CSWIP

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our Ref: CSWIP/2012 date as postmark

Dear Certificate Holder

CSWIP CERTIFICATE RENEWAL

Thank you for your enquiry regarding renewal of your CSWIP certificate.

Please find attached an application form and a list of the full requirements to enable us to proceed with this. We would ask that you kindly return the completed renewal requirements prior to the expiry of your CSWP certificate. Should you require any further information or clarification of the requirements please do not hesitate to contact us.

Please ensure you obtain authentication where necessary, and return ALL of the required documents

to the undersigned clearly quoting the above reference. A checklist is enclosed for your convenience to assist with this. Please complete it to ensure that you submit everything required.

We will return all original evidence, authenticated evidence and eyetest certificate.

All other paperwork will be retained in this office for a period of 6 months only and then destroyed. When attending to the above matters please refer to the enclosed Guidance Notes.

Please note that if your documentation is not in order there will be a further charge of £20 for the initial work we have to carry out to obtain this and a further £10 for each further action we have to take on your request for renewal.

As you have not maintained a CSWIP log book it will be part of your renewal procedure that you purchase one for the lower fee of £25 (normally £30).

Yours sincerely

Certification Administrator TWI Certification Limited

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APPLICATION FORM FOR RENEWAL OF YOUR VISUAL/WELDING/SENIOR WELDING INSPECTOR

QUALIFICATION. APPLICANTS NAME

CURRENT ADDRESS

Post/zip code

DATE OF BIRTH CSWIP CERTNO:

CONTACT PHONE HOME/WORK*: MOBILE:

CONTACT EMAIL HOME: WORK:

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE REQUIRED WITH YOUR APPLICATION: One of the CSWIP certificate(s) you want to renew

THE ENCLOSED LOG SHEETS (1 FROM EACH OF YOUR EMPLOYERS FROM THE PAST 5 YEARS)

1. These should be completed by yourself and then each one should be signed and stamped by a responsible person from that employer.

2. They must clearly show the name, telephone number and email address of the signatory. 3. Please ensure that you put your name and date of birth on the top of each log sheet. Completed CPD (Continuing Professional Development) form.

Please complete the RECORD OF PROFESSIONAL WELDING EXPERIENCE form to show the percentage of time you spend on welding inspection.

An original current eyesight test certificate within the last 2 years to one of the following standards: 1. Times Roman N4 or Times Roman N5 2. Jaeger J1 or Jaeger J2

Your optician must clearly state that you meet one of the above requirements. One passport size photograph of yourself.

The fee for processing of £80.00 + Log Book fee of £25.00 = TOTAL £105.00 payment can be made either by cheque payable to TWI or credit card by completing the following:

CARD NUMBER________________________________________________

EXPIRY DATE: _____________________ ISSUE NO (SWITCH ONLY) ______ START DATE ________________ CARD HOLDER’S NAME:_________________________________________

THE LAST 3 DIGITS OF SECURITY CODE ON REVERSE OF CARD _________________

CARD HOLDER’S SIGNATURE__________________________________ DATE: ___________________________ IMPORTANT: IF PAYMENT IS BEING MADE BY A COMPANY CHEQUE OR CREDIT CARD PLEASE TICK HERE  AND PROVIDE FULL COMPANY DETAILS;

COMPANY NAME: CONTACT:

ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE NUMBER: EMAIL ADDRESS: *delete as appropriate

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To renew your certificate ALL of the following documents must be produced

- please check and tick that you have enclosed:

Item enclosed Tick

1 Authenticated (signed and stamped) Log Sheets covering the last 5 years

2 Continuing Professional Development Form (Authenticated by current employer)

3 Record of Professional Welding Experience Form (Authenticated by current employer)

4 One current passport size photograph of yourself

5 Recent eye sight test certificate - taken within the last 2 years 6 One Original Certificate

7 The Application form 8

Method of payment Cheque/demand draft enclosed Credit Card details provided Copy of Bank Transfer and state date transfer was sent

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RENEWAL OF CSWIP CERTIFICATES

GUIDANCE NOTES ON COMPLETING THE LOG SHEET

In order to qualify for renewal, you will need to demonstrate that you have carried out satisfactory work activity with reasonable continuity during the previous five years. “Reasonable continuity” means that an absence of change or activity (preventing you from practising the duties corresponding to your certificate) for one or several periods during the validity of the certificate does not exceed a total of one year. Certificate holders not able to satisfy the continuity rules will be treated as initial candidates.

Certificate holders who believe that they have satisfied the continuity rules must demonstrate it by completing the Log Sheet. Please bear in mind that providing false information may result in your certificate being invalidated.

It is important that information is presented in a form which enables us to assess it against the requirements for renewal. The most important parts of the Log Sheet in this respect are the entries entitled “Brief outline of work carried out for the above company”. In these boxes please describe your activity bearing in mind that the following are regarded as typical activities for CSWIP Welding Inspectors.

