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Thank You for the Profile update.
No apology was necessary, however.
It is just my own personal policy to I-G-N-O-R-E most posters who prefer their privacy. Despite this personal policy, sometimes I answer a post before I look at the Profile, or if the subject is important to me. Besides, your post was well put, and reminded me of a proposed policy by the Test Bank Subcommittee, to put SCWI testing on hold until they got around to fixing the exam to better reflect what is listed in the B5.1 Qualification document.
In a motion proposed by Al Moore, and supported by me, the Test Bank Subcommittee's proposed policy was overturned, and they were directed by the Main Committee to continue administering the SCWI exam. Both Al and I were interested in seeing if the AWS Staff or the Chairman would ignore this policy defeat and just not give the current exam anyway! If you have an exam date for the Senior Exam, it will be good to know.
A few years ago, I made a motion that the CWI Card be changed to a credit card style, so it could fit in your wallet, instead of having to trim it! The Certified welder registry card is a credit card type, so the AWS already has the technology. The Certification Department Manager at the time, (CZAR Peter) objected, saying that he had just gotten 5000 new blanks made, and he wasn't just going to have them thrown out! Well, I made the motion that the balance of the cards be discarded, and the AWS make a credit card style card forthwith. The motion passed. Not surprisingly, the policy directive was ignored by Staff. Now, I recently discovered that they have had a new batch of cards printed, and never did change the style and size to a Credit Card style.
Welcome to the Forum.
Joe Kane