Swiss Welding Institute

The SWI is the undisputed leader in welding training in Western Switzerland. It is the only Swiss ATB, according the IIW, offering a training in French recognized by over 50 countries. The SWI delivers the following qualifications:

• International Welding Engineer IWE
• International Welding Technologist IWT
• International Welding Specialist IWS
• International Welding Practitioner IWP

IIW graduates are essential for certified companies according to ISO 3834, EN 15085, EN 1090 or EN 17660 standards, but also to companies subject to Federal Ordinances on containers of dangerous goods linked to the european ADR/RID agrement or linked to the pressure equipements under European Directives 2014/68/UE (PED) and 2014/29/UE (SPVD).

The SWI also provides short advanced courses on request.

Practical welding training is a top priority at SWI. Each year, the SWI’s training center in Yverdon-les-Bains provides over 10,000 hours of courses. The vast majority of participants finalizes the training with a welder’s or brazer's certificate.
Since 2013, SWI issues, on his behalf, certificates of Welder Performance Qualification (WPQ) or Welding Operator Performance Qualification (WOPQ) to professionals who demonstrate compliance with workmanship requirements according to the standards :

• ISO 9606-1
• ISO 9606-2
• ISO 9606-4
• ISO 9606-6
• ISO 14732 (operator)
• ISO 13585 (brazer)
  

SWI is accredited according to the ISO 17024 standard by the Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) under number SCESe 116 and is a Recognised Third-Party Organisation (RTPO) according to Art. 20 of the European Directive 2014/68/EU on Pressure Equipment PED as stated in the NANDO list of Europeans Notified Bodies.

According to the ISO 17025 standard, SWI is a testing laboratory for destructive and non-destructive testing of base materials and welds as well as qualification of welding and brazing processes.

If the requiered tests are compliants, SWI issues Welding Procedure Qualification Record (WPQR)  based on clients Welding Procedure Specification (WPS) or Brazing Procedure Qualification Record (BPQR) based on clients Brazing Procedure Specification (BPS) according ISO 15613, ISO 15614 or EN 13134.

SWI is accredited by the Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) under number STS 0715.

The SWI training center at the Technopôle de Sainte-Croix is the 7th ESA-approved skills training school (ie accredited by the European Space Agency according ESA STR-258) and the only Swiss institution providing certified training in high-reliability soldering according to European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) standards:

• ECSS-Q-ST-70-08 cat. 3 operator
  Hand-soldering operator for through-hole technology
   
• ECSS-Q-ST-70-26 cat. 2/3 operator/inspector
  Crimping of high-reliability electrical connections
   
• ECSS-Q-ST-70-28 cat. 3 operator
  Repair and Modification of PCBs
   
• ECSS-Q-ST-70-38 cat. 3 operator
  High-reliability soldering for surface mount and mixed technology
   
• ECSS-Q-ST-70-08 cat. 2 operator
  Hand-soldering Operator for THT/SMT

SWI is educating, training and certifying, in French,  professionals of the electronics industry according to a standard recognized by over 50 countries. It is the industry standard program for quality assurance and visual acceptance of electronic assemblies based on the world's most widely used electronics assembly acceptability standard.

As a member of the IPC Association, the SWI trains and certifies :

• IPC-A-610 CIS - Certified IPC Application Specialist
  Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies
  
  
• IPC/WHMA-A-620 CIS - Certified IPC Application Specialist
  Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies
  
  

SWI provides training with certification and recertification as well as challenge-test recertification.