DAVE BARON - RESUME

TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS

  AWS Certified Welding Inspector, #90080017

ACCP Level II VT, ASNT, #320608

CSA W178.2 CWB Level III Certified Welding Inspector – CSA W47.1 / W59 / Z662, ASME B31.1 / B31.3 / VIII-1 / IX, #1461

NACE Certified Coating Inspector Level 3, #39698  

 (Can/CGSB 48.9712 Level II Technician, MT & PT, 1986 - 2024)

EXPERIENCE

• Over 45 years plant and field experience in quality assurance, quality control and visual inspection in the fabrication of carbon, alloy and stainless steel and other metals and materials, and in industrial coatings. 
• Industries served:

              Fabrication     Galvanizing & coating      Chemical      Pulp & paper 

             Pressure vessels      Storage & process tanks      Bridges     Oil & gas 

Structural steel      Piping & piling      Foundries     Steel mills

• Performed visual and coating inspections, magnetic particle and liquid penetrant inspections. Familiar with other NDT methods and positive material identification.
• Developed & implemented QA & QC systems, and pressure vessel inspection programs, for fabrication and operating companies. 
• International experience includes quality assurance and inspection assignments in the USA, UK, Europe, Japan, S. Korea & China.
• Retired from Acuren in 2020 after nearly 30 years with the company.  
• CWB Welding Inspection Supervisor for Acuren’s Pacific Region. 
• Designed and implemented Acuren Pacific’s ISO 9001 quality management program and managed it for many years. 
• Performed material selection, inspection and expediting for EPC companies, and performed material selection, failure analysis and inspection for Syncrude, prior to joining Acuren.  

Major recent projects have included:

• 100% visual inspection of fabrication for Sliding Center Track, 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver & Whistler BC
• QA of BC Place arena roof replacement steel, BC
• QA, Turbine Generator fabrication, China
• QA, Shiploader fabrication & coating, China
• QA, Walterdale Bridge fabrication & coating, S. Korea
• QA, Titanium tubing fabrication, China
• QA, piping & piling fabrication (various), China
• QA, highway sign structures, fabrication & galvanizing, China & BC
• Bridge coating assessment & remediation, BC

EDUCATION

  NACE CIP 3, NACE, 2013

Internal Auditor Upgrade, BRC, 2009

ISO 9000:2000 Transition, QMI, 2002

Internal Quality Auditing, BCIT, 1998

Composite Materials, American Society for Materials, 1994

Chartered Engineer, UK, 1990

Graduateship of the Institute of Metals, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, UK, 1979

Higher National Certificate, Metallurgy, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, UK, 1976