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Originally Posted by southern151
This is a great field for ya! I weld in those plants and I SOOOOO wish I had gone the inspection route! My eyes wish I had gone the inspection route! Now, I am trying to get out of it all together.
Stick with it! I worked with a woman who was a 510 back in '08. At that time, she was getting $39/hr, doubletime after 8hrs and double all day Sat. and Sun.! She was also getting $125 day per diem!
BigLake, I heard a rumor the other day that now, in order to get your API certs, you must first have your CWI. Is there any truth to this?
Also, Hopedale, I've got a jump drive with all sorts of API & AWS stuff on it. Let me know and I can try to get a copy of it to you.
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No truth to that at all, there is a misunderstanding in exactly what an API inspector does. A CWI is a welding inspector, in process welds, construction...An API 510 is a Authorized Pressure Vessel Inspector and. Sure we look at and inspect welds but we look at in service welds, welds that have been in service. We look at corrosion rates on shell walls, heads and nozzles. We look at internal equipment. We look at heat exchangers, fired heaters, anything that holds pressure we inspect it. We make recommendations to the plant on how their equipment should be repaired based on our findings. We use corrosion rates to determine if the plant should repair their equipment this down time or if we think it can safely operate for another run cycle. Some folks that have an API cert have their CWI and some do not, it's all a matter on what that particular individual wants to do.
09-30-2010, 08:01 AM
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