Whether the hotel provides breakfast is dependent on the hotel. We stayed at the DoubleTree at Logan Airport and they had a breakfast that would knock your socks off. Others, nothing, not even coffee or tea.

AWS provides lunch Tuesday through Friday. No longer is lunch served on Monday. They served the instructor a cold sandwich on Monday. It sucked.

QC1 and B5.1 are free downloads available at the AWS website when you sign up for the class. I recommend you download Z49.1 while you're at it. It is one of the free things available from AWS. It is the basis of all safety related questions on the CWI examination. I believe the attendee is also responsible for downloading the Book of Specifications when signing up for the examination. It is needed to complete the "homework" before attending the seminar.

For books, you will receive the Welding Inspection Technology text (WIT) and the workbook with all the review questions. You will get a copy of AWS A2.4 - welding symbols, A3.0 - terms and definitions, B1.10 - guide to NDE of welds, Study guide for D1.1 or API 1104 if you take one of those two codes for the open book code examination, if you take API 1104 there is a handout with questions for that standard, the Book of Exhibits for the 2-day VT seminar, a mini examination and a longer practice examination as part of the VT seminar, and finally a practice examination for the Fundamentals based on the WIT text book. Let's not forget the tool kit and a flashlight.

While the price charged by AWS for the seminar sounds like a chunk of change, considering the standards provided, the tool kit, etc., it is a bargain. Other organizations typically charge about $1000.00/day for their short courses. Consider what one would pay for the books alone, never mind the price can include the cost of the examination and as Brent mention, lunch for 4-days.

Al