyesight requirements agreed, and alternatives are to be implemented into standards when they are next revised.

ISO 24394 (Welder and welding operator qualification test). This was published in December 2018. The document was unfortunately published without resolution of the ballot comments. It is expected that the corrected version will be issued in the next couple of months.

ISO 17927 (Fusion welding of metallic components in aerospace). Part 1 Draft International Standard ballot ended December 2018 – there was a negative comment meaning that it must be balloted again, however all of the comments have been resolved. Part 2 draft was sent on Draft International Standard ballot. This meeting occurred prior to closure of the ballot however some of the comments made were discussed.

A process specification for brazing of metallic aerospace components has been approved as a new project (ISO/PWI 22161). The initial development will be based on the existing DIN 65170. Little progress made to date.

Agreement was made to start work on an ISO for electron beam and laser welding. It is however noted that the existing EN 4677-001 must be withdrawn prior to a new ISO being published.

Linear and orbital friction welding are potential future processes; however, the proprietary nature of these processes means that this might not be pursued.

The following items were noted for ISO/TC261/JWG5 (Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace)

This new Joint Working Group first met in October 2017.

The working group reported status on the following items;

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o System performance and reliability – standard test method for acceptance of powder-bed fusion machines for metallic materials for aerospace application. ISO ASTM NP52941 is being submitted on a Draft International Standard ballot ending on 02-Aug-2019. It will only cover laser-based machines at this time, but future standards will cover electron beam machines too.

o An ISO Joint Group, JG72, will address control plans for machines and facilities, concentrating on Initial acceptance testing, creation of fixed processes and definition of upper and lower process limits.

o Qualification of operators for AM powder bed-based equipment used in aerospace applications. ISO ASTM NP 52942 is being submitted on a Draft International Standard ballot ending on 02-Aug-2019. It will cover both laser and electron beam machine operators.

o Process specification for direct energy deposition used in aerospace applications. A DIN Committee is currently developing a specification that can be used as the basis for this process and will become ISO ASTM PWI 52943. This will be in 3 parts to cover wire + arc, wire + beam and laser blown powder.

o Process specification for aerospace hardware produced with AM. This specification will be ISO ASTM PWI 52944. The group will evaluate other standards that might be used as the basis for this standard.

o The Committee are observing the status of a European standardization project on mechanical properties of additively produced metallic products.

o The Committee recognize that multi-laser machines will need to be covered by standards and that ISO ASTM 52941 would be the best location. A sub-group will start working on this at the next meeting.

The next ISO Committee meetings are planned for 15 to 17 October 2019 in the USA. Exact location is not yet confirmed. The Welding Committee will meet 17-Oct-2019 and the AM Committee will meet 15 to 16 October-2019.

Gary Coleman and Holger Krueger gave permission for the AWS and ISO Committee updates to be posted in eAuditNet. This will be added to the Public Documents section for Welding (Resources / Documents / Public Documents / Task Groups / Welding / Data Folder).

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to post the AWS and ISO Committee update presentations in the Data folder within the Welding Public Documents folder in eAuditNet. (Due Date: 30-Jun-19)

12.0 REVIEW SUB-TEAM PROPOSAL FOR AC7110/4 REVISION – OPEN

12.1 The resistance weld checklist (AC7110/4) was submitted on a Task Group approval ballot shortly after the February 2019 meeting. The required number of votes was achieved to approve the ballot. There were no disapprove votes, however some ballot comments were received. The Task Group was formally notified that these comments would be resolved at this meeting.

The majority of changes were considered editorial, however there are a couple of technical changes which will require re-ballot to the Task Group. The Staff Engineer was actioned to update the ballot, make revisions per the comment disposition and re-ballot per the requirements of OP 1101 (Document Control).

