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Dear Certificate Holder

CSWIP CERTIFICATE RENEWAL
Thank you for your enquiry regarding renewal of your CSWIP certificate.
Please find attached an application form and a list of the full requirements to enable us to proceed with this.
We would ask that you kindly return the completed renewal requirements prior to the expiry of your CSWP
certificate. Should you require any further information or clarification of the requirements please do not
hesitate to contact us.
Please ensure you obtain authentication where necessary, and return ALL of the required documents
to the undersigned clearly quoting the above reference. A checklist is enclosed for your convenience to assist
with this. Please complete it to ensure that you submit everything required.
We will return all original evidence, authenticated evidence and eyetest certificate.
All other paperwork will be retained in this office for a period of 6 months only and then destroyed.
When attending to the above matters please refer to the enclosed Guidance Notes.
Please note that if your documentation is not in order there will be a further charge of 20 for the initial work
we have to carry out to obtain this and a further 10 for each further action we have to take on your request for
renewal.
As you have not maintained a CSWIP log book it will be part of your renewal procedure that you purchase one
for the lower fee of 20 (normally 30).
Yours sincerely

Certification Administrator
TWI Certification Limited

CSWIP/WISWI/5YR/2011

THE FOLLOWING IS REQUIRED FOR RENEWAL OF YOUR

VISUAL/WELDING/SENIOR WELDING INSPECTOR
QUALIFICATION.
APPLICANTS NAME
CURRENT ADDRESS

Post/zip code
DATE OF BIRTH

CSWIP CERTNO:

CONTACT PHONE

HOME/WORK:

MOBILE:

CONTACT EMAIL

HOME:

WORK:

The ORIGINAL certificate.

THE ENCLOSED LOG SHEETS (1 FROM EACH OF YOUR EMPLOYERS FROM THE PAST 5 YEARS)
1. These should be completed by yourself and then each one should be signed and stamped by a responsible person
from that employer.
2. They must clearly show the name, telephone number and email address of the signatory.
3. Please ensure that you put your name and date of birth on the top of each log sheet.
Completed CPD (Continuing Professional Development) form.
Please complete the RECORD OF PROFESSIONAL WELDING EXPERIENCE form to show the percentage of time
you spend on welding inspection.
An original current eyesight test certificate within the last 2 years to one of the following standards:
1.
Times Roman N4 or Times Roman N5 2.
Jaeger J1 or Jaeger J2
Your optician must clearly state that you meet one of the above requirements.
One passport size photograph of yourself.
The renewal fee of 80.00 + Log Book fee of 20.00 = TOTAL 100.00 payment can be made either by cheque
payable to TWI or credit card by completing the following:
CARD NUMBER________________________________________________
EXPIRY DATE: _____________________ ISSUE NO (SWITCH ONLY) ______ START DATE ________________
CARD HOLDERS NAME:_________________________________________
THE LAST 3 DIGITS OF SECURITY CODE ON REVERSE OF CARD _________________
CARD HOLDERS SIGNATURE__________________________________ DATE: ___________________________
IMPORTANT: IF PAYMENT IS BEING MADE BY A COMPANY CHEQUE OR CREDIT CARD PLEASE TICK HERE
AND PROVIDE FULL COMPANY DETAILS;
COMPANY NAME:
CONTACT:
ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE NUMBER:

EMAIL ADDRESS:

CSWIP/WISWI/5YR/2011

To renew your certificate ALL of the following documents must be produced

- please check and tick that you have enclosed:
Item enclosed

Tick

Authenticated (signed and stamped) Log Sheets covering the

last 5 years

Continuing Professional Development Form (Authenticated by

current employer)

Record of Professional Welding Experience Form

(Authenticated by current employer)

One current passport size photograph of yourself

Recent eye sight test certificate - taken within the last 2 years

One Original Certificate

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Method of payment

Cheque/demand draft
enclosed
Credit Card details provided
Copy of Bank Transfer and
state date transfer was sent

ALL of the above must be provided in order that your application can be processed

CSWIP/WISWI/5YR/2011

RENEWAL OF CSWIP CERTIFICATES

GUIDANCE NOTES ON COMPLETING THE LOG SHEET
In order to qualify for renewal, you will need to demonstrate that you have carried out satisfactory work activity with
reasonable continuity during the previous five years. Reasonable continuity means that an absence of change or
activity (preventing you from practising the duties corresponding to your certificate) for one or several periods during
the validity of the certificate does not exceed a total of one year. Certificate holders not able to satisfy the continuity
rules will be treated as initial candidates.
Certificate holders who believe that they have satisfied the continuity rules must demonstrate it by completing the
Log Sheet. Please bear in mind that providing false information may result in your certificate being invalidated.
It is important that information is presented in a form which enables us to assess it against the requirements for
renewal. The most important parts of the Log Sheet in this respect are the entries entitled Brief outline of work
carried out for the above company. In these boxes please describe your activity bearing in mind that the following
are regarded as typical activities for CSWIP Welding Inspectors.

