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Coryel AWS CWI Exam

The document describes updates made to the CWI practical exam, including a new Book of Specifications structured around industry sectors, updated test specimens in the Book of Exhibits, and an updated tool kit. It provides an overview of the 4-year development process and goals of addressing gaps identified in earlier exams related to areas like edge preparation and in-process monitoring. The new exam is based on a job task analysis and ANSI/AWS B5.1.

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Coryel AWS CWI Exam

The document describes updates made to the CWI practical exam, including a new Book of Specifications structured around industry sectors, updated test specimens in the Book of Exhibits, and an updated tool kit. It provides an overview of the 4-year development process and goals of addressing gaps identified in earlier exams related to areas like edge preparation and in-process monitoring. The new exam is based on a job task analysis and ANSI/AWS B5.1.

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The Updated CWI

Practical Exam
Kenneth W. Coryell, PE, SCWI
February 8, 2017
Overview
• Introduction
• Book of Specifications
• Book of Exhibits
• Test Specimens
• Tool Kit
Introduction
• 4 years in development
• CWI job task analysis
• Updated ANSI/AWS B5.1
• Earlier exam had gaps
– Edge Preparation
– Fit up
– In process monitoring
– WPS,PQR, and WQTR review
Book of
Specifications

Kenneth W. Coryell, PE, SCWI


Book of Specifications

• Earlier BoS was mostly collection of tables.


• Based mostly on D1.1
• CWI’s work in many industry sectors
• New BoS contains multiple industry sectors
Structure of New BoS
• 6 Clauses plus Normative and Informative
Annexes
• Clause 1.0 – General
– Standard tolerances
• Clause 2.0 – Structural Steel
– Workmanship/Visual Inspection Criteria
– Based on AWS D1.1
Structure of New BoS
• Clause 3.0 – Pipeline
– Workmanship/Visual Inspection Criteria
– Based on API 1104
• Clause 4.0 – Pressure Piping
– Workmanship/Visual Inspection Criteria
– Based on ASME B31.1
• Clause 5.0 – Procedure Qualification
– WPS/PQR Qualification Variables
– Qualification Testing Requirements
– Based on AWS B2.1
Structure of New BoS
• Clause 6.0 – Performance Qualification
– Performance Qualification Variables
– Qualification Testing Requirements
– Based on AWS B2.1
• Normative Annexes
– Contain needed info and requirements
– M-Numbers, F-Numbers, A-Numbers, etc.
• Informative Annexes
– Contain useful information
– Formulas, Pipe schedules, Abbreviations, etc.
Book of Specifications
Publicly available at AWS website (AWS.org)

Log in and search “Book of Specifications” or

http://aws.org/library/doclib/CWI-Book-of-
Specifications-2016.pdf
Book of Exhibits
Kenneth
(Corresponds to April W. Coryell,
3, 2016 version)PE, SCWI
Book of Exhibits

Not available to candidates before exam


• WPSs
• PQRs
• WQTRs
• Photos of NDT Methods
Butt Joint Groove Welds

Kenneth W. Coryell, PE, SCWI


Groove Weld
Groove Weld
Groove Weld
Groove Weld
Groove Weld Plate 2 Top
Groove Weld
T-Joint/Lap Joint

Kenneth W. Coryell, PE, SCWI


T-Joint/Lap Joint
Lap Joint
T-Joint/Lap Joint
Lap Joint/Intermittent Fillet
T-Joint Surface Roughness
Pipe Joint

Kenneth W. Coryell, PE, SCWI


Pipe Joint
Pipe Joint
Pipe Joint
Pipe Joint
Pipe Joint
Pipe Joint
Bend Specimens

Kenneth W. Coryell, PE, SCWI


Bend Test Replica
Tool Kit

Kenneth W. Coryell, PE, SCWI


6 Inch Machinist’s Rule
1/64” Scale

Note: Contains both fractions and decimals


Dial Caliper
V-WAC Gage
Fillet Weld Gage
Hi-Lo Gage

• Measures internal misalignment of


pipe.
• Measures root opening.
Retaining Screw

Legs ( Wires )
Roughness Comparator
Flashlight & Mirror
Magnifier

2” Diameter, 6.5 Diopter


Protractor

Measure edge
preparations for
compliance with
WPS.
Exam Development
• Questions written
• Numerous beta exams
• Questions revised and retested
• Data collected and psychometrically
analyzed to ensure exam fair and valid
prior to launch
Future Plans

• A metric version of the practical is


scheduled to be launched in July 2017 for
non-domestic exams.
• Book of Specifications, Book of Exhibits,
Tool Kit, question bank have all been
converted.
Questions?

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