AWS SCWI

Senior Certified Welding Inspector

  • Welding and allied processes
  • Heat control and metallurgy
  • NDE fundamentals
  • NDE applicability
  • Destructive testing

Welding procedure qualification

Welding Personnel Qualification and Certification

Welding Inspection and NDE Personnel

Qualification and Certification

Quality assurance

Safety programs and procedures

Project management

Personnel management and training


Technical Fundamentals

  • Welding and Allied Processes
  • Heat Control & Metallurgy

    • High Alloy Steel

    Nonferrous Materials

  • NDE (VT, PT, MT, RT, UT)

    • Fundamentals

    Techniques

    Applicability

  • NDE (ET, AET, LT)

    • Applicability

    Destructive Testing (Including groove welds, fillet

    welds, stud welds, and weldability testing)

    Fundamentals

    Techniques

    Applicability

Administrative Fundamentals

  • Welding Procedure Qualification and Approval
  • Welding Personnel Qualification and Certification
  • Welding Inspection and NDE Personnel Qualification and Certification
  • Quality Assurance/Quality Management, including:

    • Quality Programs

    Document Control

    Procurement and Supplier Control

    Calibration

    Quality Control

    Process Control

    Statistical Quality Control

    Trend Analysis

    Nonconformance Control

    Auditing and Surveillance

    Corrective Action

    Records

  • Safety Programs and Procedures
  • Project Management
  • Personnel Management and Training Programs
  • Performance Evaluation

During the Preparatory course several examples, illustrations,mock up examination and case studies will be discussed and participants will be given additional reading materials and practice questions for their study purpose.

Their are various Quality Manuals to be required to study such as SNT-TC-1A, CP-189, ISO 9001 QMS, Weld Radiographs required to Interpret and understand the discontinuities in it and how to classify them according to Code and Standard requirements, to come to conclusion whether discontinuity or defect. This will help to control organisational Quality goals.

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