Certified Welding Inspector

Part A General Examination – (Closed Book)

1. Welding Inspection and Certification
2. Safe Practices for Welding Inspectors
3. Metal Joining and Cutting Processes
4. Weld Joint Geometry and Welding Symbols
5. Documents Governing Welding Inspection and Qualification – WPS, PQR, WPQ and WOPQ
6. Metal Properties and Destructive Testing
7. Metric Practice for Welding Inspection
8. Welding Metallurgy for the Welding Inspector
9. Weld and Base Metal Discontinuities
10. Visual Inspection and other NDE Methods and Symbols

Part B Practical Examination (Specification)

I. Procedure Qualification
 Welding Procedure Specification (WPS)
 Welding Procedure Qualification Record (PQR)
 Welder Performance Qualification (WPQ)
 Welding Operator Performance Qualification (WOPQ)

II-A. Performance Qualification Test Record

II-B. Welder Performance Qualification Record (Example)
III. Prequalified Complete Joint Penetration Groove Welded Joints
IV. Pipe Schedules
V. Acceptable and Unacceptable Weld Profiles
VI. Weld Profile Acceptance Description
VII. Visual Weld Inspection Acceptance Criteria
VIII. Test Results Required, Guided Bends
IX. Weld Metal Analysis
X. Electrode Groups
XI. Welder Qualification Test Requirements
XII. Fillet Procedure Qualification Requirements
XIII. Groove Procedure Qualification Requirements
XIV. Prequalified Base Metal—Filler Metal Combinations for Matching Strength
XV. Minimum Preheat and Inter-pass Temperature
Heat Input Calculations for various welding processes
XVI. Radiographic Testing
RFI-Radiographic Film Interpretation
UT-Ultrasonic Testing
MT-Magnetic Particle Testing
PT-Liquid Penetrant Testing
VT-Visual and Optical Testing
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XVII. Face and Root Bend Specimens
Root and Face Discontinuities
XVIII. Tensile Specimen requirements
IX. Hardness Test at various location
XX. Impact Testing requirements and Low Temperature application of Service
XXI. Ferrite Analysis and Weld Metal Dilution Test Analysis Weld Overplayed Surface and
Validation of Process
XXII. Weld Repair, Repair requirements and Repair Procedure, Repair Procedure Validating
XXIII. NDE results and acceptance criteria of discontinuities
XXIV. Validation of NDE Process for welding requirements as per Specification and Code
Requirements

Part C Code or Specification Book Examination (Open Book)

API Standard 1104 Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities, 21st Edition,
Includes Errata 1 (2013), Errata 2 (2014), Errata 3 (2014), Errata 4 (2015), Errata 5 (2018)
and Addendum 1 (2014), Addendum 2 (2016)

API Standard 1104, 21st Edition is the industry standard for welding practices. Welding of
Pipelines and Related Facilities presents methods for the production of high-quality welds
through the use of qualified welders using approved welding procedures, materials and
equipment in a new, clearly understood format.

Wide in scope and filled with years of accumulated industry knowledge, the latest edition of
1104 presents inspection methods to ensure the proper analysis of welding quality through
the use of qualified technicians and approved methods and equipment.

This standard presents methods for the production of high-quality welds through the use of
qualified welders using approved welding procedures, materials, and equipment.

This standard covers the gas and arc welding of butt, fillet, and socket welds in carbon and
low-alloy steel piping used in the compression, pumping, and transmission of crude
petroleum, petroleum products, fuel gases, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and where applicable,
covers welding on distribution systems. It applies to both new construction and in-service
welding. The welding may be done by a shielded metal arc welding, submerged arc welding,
gas tungsten arc welding, gas metal arc welding, flux-cored arc welding, plasma arc welding,
oxyacetylene welding, or flash butt-welding process or by a combination of these processes
using a manual, semiautomatic, mechanized, or automatic welding technique or a
combination of these techniques. The welds may be produced by position or roll welding or
by a combination of position and roll welding.

This standard also presents inspection methods to ensure the proper analysis of welding
quality through the use of qualified technicians and approved methods and equipment. It
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covers the procedures for radiographic, magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, and ultrasonic
testing, as well as the acceptance standards to be applied to production welds tested to
destruction or inspected by radiographic, magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, ultrasonic, and
visual testing methods.
While this standard is comprehensive, it may not address all issues that may arise. The
absence of guidance or requirements is not to be considered prohibitive to a particular
activity or approach that is based upon sound engineering judgment. For example, other
industry standards, reliable engineering tests and analyses, or established industry.

1. Scope
2. Normative References
3. Terms, Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
4. Specifications
5. Qualification of Welding Procedures with Filler Metal Additions
6. Qualifications of Welders
7. Design and Preparation of a Joint for Production Welding
8. Inspection and Testing of Production Welds
9. Acceptance Standards for NDT
10. Repair and Removal of Weld Defects
11. Procedures for NDT
12. Mechanized Welding with Filler Metal Additions
13. Automatic Welding Without Filler Metal Additions

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Welding Inspector

Welding Inspection Fundamentals WPS, PQR & WPQ Preparation

for AWS•CWI and CSWIP•3.1 Welding Inspector

 WPS – Welding Procedure Specification

 PQR – Procedure Qualification Record

 WPQ – Welder Performance Qualification or Welding Operator Performance Qualifications (WOPQ)

 Welding Inspection Technology WIT•T•2008

 Welding Inspection Technology Sample CWI Fundamentals Examination & Key WIT•E: 2008

 Guide for the Visual Examination of Welds AWS VIW-M:2008

 API•1104 Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities

 API • RP 577 Welding Inspection and Metallurgy and their NDE (In-Service and Repair)

 ASME BPVC Section IX• Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Qualifications ( WPS,PQR and WPQ,WOPQ)

 Welding of Dissimilar Metals.

 Non Destructive Examination of Welds

 Interpretation of Weld Radiographs (RFI)

 Welding Symbols and How to read Welding Drawings

 Safety in Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes as per ANSI Z49.1:2012

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Welding Requirements for Corrosive and Sour Service requirements. H2S requirements
 NACE MR0103 Materials Resistant to Sulfide Stress Cracking in Corrosive Petroleum Refining Environments.
 NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156 Petroleum and natural gas industries - Materials for use in H2S-Hydrogen Sulfide
containing environments in oil and gas production

Heat Treatment of Welds, NDT/NDE before Heat Treatment (After Welding) and NDT after Heat Treatment
Impact Requirements for Low Temperature Applications.
Understanding of Loading and Unloading of Heat Treatment Cycles and Review of Heat Treatment Charts

API RP 582 Recommended Practice Welding Guidelines for the Chemical, Oil, and Gas Industries

API RP 934-C
Materials and Fabrication of 1 ¼ Cr- ½ Mo Steel Heavy Wall Pressure Vessels for High-pressure Hydrogen Service
Operating at or Below 825 Degrees F (440 Degrees C)

Shell DEP 30.10.60.17 (Design and Engineering Practice)

Wet H2S Requirements for Downstream Pressure Vessels and Piping

Shell DEP 30.10.60.18

(Design and Engineering Practice), Manual Welding of Metals

Training Location: BELGAUM / Belagavi (Venugram, Karnataka State)

Date: 05 May, 2021 – 20 May 2021

Duration: 14 Days

Time: 09:30 am to 05:00 pm

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