• Application of codes and standards

• Identification of materials

• Pre-weld inspection and verification of pre-heating

• Witnessing welding procedure and welder approval testing

• Correct use of approved procedures and welders

• In-process welding surveillance

• Post welding inspection

• Verification of post weld heat treatment

• Studying NDT reports

• Preparation of inspection reports Senior Welding Inspectors may, in addition to the above, be involved in:

• Supervision of welding inspectors

• Interpretation of weld drawings and weld radiographs

• Assessment of inspection and NDT reports

• Ensuring compliance with QA standards and procedures including keeping of inspection records

• Sentencing weld defects

• Issuing a final certificate of compliance

In order to satisfy the renewal requirements certificate holders will be expected to show that they have been involved in a selection (but not all) of the above, as appropriate. Involvement in only one of the above activities over the five year period of validity may not be considered to satisfy the renewal requirement regarding work activity.

CSWIP has the right to ask the renewal candidate to forward his/her authenticated personal log of work activity. Failure to do this or provide a satisfactory log may result in the candidate being refused a renewal and he/she will e treated as an initial candidate. Keeping an activity Log Book is now a mandatory requirement from the issue of your new certificate. Finally we need some indication of how you have kept up-to-date in welding technology and a form is enclosed to facilitate this.

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RENEWAL OF CSWIP CERTIFICATES LOG SHEET

CANDIDATE’S NAME _____________________________________________________ DATE OF BIRTH:

COMPANY NAME & ADDRESS

NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON **

TELEPHONE NUMBER FAX NUMBER EMAIL ADDRESS:

Dates of employment = date / month / year

From: To:

BRIEF OUTLINE OF WORK CARRIED OUT FOR THE ABOVE COMPANY (please refer to separate guidance notes)

From: To:

AUTHENTICATING SIGNATURE & STAMP

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From: To:

* delete as applicable

** This person may be telephoned to verify that the work you conducted for him/her was satisfactory and relevant to the certificate for which renewal is sought.

AUTHENTICATING SIGNATURE & STAMP

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EVIDENCE OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD)

CSWIP Visual, Welding and Senior Welding Inspectors are required to keep themselves up-to-date with technical developments in their field. Please provide details in the sections below covering the last five years to support your renewal application with respect to CPD. If you are able to provide an official TWI CPD Personal Record Card with authenticated entries, you do not need to complete this form. Blank Record Cards are available free of charge from TWI Certification Ltd.

Please indicate how you have kept up-to-date with developments in welding technology over the last five years, for example, internal courses, reading journals, external training, Membership of a welding society:

1. Always referring to international Codes & Standards viz. ASME, AWS, Saudi Aramco standards, Qatargas Standards, Qatar Petroleum Standards.

2. Training for Gas Plant Familiarisation . 3. Actively involved in WPS & PQR Qualification.

4. Focusing on Alloy Steels (P.No. 4, 5A, 5B), Stainless Steel ( 304,316,321) Zecor etc.

Do you have a personal formal CPD system?

If yes, please give details of what it contains and outline your plan for the next five years NO

AUTHENTICATION

Name of responsible person: SRIDHAR DOWLRA

Telephone number: +97455863460, Emai lAddress: [email protected] Authenticating signature or stamp:

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RECORD OF PROFESSIONAL WELDING EXPERIENCE

This section should record the principal features of your job specification for the posts which you have held during the past five years and should show your specific welding responsibilities. Please indicate whether the responsibility is direct or delegated in each case. If more than one post is involved, please photocopy pages and continue.

CURRENT JOB TITLE ___________________________________

No. of subordinate staff __________ Employed from (date) ________________ Employer ____________________________________ No. of employees ______________ Principal products/activities __________________________________________________________ Materials involved _________________________________________________________________ Welding processes used _____________________________________________________________ Codes and standards involved ________________________________________________________

JOB SPECIFICATION

Principal features showing welding inspection responsibilities Welding responsibilities are:Direct Delegated

Percentage of your time devoted to above welding responsibilities

ORGANOGRAM

This section should show clearly your position in the organisation related both to senior and subordinate staff and to other staff having welding responsibilities:

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RENEWAL OF CSWIP CERTIFICATION

(For overseas candidates only)

For the security of CSWIP certificates we use Agents for delivery in most countries and send all new qualifications on a weekly basis by courier service.

We need to provide our Agents with either contact phone and/or email address for yourself so they can contact you if necessary regarding your package.

Please indicate below regarding this request by signing the relevant section and returning this form with your renewal package.

I AGREE THAT MY DETAILS BE SUPPLIED TO THE AGENT YES

SIGNED _____________________________ DATE _______________________________