List of Welding Inspection Programs Offered
ASSOCIATE WELDING INSPECTOR
The AWI-Associate Welding Inspector course is designed for welders, operators, line inspectors, and foremen who carry out the visual examination of welded joints. It is also suitable for welding quality control staff and anyone who needs basic training in welding inspection alongside a qualification.
This course is also available with a practical module: Associate Welding Inspector with Practical Module (4 days).
TRAINING COURSE CONTENT
This welding inspection course will teach you visual inspection procedures, relevant codes of practice and terms and definitions. You will also learn about welding processes and defects, weld measurements, practical inspection and reporting, and the typical welding inspection documentation and requirements.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
There are no specific entry requirements for this course, but it is recommended that candidates have at least 6 months’ welding-related engineering experience and 2 years’ industrial experience.
WELDING INSPECTOR
The Welding Inspector course is designed for inspection engineers and supervisory staff. Those with little or no previous welding experience are advised to attend the Certificate in Visual Inspection of Welds course to prepare for this course.
TRAINING COURSE CONTENT
This course will teach you the duties and responsibilities of a welding inspector including fusion welding processes, typical weld defects, types of steel (including carbon-manganese, low alloy and stainless steels), the hardening of steels, weldability, heat treatment, and parent metal defects.
The programme also includes visual inspection, the testing of parent metals and welds, and destructive and non-destructive test techniques.
You will also learn welder and procedure approval, codes and standards, and an outline of safe working practices.
There will also be the opportunity to practice examination questions while undergoing continuous and end-of-course assessment.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
➣ Welding Inspector for a minimum of 3 years with experience, under qualified supervision, independently verified.
➣ Certified Visual Welding Inspector for a minimum of 2 years.
➣ Welding Instructor or Welding Foreman/Supervisor for a minimum of one year
Our Welding Inspector training AWS QC1/5.1 Seminar & Certification events:
Welding inspector training Seminar & Certification events are offered almost every month in Hong Kong. Additional certification events will be designed and announced based on the requirements of our corporate clients. Before taking up the seminar or certification we always recommend you to plan well in advance and book your registration. This will enable you to receive the complete set of study materials that you can use to prepare well for the event and will enable us to reach you through our Newsletters to keep you updated on the latest news and events.
Welding inspector seminar Pattern:
Three Days of the seminar will be used to cover the (Part-A) "Fundamentals" part of the examination that covers all the facets of AWS QC1:2016/B5.1:2013, Welding Process, Weld Joint Geometry and Welding Symbols, Document Governing Welding Inspection and Qualification, Metal Properties and Destructive Testing, Welding Metallurgy, Weld and Base Metal Discontinuities, Visual Inspection, Other NDE Methods and Symbols, Safety in Welding and cutting One and Half Days will be used to cover the (Part-B) "practical applications" part of the examination. This will expose you to actual visual inspection tools, guages, weld replicas and further to the accessibility and rejection criteria of sample weldments based on the Books of Specification.
One and Half Days will be used to expose and refresh your skills in comprehending the welding code books (AWS D1.1 or API1104 Part-C) including qualification of welding procedure.
Two Days will be totally dedicated to discussion and review session of Part - A, B & C.
SENIOR WELDING INSPECTOR
The Senior Welding Inspector course is designed for experienced welding inspectors and quality control staff, especially those who are proceeding to the Senior Welding Inspector examination. It is essential that you have a knowledge of the subjects covered in the EN14731/ISO3834/ISO17637 Senior Welding Inspector course before joining this senior welding inspector course. It is also advised that you do some home preparation ahead of this course as it covers a wide range of subject matter.
It is your responsibility as examination candidate to either hold Welding Inspector or consider attending the Welding Inspector course and examination prior to this course/examination.
TRAINING COURSE CONTENT
This course will teach you about QA and QC as well as destructive testing, heat treatments, welding procedures, welding dissimilar and residual stress and distortion. The programme will also cover weldability, weld fractures, weld repairs, welding consumables, and welding symbols. In addition, the Senior Welding Inspection course will look into non-destructive testing, specifications, joint design, HSLA and quenched tempered steels, arc energy, and heat input.
This course offers 16 different subjects, so good prior knowledge and preparation will offer you a significant advantage before attempting the course and examination. Since this course builds on the Welding Inspector course, it is advised that applicants refresh their knowledge by revising the material from this course too. You may also wish to increase or revise your knowledge through reading one or more of these welding handbooks:
➣ Welding Principles and applications (Jeffus)
➣ The science and Practice of Welding & The Practice of Welding (A C Davies)
➣ AWS Welding Handbook Volumes One and Two
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
➣ To join this course, you must have been a Certified Welding Inspector for a minimum of 2 years experience.
➣ Alternatively, you should have 5 years' authenticated experience related to the duties and responsibilities ,independently verified.
➣ All candidates must hold a valid Welding Inspector certificate.