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to incorporate ballot disposition comments into a revised draft of AC 7110/4 and re-ballot. (Due Date: 30-Jun-2019)

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12.2 Concurrent with checklist ballot, the sub-team of Holger Krueger (Sub-team Leader), Marco Poletto, Dag Lindland, Paul Slater, Gary Coleman, Andy Toth, Milan Hanyk and James Ahlemeyer developed a draft handbook to clarify the Task Group expectations on the items changed in the checklist.

As changes in the checklist will require re-ballot the need to review the associated handbook changes was not deemed urgent. The existing sub-team, except that Milan Hanyk will lead this due to the retirement of Holger Krueger, will update the handbook in-line with changes made to the checklist and present at the next meeting.

ACTION ITEM: Sub-team of Milan Hanyk, Marco Poletto, Dag Lindland, Paul Slater, Gary Coleman, Andy Toth and James Ahlemeyer to revise the AC7110/4 handbook to align with the checklist revision. (Due Date: 21-Oct-2019)

13.0 AUDITOR ADVISORIES – OPEN

13.1 Auditor Advisory changes since the February 2019 meeting:

No new Auditor Advisories have been issued since the February 2019 meeting. The Task Group were reminded that Auditor Advisories are posted in eAuditNet at Resources / Documents / Public Documents / Task Groups / Welding / Auditor Advisories.

13.2 Potential new Auditor Advisories

No new Auditor Advisories were identified at this time. However, at item 14.1 the need for an Auditor Advisory was noted

13.3 Review of Auditor Advisories

The latest revision of OP 1116 (Auditor Staffing) requires Task Groups to review the status of Auditor Advisories annually to establish if they are still valid. The following advisories are still listed as current:

WLD-16-004. Distinction between welder and welder qualification test.Task Group decision is that this remains at this time. Incorporated into AC7110/5 but other checklists that are referenced have not yet been revised.

WLD-18-003. Suspension of Boeing requirements for verifying extended validity of welder qualification utilizing the AC7110/12S checklist.Task Group decision is that this remains at this time. Boeing are working on revision to their requirements as defined in AC7110/12S (Supplemental requirements for welder / welding operator qualification).

WLD-18-004. Specification revision in job audits.Task Group decision is that this remains at this time. Although this has been incorporated into the handbook it is new and as such leaving as an open advisory for awareness.

WLD-18-005. Revised resistance weld evaluation.Task Group decision is that this remains at this time. Although this has been incorporated into the handbook it is new and as such leaving as an open advisory for awareness.

WLD-18-006. No NCR for Engineering Authority approved instruction.Task Group decision is that this remains at this time. Although this has been incorporated into the handbook it is new and as such leaving as an open advisory for awareness.

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14.0 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE – OPEN

14.1 In the absence of Richard Freeman, Ian Simpson gave an update on the status of Additive Manufacturing (AM).

This included an update on the accomplishments of 2018, and the plans for this year and beyond.

A number of Standards have now been published and further ones are nearing completion. Richard Freeman has started to review the specifications and has identified a number of possible revisions based on AMS 7003. These were reviewed by the Task Group, so that the sub-team have direction on these items when revision of the AC7110/14 checklist is required.

During this discussion it was noted that paragraph AC7110/14 paragraph 6.5 refers to both stress relieve and heat treatment. The intent is that this should only refer to stress relive and that any heat treatment that can affect the material properties needs to be assessed as required by Subscriber mandates. The Task Group decided that an Auditor Advisory is required to communicate this in a timely manner.

The sub-team needs to re-form to address new industry specification requirements. Brad Hartley is to replace Raman Ras who has retired from Parker Aerospace.

It was noted that there are still relatively few accreditations to AC7110/14. Airbus reaffirmed that AM is included in their mandate. Collins Aerospace indicted that AM is included in their mandate by default (as all processes covered by WLD are mandated). No other Subscribers indicted mandates were in place.

The Task Group have previously discussed the need for checklists to assess additional AM sub-processes. Ian Simpson reiterated that although there had been much desire to create the existing checklist, and many Subscribers participated in its development, without mandates the number of audits is low. The cost of development, especially with respect to training of auditors has been high and as such to enter the arena with further checklists will require Subscribers to have a firm commitment (including mandates) before this is enacted on. The Task Group are aware of several variants that checklists could be developed for, however at this time there was no support for additional checklists to be developed.

