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Inspection Trends - October 2011 - Fall

Plan ahead. Even if your nine-year recertification �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������®�������������������������� Expand your credentials with an endorsement that fulfills your recertification requirements. Recertification every nine years requires either 80 hours of documented continuing education, retaking the “Part B” Practical Exam, or an endorsement to your certification.You can do this at any time, so why not do it now and secure the prestige and enhanced career potential of a credential in an additional welding code? A CWI or SCWI can take a Supplemental Inspection Exam anytime during the nine-year cycle. Qualifying for and passing one of these exams meets the requirements for recertification. Endorsements are listed on your endorsement card. Endorsements to codebooks require passing a two-hour Open-Book Code Application exam on one of the following codes: ����ASME Section IX, B31.1 and B31.3 Boiler r and and Pressure Pressure Vessel �� ����ASME Section VIII, Div Section IX Boiler and Pressure Vessel Seminars to prepare you for the two-hour exam on D1.1 or API 1104 are available at numerous ����AWS D1.1 Structural Welding �������������������������������������� ����AWS ����AWS D15.1 Railroad ����API 1104 Pipeline �� �� WS elding ���� �������� ���������������� WS D1.5 Bridge 104 country. Three new code clinics will be offered at FABTECH in Chicago: seminar sites across the country fered FABTECH of offe D1.5 Bridge Bri dge Code Clinic – Nov.. 14 D15.1 Railroad Code Clinic – Nov.Nov 14 ASME Section IX, B B31.1 31.1 and B31.3 Code Clinic – Nov.Nov 15 One other stand-alone credential can serve as an endorsement credit and also fulfills your At any time during your nine-year cycle, if you meet the prerequisites, AWS Certified Radiographic Interpreter hic (CRI). indications produced on radiographic media. It will prepare you for the CRI certification exam, which is given at the end of each seminar week. This is a valuable certification that fulfills your �� �������������� �� �������� �������� orkshop of www.aws.org/certification (800) 443-9353 ext 273 Interpreter �� AW �� �������� �� AW �� AW WS recertification requirement. you can apply to become certified as an nine-year requirement. Upcoming seminars and exams for CRI are: �������������������� �� �������� �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������� �������� If you don’t want to take any exams at all, you can fulfill the 80-hour education requirement by attending a six-day AWS 9-Year Recertification Recert Course. Courses are scheduled for: �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �� �������� ���������� �� ������ �������������������������������������� One more option is to recertify by taking the “Part B” CWI Practical Exam. This exam and refresher Visual Inspection Workshop seminars are offered at convenient CWI seminar/exam sites across the country. Our new Advanced Visual Inspection Workshops in Miami are specifically designed to prepare you for this exam. �� �� �� ���������� ���������� �� �� �� �� �� �� ���������� ���������� �� �� �� �� ���������� ���������� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� SC �� 1 Pressure Ve V �� essel Div. 1 and The five-day CRI seminar is designed to ensure that you have the knowledge to properly assess ���������� ection a re CW ear �� ���������� �� ������������������ �� fered �� ���������� �� �������� ���������� isual W .isual W See us at FABTECH booth #6200


Inspection Trends - October 2011 - Fall
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