I took my CWI with 1104 and worked with it a few times.
i have a friend whos a foreman on a refinery job and the
RT inspector has found some alleged discontinuities on several welds made by
the same welder who has been on this job for 6 months or more and had minimal repairs.
The refinery wants to retest the welder because the RT inspector told the foreman that
the welder had to many repairs allowed by code. I can't find anywhere in the code where retesting
is mandatory if a welder has a certain % of repairs in relationship to good welds.
I understand that the owners rep or contractor, or inspector can retest any welder at their discretion if their
competency is in doubt. Another RT tech looked at the films and saw nothing wrong, then they uted the welds
and the defects were found acceptable. Thanks Joe