Ensures structural weld quality and compliance on offshore assets (jackets, topsides, modules, subsea structural fabrications), certifying that all welded joints meet code, project, and class ...

You need baseline education, vision/medical clearance, welding/code theory, and practical inspection skills verified by certifications (e.g., CWI or CSWIP) plus NDT Level II. Most candidates reach ...

Film radiography is often used for welding inspection in offshore and onshore pipe laying, and for checking the reliability of defect detection using ultrasonic testing. However, it can be slow and ...

The Installation and Fabrication Plastics Pipe Association (IFPA) has announced that it will be qualifying welding procedures and weld jobs performed by its members going forward. Mike Smart, IFPA ...

Welding creates problems for fleet managers because construction equipment does not fall into a neat category. A welder cannot qualify a hard-facing procedure to a structural steel welding code, for ...

OAKLAND — While Caltrans and contractors scurry to prepare the new Bay Bridge for opening on Sept. 3, state inspectors are also busy below decks, painstakingly scanning 656 feet of welds at the base ...