ACTION ITEM: AM Sub-team led by Richard Freeman to re-form to evaluate new/existing AM industry standards to determine if a revision to AC7110/14 is needed. Brad Hartley to be added to sub-team to replace Raman Ras. (Due Date: 21-Oct-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to issue an Auditor Advisory for AC7110/14 para 6.5 to clarify that the question covers stress relief only and not other thermal treatment. (Due Date: 30-Jun-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to communicate proposed AC7110/14 Rev B wording and comments to Richard Freeman. (Due Date: 30-Jun-2019)

15.0 ANNUAL REVIEW OF OP 1114 APPENDIX WLD – OPEN

15.1 The Task Group performed an annual review of their appendix to OP 1114 (Task Group Operation).

The Staff Engineer noted that an editorial revision had been made since last year’s review to bring it in-line with a revision to OP 1107 (Post Accreditation Actions).

The Staff Engineer noted that a revision is required to remove a paragraph that is now covered by a revision to OP 1111 (Accreditation Length and Merit Program criteria). There are also a couple of editorial changes with respect to numbering and the location of where the Job Selection Handbook is posted.

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No other changes were identified, however the Staff Engineer noted that a revision to OP 1105 (Audit Process) is in ballot, and this introduces a requirement to upload complete self-audits for all audits. Currently the AC7110 handbook states that where a satellite facility performs the same processes as the main facility, only the job audits in the self-audit are required. The proposed change to OP 1105 will require this to be specifically defined in OP 1114 Appendix WLD. Depending on when OP 1105 is issued, additional changes to OP 1114 Appendix WLD will be required.

The Staff Engineer was actioned to start the ballot process. The Staff Engineer reminded the Task Group that changes to this type of document now require a Staff Ballot in advance of the Task Group ballot, and additional changes to those discussed may therefore appear in the procedure when it is balloted to the Task Group.

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to start the ballot process for the revision to OP 1114 Appendix WLD. (Due Date: 31-Jul-2019)

16.0 ANNUAL REVIEW OF OP 1116 APPENDIX WLD – OPEN

16.1 The Task Group performed an annual review of their appendix to OP 1116 (Auditor Staffing).

The Staff Engineer noted that the higher-level document, OP 1116 (Auditor Staffing) had been revised a couple of times since the last revision of the WLD specific appendix, but that these did not affect how WLD were operating.

The Staff Engineer had reviewed the current appendix against the higher-level document and noted the need for an editorial revision with respect to numbering. No other changes were identified by the Task Group. As such the Staff Engineer was actioned to make the necessary editorial change to the procedure.

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to make editorial changes to OP 1116 Appendix WLD. (Due Date: 30-Jun-2019)

17.0 FORUM FOR SUPPLIER ISSUES – OPEN

17.1 No items discussed.

18.0 CREATE NMC FEEDBACK CHART – OPEN

18.1 The Task Group generated the feedback chart for presentation by Steve Tooley at the NMC meeting.

19.0 NMC MEETING REPORT – OPEN

19.1 Steve Tooley gave a summary of key items that were discussed in the Planning and Operations meeting and NMC meeting. Key items were:

February 2020 Nadcap meeting in Beijing. Task Groups are being asked to consider extending sessions and breaks. Information on the meeting logistics is to be sent out.

Continuous Improvement. This committee has been reviewing the content of OP 1117 Annex C. They determined that many of the items being requested are redundant and are therefore revising this to ensure only relevant information is requested from the Task Groups.

Training on Overturning Failure ballots. Guidance has been developed by an NMC sub-team on what criteria should / should not be used to allow a failure to be overturned. This is to be flowed out to Task Group Subscriber members.

