Annual Member's Day 2025 - Today's Challenges in Skills, Training and Quality Control in Welding

About This Event

Join us for the Institute's flagship event offering fantastic networking opportunities, thought-provoking discussions, and the official launch of our newest Technical Group: TG9 - Training, Qualification and Quality. Focused on all aspects contributing to achieving quality in welding and joining.

The Welding Institute Annual Members’ Day 2025: Today's Challenges In Skills, Training and Quality Control In Welding

Date: 15 October 2025

Time: 08:45 - 16:15

Venue: TWI Ltd, Granta Park, Cambridge, CB21 6AL

Cost: Free to all Members of The Welding Institute

Technical Presentations

This year's theme addresses one of the most urgent challenges facing industry today, Weld Quality and Skills in Manufacturing. The UK is facing a critical shortage of competent welders and an ageing workforce. This event will explore how we can tackle the current capacity and capability gap.

Topics include:

• Failings in weld quality and their real-life consequences.
• The shortfall in competent welders and welding technicians currently against the industry demand.
• The relationship between technical understanding, practical skills, process control and weld quality.
• Measures being taken in technical education and training by employers and training providers.
• Implementing a career path in welding engineering.

The meeting occurs at a time of global shortage of competent welders, welding technicians and associated trades. These shortages contribute to documented quality deficiencies and they are occurring at a time of increasing demand; notably in the renewable energy, nuclear, defence and transport industries.

Member Workshops

The afternoon will host engaging workshops designed to spark conversation, share progress, and shape the future of the profession. This year’s workshops include:

Developing a Fresh Vision for Professional Registration
A chance to rethink how professional recognition can evolve to meet the needs of modern engineers and technicians.

Progress Across the Institute in 2025
Will explore key achievements from the past year and how they support our Members, welding, joining and allied technology communities, and industry. Gain insight to what's coming for the year 2026 and how you can get involved.

Closing the Welding Skills Gap
With the critical shortage of skilled welding professionals, explore education, training, and employer-led initiatives tackling this challenge head-on.

These workshops offer a chance to contribute your ideas, collaborate with peers, and help influence the direction of The Welding Institute.

Who Should Attend?

The meeting will be of great interest to manufacturers, fabricators and service providers, those involved in welding management, welder and welding operator training, welders, inspectors and welding supervisory staff, and those responsible for quality management and project delivery. It will also appeal to individuals with a wealth of experience in the field who continue to stay connected to the profession, offering valuable insight and perspective to the conversation.

Understanding the challenges requires input from all; those with welding skills, those tackling the shortage, through to the managers and policy makers implementing long term solutions.

Continuing Professional Development

The Welding Institute awards points towards CPD for delegates attending this event. Every hour attendance of an event will earn 2 points towards your continuing professional development. Digital certificates will be issued post event.