Welding & QA/QC
Practical Welding Inspection & CSWIP 3.1 Preparation
Weld processes, defects, acceptance criteria and inspection documentation, with hands-on radiograph and macro interpretation sessions.
Industry focus: Fabrication, Welding & Heavy Engineering
Who Should Attend
Designed for these roles
- QA/QC inspectors and supervisors
- Fabrication and welding engineers
- Project engineers accepting fabricated work
Delivery formats
- Customised in-house training at your plant or office
- Public classroom delivery, subject to schedule
- Live online delivery where suitable
- Recommended group size: 8–20 participants
Problems Solved
What this course fixes
Repeat weld rejections with no root cause action
Inspectors unable to defend an acceptance decision to the client
NDT reports filed without technical review
Learning Outcomes
What participants can do after the programme
Outcomes are written as tasks, not topics — so managers can verify capability back at work.
- Identify weld defects and link them to process, consumable and technique causes
- Apply acceptance criteria from ASME IX, B31.3 and AWS D1.1 correctly
- Interpret RT, UT, MT and PT results and challenge weak reports
- Raise NCRs and repair procedures that hold up under client review
Course Outline
Detailed programme content
Day 1 — Processes & Metallurgy
- SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, FCAW and SAW in practice
- Heat input, HAZ behaviour and hydrogen cracking
- Consumable control and storage failures
Day 2 — Qualification
- WPS, PQR and WQT to ASME Section IX
- Essential vs non-essential variables — audit exercise
- Common qualification package errors
Day 3 — Defects & NDT
- Defect catalogue with real macro sections
- Radiograph interpretation workshop
- UT, MT, PT capability and limitations
Day 4 — Inspection Practice & Exam Preparation
- Inspection and test plans, hold and witness points
- NCR, repair and re-inspection workflow
- CSWIP 3.1 question drills and mock paper
Practical Work
Practical exercises and case studies
Sessions are built around calculations, data interpretation and technical decisions. Case material is generic or anonymised — no client-confidential project data is used.
Visual inspection practice on sample welds with acceptance criteria applied
Radiograph and macro interpretation exercises against code acceptance limits
Drafting and reviewing an inspection report and non-conformance record
Mock question sets in CSWIP examination format with review of reasoning
Trainer Profile
Delivered by Azman Yusof
Senior Trainer — Welding, NDT & QA/QC
18 years industry experience
Azman has qualified hundreds of welding procedures and rejected plenty of them. His sessions run on real radiographs, real PQR packages and real client NCRs, so participants leave able to defend a weld package in front of a client inspector.
Real project exposure
- WPS/PQR qualification programme for an offshore jacket fabrication yard in Lumut
- Weld repair rate reduction programme at a structural fabrication shop in Pasir Gudang
- Third-party QA/QC oversight for pipeline tie-ins in Terengganu
Certifications
- CSWIP 3.1 Welding Inspector
- ASNT NDT Level III (UT, RT, MT, PT)
- IWE — International Welding Engineer
Trainer allocation is confirmed in your proposal. Substitute trainers hold equivalent certification and sector experience.
Next Step
Run this programme for your team
We will confirm available dates, trainer, duration and HRD Corp claimable investment — and adjust the outline to your equipment and standards at no extra cost.
No obligation. Proposals include HRD Corp claim guidance.
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