WELDING INSPECTOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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Awang Bhaswara
• Senior Pipeline & Piping Engineer

Professional Certificates
• Ir., Insinyur Profesional Madya (IPM), Bidang Keahlian (BK) Mesin – Pipeline &
Piping – Persatuan Insinyur Indonesia (PII)
• AER., ASEAN Engineer Register, Mechanical
• Pipeline Inspector, Angkatan VIII, Ditjen MIGAS
• Asesor Kompetensi, BNSP Indonesia
• Protective Coating Inspector (PCI) – SSPC (US) Level 3 (PCI L3)
• TWI (The Welding Institute) & CSWIP (UK) – Senior Welding Inspector (SWI), 3.2
/ Level 3
• ASNT Non Destructive Testing Level 2 – Magnetic Testing (MT), Penetrant Testing
(PT), Radiography Interpreter (RI)
• Corrosion Inspector, INDOCOR
• Cathodic Protection, INDOCOR
• Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training (BOSIET) with Emergency
Breathing System (EBS) – OPITO International

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Main
What is Duties of a
responsibilities
Welding Welding
& personal
Inspector Inspector
attributes

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“An individual who is responsible for overseeing all the activities and duties of
the welding staff and ensuring that everything is in proper working manner.”
- AWS-CWI.

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Certifications of Welding Inspector

WI (Welding
• Level 1 (CWI)
Inspector),
• Level 2 (SCWI)
2 – 3 weeks course

WI (Welding
Inspector), • Level 1 (Visual WI)
2 – 3 weeks course • Level 2 (WI)
WI (Welding • Level 3 (Senior WI)
Inspector),
2 – 3 weeks course

IWI (International
Welding Inspector)

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Main responsibilities:
• Code Compliance
• Workmanship Control
• Documentation Control

Personal Attributes
Important qualities that good
Inspectors are expected to have are:
• Honesty
• Integrity
• Knowledge
• Good communicator
• Physically fit

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Standard for Visual Inspection, Basic Requirements as per BS EN ISO 17637 – Non-
destructive examiniation of fussion welds – Visual examination

Welding Inspection Personnel should :

• Be familiar with relevant standards, rules, and specifications applicable to the
fabrication work to be undertaken
• Be informed about the welding procedures to be used
• Have good vision (which should be checked every 12 months)
Illumination :
• 350 lux minimum required (recommends 500 lux – normal shop or office
lighting)
Vision Access :
• Eye should be within 600mm of the surface and viewing angle to be not less
than 300.

Source : CSWIP Certification Module

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When access is restricted may use :

• A mirrored borroscope
• A fibre optic viewing system

Other aids :
• Welding gauges (for checking bevel angles, weld profile, fillet sizing, undercut)
• Weld-gap gauges and liner misalignment (High – Low) gauges
• Straight edges and measuring tapes
• Magnifying lens (if magnification lens used it should have magnification
between X2 to X5)

Source : CSWIP Certification Module

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WELDING INSPECTOR EQUIPMENT

Measuring Devices :
• Flexible tape, steel ruler
• Temperature indicating crayons or gauges
• Welding gauges
• Volt meter
• Amp meter
• Magnifying glass
• Torch / Flash light
• Gas flowmeter / gas detector

Source : CSWIP Certification Module

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DUTIES OF A WELDING INSPECTOR

Before Welding
• Before assembly During Welding After Welding
• After assembly
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Before Welding

Welding Procedures
Equipment and
Preparation (WPS) and Welder
Qualifications Materials

Equipment in good
Familiarisation with Applicable, Valid and
condition and
relevant documents In-Date
calibrated
(Code, Drawings,
Procedures, QP/ITP)
Can be identified and
related to the mill
cert., correct
dimension, and
suitable condition

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Before Welding

Weld
Consumables Equipment Fit up Preheat
Preparation

Good condition and

In accordance with Complies with WPS / calibrated as required Complies with WPS If specified
WPS Drawing by Procedure

Controlled in Minimum
Free from defects or Number / size of tack
accordance with temperature complies
contamination welds
procedure with WPS

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During Welding

Weather Welding
Welder Consumables
Conditions Process(es)

In accordance Qualified and In accordance

with WPS approved to with WPS
weld the joint

In suitable
condition

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During Welding

Preheat (if Welding

Inter-run dressing Distortion control
required) Parameters

Welding is
In accordance to
Current balanced & over
Interpass approved method
welding is avoided
temperature as
specified by WPS

Voltage

Travel Speed

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After Welding

Weld Visual Dimensional

NDT Repairs Documentation
Identification Inspection Survey

Ensure all NDT is Ensure any

Ensure weld is Ensure comply with Monitor to ensure
completed and modification are on
Identified as required suitable for all NDT relevant documents compliance with
reports available as-built drawings
(code/drawings) procedure

Ensure all required

Sentence to code
documents are
Marked with welder requirements Ensure all records
available
ID are available

Collate/file
documents for
manufacturing
records

Sign and forwarded

to QC coordinator

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SUMMARY OF DUTIES

A Welding Inspector Must :

Observe
To observe all relevant actions related to weld quality throughout production.

Record
To record or log all production inspection points relevant to quality including a final
report showing all identified imperfections.

Compare
To compare all recorded information with the acceptance criteria and any other
relevant clauses in the applied application standard.

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