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- - By bbish (*) Date 04-04-2005 17:33
AWS announces the introduction of a new program for certifying radiographic interpreters (RI).

It’s for you if your job responsibilities include reading and interpreting weld radiographs. You’ll learn proper film exposure, correct selection of penetrameters, characterization of indications, and use of acceptance criteria as expressed in the AWS, API, and ASME codes. And it’s for you if you really want to get ahead in the competitive workplace, prove yourself to your employer, and feel the satisfaction of adding a challenging certification to your credentials.

Check out the website: http://www.aws.org/certification/RI/

Bob Bishopric
AWS
Director of Corporate Marketing
Parent - - By NDTIII (***) Date 04-05-2005 03:44
Hi Bob. Is this something different than the old program? I have held the AWS/CSWIP RI cert since 2000. I have to admit, the cert opened doors for me and it paid for itself.
In fact, I am due for renewal in December. How do I go about renewing my cert?
Parent - By bbish (*) Date 04-07-2005 14:13
You, and anyone else in this particular circumstance, should call into our Certification department at 800-443-9353, ext. 470. They'll guide you through the process.
Parent - - By brande (***) Date 05-07-2005 05:25
I was very much excited about this program at first.

I had contacted AWS to be included in the first class.

I then found the price was very prohibitive, considering I have been reading, interpreting and accepting x-rays for years.

I have not come across a need for AWS-RI certification yet. That could change, I guess.

This RI addition costs more than the CWI.

Any comments appreciated.

brande
Parent - By dlmann (**) Date 07-22-2005 13:37
Hello All: Just completed the RI course and exam held in Orlando FL. Class number 3. Anyone who reviews film for whatever purpose will gain a lot of value out of this. Not everyone looks at film just to evaluate discontinuities. The course covered 4 inspection codes for discontinuity evaluation (AWS D1.1, DI.2, API 1104, and ASME VIII, Div I) and every specification known to mankind relating to RT. For the certification exam D1.2 was not included. There was an end of course exam involved that must be passed to get the training certificate.

Lots of emphasis on film quality before we dived into evaluation of discontinuities.

The word is not out to everyone as to how the certification exam is structured. Turns out it is much like the CWI exam. Three 2-hour sessions. A closed book fundamental/general with 70 questions, an open book code specific (three codes) with 60 questions, and a practical exam where you have to answer questions by interpreting 8 films to three codes.

To pass the fundamental/general it helps to have previous experience or training in RT. It will increase your chances of passing this portion. It will be awhile before I find out if I passed or not, but there were some things on the exam that were not covered in class and I had to recall those subjects from previous training. Hope the memory served me well.

The major downer of the course is that they had prepared a student handout containing sections of codes and specifications that we used all week for training, the end of course exam, and certification exam. But because of copyright hocus-pocus we had to return the handouts back to AWS. I felt that the cost of the course and exam could absorb that expense.

I don’t know if any contracts down the road will require a RI certificate, but there is no denying that is was a kick-butt class that challenged us all and we learned a lot. A valuable forty hours of documented training for the record book. I got my monies worth.

Regards, Donnie Mann
Parent - - By HgTX (***) Date 05-10-2005 18:47
Is this different from ASNT offerings?

Hg
Parent - - By jwright650 (*****) Date 05-10-2005 19:15
My understanding is that it allows a CWI RT film interpetation without having to be an ASNT RT Level II.
John Wright
Parent - - By NDTIII (***) Date 05-11-2005 03:47
Having a CWI alone will not allow you to interpret film and having the RI cert will not allow you to inspect welds. These are 2 seperate certs.
The RI is part of the AWS NDE program.
Now this is also dependent on your contract and your code that you are working to. If the client or your code requires ASNT then you must have ASNT.
I have held the RI cert for 5 years now and found it to be very beneficial.
Parent - By jwright650 (*****) Date 05-11-2005 11:02
[quote]Having a CWI alone will not allow you to interpret film and having the RI cert will not allow you to inspect welds.[/quote]

NDTIII,
You are correct, I meant what you said, but didn't explain it very well:)
John Wright

Fingers get ahead of my brain at times.
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