The NMC Merit Sub-Team continue to evaluate potential changes that would occur when the definition of potential product impact is rolled out. Data shows that leaving the existing

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procedure in place would have a significant effect on the number of Supplier Advisories issued and subsequently on merit. Current thinking is to have Supplier Advisories issued but decouple this from the merit criteria, so as not to significantly affect the number of suppliers on merit. Additional analysis is to be requested utilizing historic data before any changes are made.

A proposed change in how Auditors verify scope, using a password specific for this task is in progress.

The NMC are collecting data on which Task Group members are also involved in Standards Committees.

The Electronics Task Group asked the NMC to review procedural control to allow all Subscriber’s hardware to be audited, even if a mandate has not been made for a specific commodity.

The Heat Treat Task Group asked if it would be possible to define rules for Supplier ownership changes and changes of address rather than having to gain approval of the Task Group for each change.

The NDT Task Group requested support to achieve their Auditor Observation plan.

20.0 TEMPLATE FOR USE WHEN CONTACTING AUDITEES – OPEN

20.1 At the February 2019 meeting Holger Krueger agreed to develop a template that Auditors can use when contacting the Auditee. Holger presented a proposal which the Task Group reviewed and made some suggested changes. The Staff Engineer was actioned to incorporate this in the AC7110 handbook and add to the Auditor Conference agenda.

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to incorporate the template an auditor can use when contacting the auditee into the AC7110 handbook and add to the Auditor Conference agenda. (Due Date: 31-Aug-2019)

21.0 CHECKLIST ITEMS – OPEN

21.1 Handbook Revisions

Several handbooks were revised based on actions from the February 2019 Task Group meeting. Changes for the majority of these were defined in actions in the February 2019 minutes. Ian Simpson provided a summary of the changes made and reviewed specific changes as requested by the Task Group.

At the October 2018 meeting a sub-team was assigned to review the AC7110/5 handbook specifically for the new orbital weld supplement H. The sub-team presented proposed revisions at the February 2019 meeting and a further proposal at this meeting. This was reviewed by the Task Group and minor revisions made. The Task Group suggested that an additional boroscope image showing negative root reinforcement / root concavity be added. Chris English stated he would be able to provide this. Once this is received, the Staff Engineer was actioned to incorporate the image and agreed verbiage revisions in to the AC7110/5 handbook.

Subsequent discussion noted that there are several terms in use to recognize negative root reinforcement. The Task Group have a definitions document posted in eAuditNet and this is referenced from the AC7110 checklist, however there is no link to find this document easily. The Staff Engineer was actioned to add the location for the definitions document into the AC7110 handbook. The Definitions document also needs to be periodically reviewed, and this is to be added as a standard agenda item for review on an annual basis.

ACTION ITEM: Chris English to provide borescope image of negative root reinforcement/root concavity to Ian Simpson. (Due Date: 31-Jul-2019)

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ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to update the AC7110/5 Handbook with changes to Supplement M as agreed by the Task Group and issue. (Due Date: 31-Aug-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to add the location reference for the Task Group Definitions document to the AC7110 Handbook. (Due Date: 31-Aug-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to add review of the Task Group Definitions document to the agenda as an annual review topic. (Due Date: 22-Jun-2019)

Also, at the October 2018 meeting a sub-team was assigned to review guidance where non-value-added NCRs are being written. At the February 2019 meeting, the sub-team had identified 7 checklist questions where non-value-added NCRs are being written. These questions are:

AC7110 Paragraph 5.2 AC7110/5 Paragraph 5.1 AC7110/5 Paragraph 7.1.3 AC7110/5 Paragraph F.4.3 AC7110/5 Paragraph F.5.3 AC7110/1 Paragraph G.1 AC7110/3 Paragraph 7.2.2

The sub-team provided a proposal for revision to the handbooks for each of these checklist paragraphs. Some discussion and modification to the proposal occurred and the Staff Engineer actioned to incorporate the revisions and issue the revised handbooks.

