TWI WIS 5 Course The WELDING INSPECTION of STEELS Section ______Tile 1) Duties & Responsibilities y Welding Terms & Definitions 3 ‘Welding Imperfections 4) Mechanical Testing 5) Welding Procedures/Welder approval 9 Materials Inspection a Codes and Standards 8) Welding Symbols on Drawings ) Introduction to Welding Processes 10) Manual Metal Are Welding Ww ‘Tungsten Inert Gas Welding 12) Metal Inert/Active Gas Welding 13) Submerged Are Welding 14) ‘Welding Consumables 15) Non Destructive Testing 16) Weld Repairs oy Residual Stress & Distortion 18) Meat Treatment of Steels 19) Oxy-Fuel Gas Welding/Brazing and Bronze Welding 20) ‘Thermal Cutting Processes 2) Welding Safety 2) Weldability of steels 23a) The Practice of Visual Welding Inspection 23b) ‘Visual Welding Inspection Practical Forms ‘TWI Manager Middle East 1 and Examination Services 00971-50-6426453 or e-mail @ TWI 2005, cnieslckWIS 5 Welding Inspection Section 01 Duties & Responsibilities of a Welding InspectorTwi CMT. Welding Inspection ‘THE WELDING INSTITUTE An Introductior In the fabrication industry it is common practice to employ Welding Inspectors to ensure that fabricated items meet minimum specified requirements and will be suitable for their intended applications. Employers need to ensure that Welding Inspectors have appropriate abilities, personal qualities and level of job knowledge in order to have confidence in their work. As a means of demonstrating this there are a number of internationally recognised schemes, under which a Welding Inspector may elect to become certified. The purpose of this text is to provide supporting WIS 5 (Welding Inspection of Steels course number 3) reference notes for candidates seeking qualification in the Certification Scheme of Welding and Inspection Personnel CSWIP 3.1/3.0 Welding Inspectors examinations, A competent Welding Inspector should posses a minimum level of relevant experience, and as such there are strict pre-examination experience requirements for the various examination grades. Each prospective CSWIP candidate should ensure their eligibility by evaluating experience requirements prior to applying for any CSWIP examination against the published document CSWIP-WI-6-92. (Requirements for Certification of Welding Inspectors) All experience claims should be recorded on an independently verified CV. A proficient and efficient Welding Inspector would require a sound level of knowledge in a wide variety of quality related technologies employed within the many areas of the fabrication industry. As each sector of industry would rely more on specific processes and methods of manufacture than others, it would be an impossible task to hope to encompass them all in any great depth within this text, therefore the main aim has been to generalise, or simplify wherever possible. Ina ypical Welding Inspectors working day a high proportion of time would be spent in the practical visual inspection and assessment of welds on fabrications, and as such this also forms a large part of the assessment procedure for most examination schemes. BS EN 970 (Non-destructive Examination of Fusion Welds - Visual Examination) is a standard that gives guidance on welding inspection practices as applied in Europe. ‘The standard contains the following general information: Basic requirements for welding inspection personnel. Information about conditions suitable for visual examination. Information about aids that may be needed/helpful for inspection. Guidance about the stages when visual inspection is appropriate. ‘Guidance on what information to include in examination records. It should always be remembered that other codes and standards relating to welding, inspection activities exist and may be applied to contract documents. Welding Inspection of Steals WIS S eee Suncaee Section 01 Duties & Responsibilities ‘MATERA sono Rey 09-09-05 Copyright © 2005 TWI Ltd UTM ‘ecivncc