WPS, PQR and WPQR records
Welding procedure software for controlled WPS, PQR and WPQR records
Soteriaa is welding procedure software for managing WPS, PQR and WPQR documents: each procedure is version-controlled and linked to its qualification record and to the welders and jobs that use it. WPS and WPQR records print to PDF. WPQR is the ISO 15614-1 term; ASME IX and AWS D1.1 call the procedure record a PQR (see WPS vs WPQR). Ranges are recorded as qualified, not calculated.
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WPS and PQR software
Each WPS linked to its supporting WPQR
As WPS and PQR software, Soteriaa keeps both record types together. When you add a WPS you choose its parent WPQR, and the WPS register shows that WPQR's reference next to each procedure.
- WPS: reference, standard (for example ISO 15609-1), process, material group, thickness and diameter range, position, joint type, and a status you set (draft, approved or archived).
- WPQR or PQR: reference, standard (for example ISO 15614-1), test date, examining body, certificate number, qualified ranges and the source document.
- Welder qualifications are held in the same workspace. Each weld operation on a job records the welder, the qualification used and the controlled WPS revision.
WPS → supporting WPQR
Each WPS row shows its parent WPQR and the status you set.
WPS PQR software
Controlled revisions and history
Issue a numbered revision of a WPS or PQR/WPQR with its source document and reviewer notes. Soteriaa records the signed-in member who issued it and when.
Issued revision numbers and library document version numbers are counted separately.
- A new revision supersedes the previous one. Earlier revisions are kept, not overwritten.
- A WPS revision can only be issued against an issued revision of its supporting PQR or WPQR.
- The source file is copied privately at issue time, so a later change to the library file does not alter the issued revision.
- Supporting documents also keep a version history: who edited, when, which fields changed and an optional edit summary. Stale edits are refused.
Welding procedure management software
Evidence chain: WPS → PQR/WPQR → welder → job
Each weld operation on a job records the welder, the qualification selected for that welder and the controlled WPS revision used, alongside process, date, material/heat reference and inspection state.
The welder picker shows only that welder's qualifications. An overdue qualification date, an inactive welder, a missing qualification link or a superseded WPS revision raises a review warning; it does not decide eligibility. Your welding coordinator still makes that call.
Welding procedure management software
Ranges: recorded, not calculated
Ranges are entered by hand from the qualification record, as written on the WPQR or PQR, and checked by a person.
Soteriaa does not calculate, check or approve ranges and has no code logic. It will not tell you whether a WPS sits inside its WPQR's range or whether a welder's qualification covers a procedure; your welding coordinator makes that judgement.
Scope, recorded range and parent WPQR
Ranges shown as entered from the qualification record.
Welding procedure specification software
Generate a WPS or WPQR
Inside Soteriaa, WPS and WPQR records print to PDF from the saved values. If you only need a single filled-in document, start from a free template.
WPS (ASME Section IX format)
Laid out by the QW-482 variable groups. Open the ASME IX WPS template.
Welding procedure specification
A general WPS with its supporting WPQR reference. Open the WPS template.
WPQR record
Test details, examining body and the supporting WPS reference. Open the WPQR template.
Structural WPS and PQR (AWS D1.1)
For AWS D1.1 structural work. Open the AWS D1.1 WPS and PQR template.
Code-based authoring
When you need a code engine instead
If you want software that writes or checks a WPS against code rules, look at procedure-authoring tools built for that job.
WeldOffice now redirects to C-spec, which offers multi-code WPSs, welder qualifications and continuity, NDE reports, and Turbo-IX for checking WPSs against ASME IX. ProWrite (CEI) covers PQR, WPS, WPQ and welder continuity records with code-assistance options, based on ASME IX or AWS D1.1. Both were checked on the vendors' own sites in October 2026; neither publishes a price. Soteriaa is a records register, not a code engine, and this is not a ranking.
Boundaries
What it does not do
Soteriaa keeps procedure records; it does not qualify or approve them.
Soteriaa does not qualify procedures, certify welders or calculate ranges, and WPS/WPQR import is not available: add procedures by hand. For field-by-field guidance see the WPS field reference and WPQR field reference. Welder records live in the welder qualification software.