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Scope

Standardization of occupational health and safety in welding and related processes. This includes requirements on machines, equipment and devices and their connections in order to:

  • minimize, detect, remove and separate hazardous substances resulting from welding and allied processes;
  • protect personnel against hazards in the welding environment (e.g. radiation, noise, vibration, mechanical, optical, thermal hazards);

It also includes measuring and testing procedures e.g. extraction efficiency.

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16

Published ISO standards *

4

ISO standards under development *

16
Participating members
20
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 44/SC 9/WG 4   Safety requirements for welding equipment Working group
ISO/TC 44/SC 9/WG 8   Wordless precautionary labels in arc welding and cutting (Revision of ISO 17846) - Joint with TC 44/SC 3 Working group

Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 44/SC 9

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 44/SC 9:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/TC 26 Electric welding IEC

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 44/SC 9

ISO/TC 44/SC 9 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IIW International Institute of Welding ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)

Acronym Title Category
EWA European Welding Association A
IIW International Institute of Welding A

Date Month Location TC/SC Note
23 September 2026 Sydney (Australia) ISO/TC 44/SC 9  

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

ISO/TC 44/SC 9 - Secretariat

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