Oct 28 2009
Becomes first company to achieve six QP certifications at one time
SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings is pleased to announce that Vulcan Painters, Inc., of Bessemer, Alabama, is the first coatings contracting company to meet the certification requirements of the SSPC QP 9 and QS 1 certification programs. In addition, Vulcan is the first contracting company to achieve six SSPC Quality Program certifications including QP 1, QP 2, QP 3, QP 8, QP 9 and QS 1. Vulcan Electro-Coating, Inc. and Vulcan Pipe and Steel Coatings, Inc. have also achieved SSPC QP 3 certification.
SSPC QP 9 contains requirements for evaluating the qualifications of painting contractors who apply architectural coatings on commercial or institutional structures, and defines a minimum standard for qualification.
SSPC-QS 1 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. However, unlike ISO 9001 certification, QS-1 provides the facility owner with the dual benefit of a coatings-industry specific QMS model for contractors who have the operational capability required by QP 1 plus the ISO 9001 compliant QMS detailed in QS 1.
Source: http://www.sspc.org/