Body of Knowledge AWS Certified Welding Inspector
The following is an approximate breakdown of the examination categories and the number of questions drawn from each subject area.
PART
A: FUNDAMENTALS
|
|
Subject
|
Percentage
|
Welding
Processes
|
10%
|
Heat
Control & Metallurgy (carbon and low-alloy steel)
|
6%
|
Weld
Examination
|
9%
|
Welding
Performance
|
9%
|
Definitions
and Terminology
|
12%
|
Symbols
- Welding and NDE
|
10%
|
Test
Methods - NDE
|
8%
|
Reports
and Records
|
6%
|
Duties
and Responsibilities
|
4%
|
Safety
|
5%
|
Destructive
Tests
|
4%
|
Cutting
|
3%
|
Brazing
|
2%
|
Soldering
|
1%
|
PART
B: PRACTICAL
|
|
Subject
|
Percentage
|
Procedure
and Welder Qualifications
|
30%
|
Mechanical
Test and Properties
|
10%
|
Welding
Inspection and Flaws
|
36%
|
NDE
|
10%
|
Utilization
of Specification and Drawings
|
10%
|
PART
C: CODE BOOK APPLICATIONS
|
|
Subject
|
Percentage
|
Materials
and Design
|
10%
|
Fabrication
|
30%
|
Inspection
|
25%
|
Qualification
|
30%
|
CODE
SUBJECTS AVAILABLE AND CURRENT EXAM EDITIONS(applicants
must provide own codebook for exam)
| |
AWS
D1.1 - Structural Steel Code: 2010 Edition- code
clinic available
(codebook provided for D1.1 week seminar participants only) | |
API
1104 - Pipelines 20th Edition (code
clinic available)
with Errata /Addendum July 2007, Errata 2 December 2008 | |
AWS
D1.2 - Structural Aluminum Code: 2003 or 2008 Edition
| |
AWS
D1.5 - Bridge Welding Code: 2010 Edition
| |
AWS
D15.1 - Railroad: 2007 Edition
| |
ASME
Sec IX: 2010 Edition w/ 2011 Addenda, B31.1 & B31.3 2010
Editions
| |
ASME
Sec VIII (Div 1) & ASME Sec IX: 2007 Editions with 2008
Addenda
| |
AWS
- RECOMMENDED SELF-STUDYExamination
Preparatory Material
|
|
AWS
Publications
|
Order Number
|
Certification
Manual for Welding Inspectors
|
CM:
2000
|
Welding
Inspection Handbook
|
WI:
2000
|
*
D1.1/D1.1M Structural Welding Code-Steel
|
D1.1/D1.1M:
2010
|
*
D1.1 Code Clinic Reference Manual
|
D1.1CCRM:
2010
|
*
API 1104 Study Guide for API Standard 1104 Welding of Pipelines
|
API-M:
2008
|
*
Welding Inspection Technology
|
WIT-T-2008
|
*
Welding Inspection Technology (Workbook)
|
WIT-W:
2008
|
*
Welding Inspection Technology Sample CWI Fundamentals Examination
& Key
|
WIT-E:
2008
|
*
Standard Welding Terms and Definitions
|
A3.OM/A3.0:2010
|
*
Standard Symbols for Welding, Brazing, and Nondestructive
Examination
|
A2.4:
2007
|
*
Visual Inspection Workshop Reference Manual
|
VIW-M:
2008
|
*
Guide for the Nondestructive Examination of Welds
|
B1.10M/B1.10:2009
|
Book
of Specification for the Qualification of Welding Inspectors
(errata 2007)
|
B5.1:
2003
|
*
Books are provided to participants at the AWS Seminars
|
|
OTHER
RECOMMENDATIONS
|
Order
Number
|
AWS
Welding Handbook Series
|
WHB-ALL
|
Guide
for the Visual Examination of Welds
|
B1.11:
2000
|
Safety
in Welding, Cutting and Allied Processes
|
ANSI
Z49.1: 2005
|
Metric
Practice Guide for the Welding Industry
|
A1.1:
2001
|
Standard
Methods for mechanical Testing of Welds
|
B4.0:
2007
|
Specification
for Welding Procedure and Performance Qualification
|
B2.1:
2009
|
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