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The WELDING INSPECTION of STEELS (WIS 5)
Section Title
) Duties & Responsibilities
y Welding Terms & Definitions
3 Welding Imperfections
4) Mechanical Testing
5) Welding Procedures/Welder approval
6 Materials Inspection
2 Codes and Standards
8) Welding Symbols on Drawings
’) Introduction to Welding Processes
10) Manual Metal Are Welding
sin) ‘Tungsten Inert Gas Welding
12) ‘Metal Inert/Active Gas Welding
13) Submerged Are Welding
14) Welding Consumables
15) Non Destructive Testing
16) Weld Repairs
i) Residual Stress & Distortion
18) Heat Treatment of Steels
19) Oxy-Fuel Gas Welding/Brazing and Bronze Welding
20) ‘Thermal Cutting Processes
21) Welding Safety
22) Weldability of steels
23) ‘Visual Inspection Section
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@TWI 2004 WIS 5 Welding Inspection
Section 01
Duties & Responsibilities of a Welding Inspector THE WELDING INSTITUTE
Welding Inspection
An Introduction:
In the fabrication industry it is common practice to employ Welding Inspectors to ensure
that fabricated items meet minimum specified requirements and will be suitable for their
intended applications. Employers need to ensure that Welding Inspectors have
appropriate abilities, personal qualities and level of job knowledge in order to have
confidence in their work. As a means of demonstrating this there are a number of
internationally recognised schemes, under which a Welding Inspector may elect to
become certified.
The purpose of this text is to provide supporting WIS 5 course lecture reference notes for
the use of candidates qualifying for the Certification Scheme of Welding and Inspection
Personnel (CSWIP) 3.1 Welding Inspectors examination.
‘A competent inspector should have both experience and knowledge, and as such there are
strict pre-examination experience requirements for the various examination grades. Each
prospective CSWIP candidate should ensure his/her eligibility by evaluating experience
requirements before applying for any examination against the published CSWIP
document CSWIP-WI-6-92. (Requirements for Certification of Welding Inspectors) All
experience should be documented on an independently verified CV.
A proficient and efficient Welding Inspector would require a sound level of knowledge in
a wide variety of quality related technologies employed within the many areas of the
fabrication industry. As each sector of industry would rely more on specific processes
and methods of manufacture than others, it would be an impossible task to hope to
encompass them all in any great depth within this text, therefore the main aim has been to
generalise, or simplify wherever possible
A high percentage of a typical Welding Inspectors working day would generally be spent
in the practical visual inspection and assessment of welds on fabrications, as such this
also forms a large part of the assessment procedure for most examination schemes.
BS EN 970 (Non-destructive Examination of Fusion Welds - Visual Examination) is a
standard that gives guidance on welding inspection practices as applied in Europe.
The standard contains the following general information:
Basie requirements for welding inspection personnel.
Information about conditions suitable for visual examination.
Information about aids that may be needed/helpful for inspection.
Guidance about the stages when visual inspection is appropriate.
Guidance on what information to include in examination records.
It should always be remembered that other codes and standards relating to welding
inspection activities exist and may be applied to contract documents.
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