Some of these items actually require revision to checklists in the future, hence the Staff Engineer was actioned to add these to the checklist rolling action item list.

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to incorporate the non-value-added sub-team proposals to the Audit Handbooks and issue. (Due Date: 31-Aug-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to add the non-value added NCR checklist questions to the checklist rolling action item list for further discussion. (Due Date: 21-Oct-2019)

At the February 2019 meeting, Chis English volunteered to review the AC7110/12 handbook to clarify the required evidence to support Welder Qualification Test Records. Chris provided the history to the existing guidance and the issue that caused this item to be discussed previously. After some discussion it was agreed that the existing guidance is acceptable.

In addition to these changes, the Staff Engineer noted the following items for discussion relating to possible handbook revisions:

The WLD Task Group send a Post Audit brief to all Suppliers having an initial audit. This is also referenced in the AC7110 audit handbook and can be used by all Suppliers. This has not been revised for a number of years, hence the Staff Engineer has revised it. This was reviewed by the Task Group and agreed, and the new revision is to be included in the AC7110 handbook.

An auditor noted that the reference in the AC7110/3 handbook at paragraph 4.2 referenced a table in AWS D17.1 that is now incorrect based on revision to this standard. The same issue occurs in the handbook for AC7110/6 at paragraph 4.3. The Task Group agreed to revision of these handbooks to update the standard reference table.

During an Observation audit it was noted that the Job Selection Handbook does not specifically provide guidance for a situation such as when manual and automated welding is performed. This was discussed by the Task Group and Marco Poletto agreed to provide a proposal for review at the October Task Group meeting.

The Task Group also noted the following changes that need to be made to handbooks.

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For each checklist that includes the question about verifying customer specifications, the acceptable objective evidence section requires revision to require verification that the Supplier has documented the review and results of any changes of flowed specifications to them.

At AC7110/12 paragraph 3.17, a revision is required to clarify that the information flowed down to the test facility is a ‘process’ and does not need to be a ‘documented procedure’.

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson update the AC7110 handbook to include the revised Post Audit Brief presentation. (Due Date: 31-Aug-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to update the AWS D17.1 table reference in the AC7110/3 and AC7110/6 handbooks at paragraphs 4.2 and 4.3 respectively. (Due Date: 31-Aug-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to update Handbooks with proposed changes related to control of specification changes. (Due Date: 31-Aug-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to revise the AC7110/12 Handbook to clarify that a ‘process’ instead of a ‘procedure’ is needed to cover flow down of information to the test facility. (Due Date: 31-Aug-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Marco Poletto to provide a proposal for revision of the Job Selection Handbook to describe actions to take when sub-processes are being used at Suppliers. (Due Date: 21-Oct-2019)

21.2 Checklists Revisions

The following items have been submitted and included in the rolling list of items for requests on checklist revision.

Request to add specific Airbus (U8) requirements to the AC7110 checklist based on an Airbus specification revision to require Suppliers to hold Welding Coordinator status. As this is a specific Subscriber requirement this was agreed.

From the AC7110/4 ballot, a proposal was made to re-locate the question regarding mating part fit-up to the job audit section. This was agreed during the ballot comment disposition in agenda item 12.1.

Suggestion to require the upload of the documents identified in AC7110 as well as the self-audit to enable auditors to prepare for the audit. This was rejected by the Task Group citing that procedures may contain Export Control or Intellectual Property and as such cannot mandate these to be provided prior to the audit.

Suggestion that checklists are translated into Italian. The Task Group has no objection, but this must be performed by a Task Group member with the necessary language skills and the translations should be over checked by another Task Group member as defined in OP 1101.

21.3 Revision to base checklist AC7110

As noted in prior minutes, the Task Group have deferred making changes to align with the revised checklist template since the NMC are in the process of developing a common checklist to be used for all commodities.

