Senior Certified Welding Inspector (SCWI)
Issued by
American Welding Society
Earners of the Senior Certified Welding Inspector are experienced CWIs who have a deeper and more highly detailed understanding of advanced NDE topics, quality systems, and procedure qualifications. Not only are SCWIs capable of performing inspections, they are able to supervise other CWIs and CAWIs. SCWIs prepare inspection procedures, review and interpret joining procedures, conduct audits of vendors and/or organizations providing materials or services to their company’s projects.
- Type Certification
- Level Intermediate
- Time N/A
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Capable of Developing Welding Procedure Specifications (WPSs)
- Develop and Provide a Training Program for CWIs and CAWIs
- Develop Audit and Surveillance Plans
- Prepare Non-Destructive Evaluations Requirements
- Prepare Vendor Bid Specifications
- Supervise Visual Inspection Compliance
- Supervision of CWI and CAWI Personnel
- Verify Destructive Testing Compliance
- Verify the Implementation of Quality Assurance Training
Earning Criteria
Standards
AWS Standards follow a strict set of rules and requirements that govern the standards approval process and all the technical committees responsible for their maintenance.