How to become a Welding Inspector (CWI)

I walk you through the in's and out's of becoming

[StainlessTIG]

I’m going through Real Education. I’m excited to get this done. I’ve been welding and grinding ASME stainless pressure vessels for 20 years now. From fabrication, running the breaks, tank fit up, welding, grinding, seam welders, operating the plasma TIG to writing training procedures. Thanks for the great video.

[misfortuneempire]

Hey I’ve been a CWI for couple months now and I love it. I’m the CWI for a structural steel fab shop and it’s been amazing. Can’t wait to be a level 2 Ut. Currently studying for level 1/2 PT

[KBtoogood]

Totally agree with you about Real Educational Services to get your CWI! Gerald and Linda's preparatory course is the best out there that I know of and have double the passing rate that the AWS seminars have. I found that they over-prepare you by making their tests much harder than what the actual test is. It's like they train you to run a marthon when you're only running a 5 mile race. I also like how they re-test every three years to make sure that their seminars are up to date with the actual test. I went to their facility in Hempstead, TX September 2023 and passed on my first attempt thanks to them 😀. Anyways just discovered your channel and am a big fan already.

[trevorhoward]

Been a cwi for over 2 years now, best decision ever. Did mine on D1.1, part B was for sure the hardest part, but ultimately, the most intimidating part of test is that clock. Fastest 2 hours you'll ever experience. My overall average was 89%, but a pass is a pass.

[Shamallamasingsong]

Wow, this video is really packed with life-changing information, thank you for sharing! Gonna have to save it and rewatch multiple times.

[shawnmsattler]

I have failed the first 3 of each, not giving up, Ive been a welder and iron worker for over 15 years, between washington, Idaho, Montana and Indiana

[confirm]

ICC both bolting and welding in most cities in California is a prerequisite to have to weld inspect any structural building in California. Including any structural shoring where splice full pins are required and fillet welds are needed. Los Angeles city, Los Angeles county, Orange County etc .

[chrisrios]

good video brother, i also had linda from real education, but i tell you what, ive been a QC for a couple years now and i have to be honest, i hate it lol. People is your absolute worst enemy, being a QC brings the worse out of people, and you will find out people true nature, i have lost friends ive been knowing for 10 years over it haha. Also the company i work for is doing me wrong, i work as a field inspector and as a manager handling all documentation, weld mapping, NDE requests, building turn over packages for two different projects in two different citys. Its all good experience but its challenging at times

[hhurakan]

hey i want to be a cwi just started reading fundamentals from base line data good video by the way

[SpartanCards-viiq]

I'm 43 is it too late... I've been a structural steel welder for 11 years now

[barrbudo]

I have just done CSWIP 3.1 and I didn't like its training. I asked a friend who got his CWI cert if its course was better, and he said it isn't. Fortunately, there is good literature available plus the internet for you to teach yourself.

[lukepodmore]

How’s the pay over America for welding Inspection?

Been cswip in the uk for 4 years now, been a dream of mine to work in the USA

[ejpatrick]

where's a good place to get the study material for the exams? what i noticed about lot of these videos is that the prices for these test and study materials never mentioned. It's really expensive out of pocket. is there any where to obtain books for cheaper than AWS sells them??

[masterkeyify]

Hey I’ve been looking into this field for some time, I see a lot of jobs are asking about college degrees, do you think it’s necessary in this field? Cheers

[adogdrian]

I thought the AWS seminar was great and I definitely wouldn’t have passed without doing it.

[Mombierella]

Are you married 😍 just asking. Thank you for sharing this great information for this career

[mjpalencia]

How long is the required experience to take the class and the test to become CWI?

[GhostWalker-tlsy]

Just took the AWS seminar, DO NOT TAKE IT, the first thing the instructor said was "I'm not like Hobart, I don't care if you pass the exam, I only want to teach you how to be a real cwi" then proceeded to do nothing but tell stories all week and give us the same practice questions over and over, half of the Part b exam was never mentioned in class, so I was completely blind, his way of prepping us for part C was literally going thru the book and saying "highlight this" by the time we were done 2/3rd of the book was highlighted, meaning it was now over highlighted, didn't teach us how to navigate the book or really what to tab specifically, save your money, go somewhere else

[diegoromero]

Question here 👋 I’m being welding over 6 years already and I was thinking to get into this (cwi) but one thing is stopping me, I don’t have a high school degree or GED either and idk if that would be a problem, I got a friend and he is a cwi and he said that they never ask him for a high school diploma

[Shamallamasingsong]

Hello again, you have a new subscriber here.
Please make a video explaining welding codes for beginners. What are welding codes, and how many are there, how do they work, etc? Thank you Slump Monkey.