Application of codes and standards

Identification of materials
Pre-weld inspection and verification of preheating
Witnessing welding procedure and welder
approval testing

Correct use of approved procedures and

welders
In-process welding surveillance
Post welding inspection

Verification of post weld heat treatment

Studying NDT reports
Preparation of inspection reports
Senior Welding Inspectors may, in addition to the above, be involved in:
Supervision of welding inspectors
Interpretation of weld drawings and weld radiographs
Assessment of inspection and NDT reports
Ensuring compliance with QA standards and procedures including keeping of inspection records
Sentencing weld defects
Issuing a final certificate of compliance
In order to satisfy the renewal requirements certificate holders will be expected to show that they have been involved
in a selection (but not all) of the above, as appropriate. Involvement in only one of the above activities over the five
year period of validity may not be considered to satisfy the renewal requirement regarding work activity.
CSWIP has the right to ask the renewal candidate to forward his/her authenticated personal log of work activity.
Failure to do this or provide a satisfactory log may result in the candidate being refused a renewal and he/she will e
treated as an initial candidate. Keeping an activity Log Book is now a mandatory requirement from the issue
of your new certificate. Finally we need some indication of how you have kept up-to-date in welding technology
and a form is enclosed to facilitate this.

CSWIP/WISWI/5YR/2011

RENEWAL OF CSWIP CERTIFICATES

LOG SHEET
CANDIDATES NAME _____________________________________________________
DATE OF BIRTH:
COMPANY NAME & ADDRESS

NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON **

TELEPHONE NUMBER

FAX NUMBER

EMAIL ADDRESS:
Dates of employment = date / month / year
From:

To:
BRIEF OUTLINE OF WORK CARRIED OUT FOR THE ABOVE COMPANY
(please refer to separate guidance notes)
AUTHENTICATING
SIGNATURE & STAMP

COMPANY NAME & ADDRESS

NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON **

TELEPHONE NUMBER

FAX NUMBER

EMAIL ADDRESS:
Dates of employment = date / month / year
From:

To:
BRIEF OUTLINE OF WORK CARRIED OUT FOR THE ABOVE COMPANY
(please refer to separate guidance notes)
AUTHENTICATING
SIGNATURE & STAMP

COMPANY NAME & ADDRESS

NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON **

TELEPHONE NUMBER

FAX NUMBER

EMAIL ADDRESS:
Dates of employment = date / month / year
From:

To:
BRIEF OUTLINE OF WORK CARRIED OUT FOR THE ABOVE COMPANY
(please refer to separate guidance notes)
AUTHENTICATING
SIGNATURE & STAMP

COMPANY NAME & ADDRESS

NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON **

TELEPHONE NUMBER

FAX NUMBER

EMAIL ADDRESS:
Dates of employment = date / month / year
From:

To:
BRIEF OUTLINE OF WORK CARRIED OUT FOR THE ABOVE COMPANY
(please refer to separate guidance notes)
AUTHENTICATING
SIGNATURE & STAMP

delete as applicable

**

This person may be telephoned to verify that the work you conducted for him/her was
satisfactory and relevant to the certificate for which renewal is sought.

EVIDENCE OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD)

CSWIP Visual, Welding and Senior Welding Inspectors are required to keep themselves up-to-date with
technical developments in their field. Please provide details in the sections below covering the last five
years to support your renewal application with respect to CPD. If you are able to provide an official TWI
CPD Personal Record Card with authenticated entries, you do not need to complete this form. Blank
Record Cards are available free of charge from TWI Certification Ltd.

Please indicate how you have kept up-to-date with developments in welding technology over the last
five years, for example, internal courses, reading journals, external training, Membership of a welding
society:

Do you have a personal formal CPD system?

If yes, please give details of what it contains and outline your plan for the next five years

AUTHENTICATION
Name of responsible person:
Telephone number:
Authenticating signature or stamp:

RECORD OF PROFESSIONAL WELDING EXPERIENCE

This section should record the principal features of your job specification for the posts which you have
held during the past five years and should show your specific welding responsibilities. Please indicate
whether the responsibility is direct or delegated in each case. If more than one post is involved, please
photocopy pages and continue.
CURRENT JOB TITLE ___________________________________
No. of subordinate staff __________

Employed from (date) ________________

Employer ____________________________________

No. of employees ______________

Principal products/activities __________________________________________________________

Materials involved _________________________________________________________________
Welding processes used _____________________________________________________________
Codes and standards involved ________________________________________________________

JOB SPECIFICATION
Principal features showing welding inspection responsibilities

Welding responsibilities are:

Direct
Delegated

Percentage of your time devoted to above welding responsibilities

ORGANOGRAM
This section should show clearly your position in the organisation related both to senior and
subordinate staff and to other staff having welding responsibilities:

Authenticated by (initials)

RENEWAL OF CSWIP CERTIFICATION

(For overseas candidates only)

For the security of CSWIP certificates we use Agents for delivery in most countries and send all
new qualifications on a weekly basis by courier service.
We need to provide our Agents with either contact phone and/or email address for yourself so
they can contact you if necessary regarding your package.
Please indicate below regarding this request by signing the relevant section and returning this
form with your renewal package.

I AGREE THAT MY DETAILS BE SUPPLIED TO THE AGENT

YES/NO (please delete as applicable)

SIGNED _____________________________
DATE _______________________________