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CERTIFICATION: CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE WELDING INSPECTOR

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Certified Associate Welder Inspector
Take the first steps towards a prosperous career in welding inspection as a CAWI. You'll get hands-on experience as you work alongside a Senior Certified Welding Inspector or Certified Welding Inspector. The decision to become a CAWI signals employers that you're serious about your career. And AWS Certification puts you on the right course.

QC1:2006 Standard for AWS Certification of Welding Inspectors

This is a summary of the some of the most significant changes contained in the new AWS QC1:2006, Standard for AWS Certification of Welding Inspectors.

A Certified Associate Welding Inspector (CAWI) will no longer be able to renew or recertify at the CAWI level. CAWIs must retest and score at the certified welding inspector’s cutoff of 72% to retain any certification.

QC1:2006 also has new provisions to cover retest. If the simple average of the three parts of the exam is 72% or higher, the candidate is allowed to retest on the part(s) that fell below the required 72%. If the simple average is below 72%, all three parts of examination will have to be repeated. If the candidate fails the first retest, subsequent retests require 40 hours of additional training before being permitted to retest.

It is now permitted to take committee-approved supplemental inspection exams (SIEs or endorsements) to enhance one’s inspection credentials. Passing these SIEs not only enhances one’s credentials as a CWI, but may also me applied toward the 9-year recertification. These exams may be taken any time during the 9-year certification cycle for CWIs and may also be taken by non-CWIs who wish to add such supplemental credentials to their resume. Non-CWIs will not be permitted to use these credential toward credits for CWI certification, but must still take and pass the full three-part exam.

Click here to view the QC1:2006 Standard of AWS Certification of Welding Inspectors

CAWI Requirements:

High school graduate or equivalent - refer to QC1-96.

An 8th grade education, with a minimum four years work experience.

A minimum of six years work experience, if less than an 8th-grade education.

Recommended CAWI, CWI and CWI Seminars

CODE CLINIC:

General Provisions of the Code
Design of Welded Joints
Technique and Workmanship
Qualification
Inspection
Design of New Buildings and Bridges
Tubular Structures
Strengthening and Repairing
Open Book Code Exercises

WELDING INSPECTION TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR:

Control of Materials
Welding and NDT Symbols
Mechanical and Chemical Properties
Destructive Testing
Welding Metallurgy
Review of Welding Processes
Brazing and Cutting Processes
Weld and Base metal Discontinuities
Nondestructive Testing
Welder Performance Qualification

VISUAL INSPECTION WORKSHOP:

Fundamentals of Visual Inspection
Applications of Visual Inspection Standards
I nspection Measurements: porosity, weld reinforcement, undercut, weld size, guided bend test results
Instruments: Machinists scale, fillet weld guages, dial caliper, micrometer, magnifier.

The exam leading to AWS Certification is a rigorous and complete review that challenges the candidate's skills on factual knowledge of welding fundamentals, and the ability to use codes and standards. For this reason, AWS strongly recommends that candidates for Certification attend an AWS Seminar first.

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