Labour Minister Lisa Raitt pays a visit the CWB in January 2013.

TORonTO The Canadian Welding Bureau Group (CWB Group) Office of Public Safety has launched a new website (www.weldquality.org) to help educate the masses about welding safety and certification.

The website is meant to act as a resource hub for anyone from building officials, engineers, and welding companies to the general public at large.

“The Office of Public Safety’s website will provide all stakeholders with invaluable information pertaining their respective fields and ample resources related to certification,” said Craig Martin, vice president of the Office of Public Safety.

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“Our overall objective is to aid stakeholders, industry and government with the latest information regarding all aspects of the Canadian welding industry.”

“A secondary element to the user friendly website is to promote safety through proper implementation of Canadian welding standards,” he said.

“Welding is an industry highly regarded and used in everyday life from the fabrication of bridges, massive skyscrapers and even shipping vessels, so it’s very significant that public safety ties into that, and we’re here to educate, enforce and engage stakeholders, and with the launch of the website, it will assist us in reaching our long term strategy.”

In addition, the Office of Public Safety’s website will include their flagship initiative: The WeldQuality Mark program.

“This unique initiative will provide CWB certified companies with an opportunity to brand themselves as promoters of public safety while differentiating their company and quality of work from others who are not using the WeldQuality Mark,” said Martin.

“We encourage all certified companies to utilize this free service to further promote their commitment to public safety.”

The CWB Group is a not-for-profit organization, responsible for the certification of welding companies and qualification of welders. They have offices in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia and provide services across the country.

www.cwbgroup.org