How an AWS : Certify Welding Inspector Support Customer’s Company

• Recommend proper filler metals based on
  • Base metal compatibility (e.g., matching carbon/manganese levels, chromium-nickel ratios)
  • Welding process (e.g., GMAW, SMAW, GTAW)
  • Service conditions (e.g., corrosion, temperature, structural requirements)
  • Relevant codes/standards (e.g., AWS A5.X, ASME Section II C)

Example: Suggesting ER70S-6 for mild steel structural welding or E309L for stainless-to-carbon transitions.

• Advise on machine-filler metal combinations that
  • Produce optimal arc stability
  • Minimize spatter
  • Ensure deposition rate matches job needs

• Help customers troubleshoot arc behavior, burnback, porosity, or incomplete fusion

• Ensure customers are using approved filler metals per
  • WPS requirements
  • Applicable welding codes (e.g., AWS D1.1, ASME IX, API 1104)

• Guide in documenting and qualifying
  • Procedure Qualification Records (PQR)
  • Filler metal batch traceability

• Assist in drafting or modifying Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS)
• Conduct or support procedure qualification testing

• Advise on
  • Preheat/interpass recommend Based on construction code and standard
  • Post-weld heat treatment (PWHT)  suggestion for alloy steels or dissimilar metals
  • Avoiding cracking or embrittlement due to wrong filler metal selection and temperature control

• Conduct training on
  • Correct filler storage and handling (e.g., low-hydrogen electrodes)
  • Welding Machine system setup
  • Optimize Parameter to meet best quality

• Live demos showing proper technique and settings

• Site visits or remote support to
  • Diagnose weld defects
  • Resolve quality control issues
  • Optimize production efficiency

• Approved welder’s skill
  • Improve weld quality
  • More competitive opportunity
  • Meet client satisfactory