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22.0 NEW BUSINESS ITEMS – OPEN

22.1 Chris English noted that the Task Group had specifically removed some product types such as wire mesh parts from the scope of the resistance weld checklist, AC 7110/4. This decision was taken in 2013 as the requirements of the checklist cannot be fulfilled. Chris asked if there was support to start the development of a new checklist to cover the resistance welding of this product type. Based on the requirements of OP 1119 (Audit Criteria Development) there was no desire to create a new checklist, however it was suggested that it may be possible to re-structure the existing checklist to have a very short baseline (applicable to standard spot / seam and wire mesh products, and a Supplement to cover the additional requirements for standard spot / seam welds). Chris English volunteered to establish if this is a viable option and present back to the Task Group.

ACTION ITEM: Chris English to determine if a revision to AC7110/4 could be done to incorporate a short ‘baseline’ checklist with Supplements for ‘non-wire mesh’ (i.e. standard spot and seam welding) and ‘wire mesh’. (Due Date: 21-Oct-2019)

22.2 Michael Irvin had previously agreed to develop templates for Auditors to use in opening and closing meetings. Provision was not made on this agenda, as Michael previously indicated that he wished to discuss with the Auditors before finalizing the proposal. Michael did however have the opportunity to complete drafts which he presented to the Task Group for review and comment.

The Task Group felt that these would be beneficial and actioned the Staff Engineer to provide these to the Auditors, incorporate in the AC7110 handbook and also include the item for discussion at the Auditor Conference. This was added to the Auditor Conference agenda (ref item 2.1).

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to provide the Opening and Closing meeting templates to the Weld auditors. (Due Date: 30-Jun-2019)

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to include the Opening and Closing meeting templates in the AC7110 handbook. (Due Date: 31-Aug-2019)

23.0 OCTOBER 2019 AGENDA – OPEN

23.1 Several items from this meeting will require additional time during the October 2019 meeting. Standard items for the October meeting include providing a summary of the Auditor Conference and discussing any issue raised by the auditors. The development of the Auditor Observation plan for 2020 will also need to be created. Additional time is still required to complete the AC7110/4 checklist and handbook. New items to include review of the Task Group definitions document, format of February 2020 Beijing meeting, review of proposed changes to the Job selection handbook.

ACTION ITEM: Ian Simpson to develop an agenda for the October 2019 meeting based on the items of the June 2019 agenda, include any items that the Task Group includes on an annual basis, inclusion of time to complete review of AC7110/4, proposals for handbook changes on the job selection handbook, review of the Task Group Definitions document, format for the February 2020 Beijing meeting. (Due Date: 30-Jun-2019)

24.0 REVIEW OF ACTION ITEMS – OPEN

24.1 All action items were reviewed for proper assignment and due date.

25.0 REVIEW OF MEETING EFFECTIVENESS – OPEN

25.1 The meeting was considered to be effective in meeting its goals. It was noted that the meeting room was smaller than now required by this Task Group. The Staff Engineer has already notified the Meeting Coordinator of this and the specification for WLD meeting rooms has been revised for future meeting locations. Overall, the venue was considered to meet the Task Group’s expectations.

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26.0 NEXT MEETING – OPEN

26.1 As agreed at the February 2019 Task Group meeting, the October 2019 Task Group meeting will be Monday through Wednesday as the preceding weekend hosts the Auditor Conference. The NMC at-large meeting will be on Thursday morning hence those wishing to attend this should make the necessary arrangement (PRI Staff and the Task Group Chair will attend the NMC at-large meeting). The Weld Task Group meeting will therefore be Monday 21-Oct-2019 to Wednesday 23-Oct-2019.

ADJOURNMENT – Thursday 06-Jun-2019 – Meeting was adjourned at 5:25 p.m.

Minutes Prepared by: Chris English, chris.english@ge.com

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Are procedural/form changes required based on changes/actions approved during this meeting? (select one)

YES* ☒ NO ☐

*If yes, the following information is required:Documents requiring revision: Who is responsible: Due date:OP 1114 App WLD Ian Simpson 30-Jul-2019 (To start ballot

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