Welding Inspection and Mechanical QA/QC with NDT Basics

Mechanical engineering graduates and diploma holders, welders and fitters moving into inspection, and QA/QC engineers new to welding, on fabrication, piping, pressure equipment, structural steel and oil and gas projects anywhere. No inspection experience is needed; school physics and arithmetic are enough.

Yes. Every module, the notes, the worked problems, the project and the final assessment are free, and the only software you might use is a free spreadsheet. The certificate is optional.

It covers the knowledge both exams test, and module 14 sets out their formats as published at the time of writing, so you can study for either with a plan. It is not CSWIP 3.1 or AWS CWI and does not award either: CSWIP is awarded by TWI Certification and the CWI by the American Welding Society, each after its own exams, eyesight test and documented experience. Check cswip.com and aws.org for the current rules before you book.

No. It teaches how penetrant, magnetic particle, radiographic and ultrasonic testing work, what each finds and misses, and how to read their reports. Carrying out NDT and signing results needs practical training, an examination and certification under ISO 9712 or an employer's scheme to ASNT SNT-TC-1A, and radiography also needs radiation safety authorisation under local law.

It names them by family and teaches their structure in its own words: ISO 15614 and ISO 9606 with ASME Section IX for procedure and welder qualification, ISO 5817 and ISO 6520 for imperfections, ISO 2553 with AWS A2.4 for symbols, EN 10204 for material certificates, ISO 9712 with ASNT SNT-TC-1A for NDT personnel, and ASME B31.3, AWS D1.1 and API 1104 as the piping, structural and pipeline codes. Acceptance values in the problems are given as project data. On real work the code and edition in your contract govern, and a competent person decides.

Gulf oil and gas and fabrication adverts usually ask for CSWIP 3.1 or AWS CWI, NDT Level II and, on Saudi Aramco work, the client's own approval. This course covers the knowledge behind those and the documents you will handle there: the ITP, weld log, NCR and hydrotest pack. Client approval is granted only by the client after its own review and test.

About 20 hours of video, notes and practice at your own pace, of which about 15 hours is video. The optional project takes about 10 hours more.

An EDWartens certificate of completion, issued when you finish the modules and pass the 15-question final at 60 percent, with a number anyone can verify on our site. It is not a CSWIP, AWS CWI, ASNT, PCN or ISO 9712 certificate or a client approval, and EDWartens is not affiliated with TWI, the American Welding Society or ASNT.

You act as the fabricator's QC inspector on carbon steel process pipe spools built to ASME B31.3 in a shop near Rotterdam: the ITP, the WPS and welder review, a material certificate check, a visual inspection report, the weld log with its radiography sample, an NCR from statement to closure, and the hydrotest calculation and release. A fully worked pack for one line shows you the standard expected.

Yes. Learning costs ₹0 in India: every module, the written notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment, with no card and no trial period. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹459 including GST for this beginner course, paid in rupees through Razorpay, and only if you want it after passing the final assessment.