Level 2 Visual Welding Inspector Pathway
This pathway is designed for Level 1 Welding Inspectors who want to further increase their knowledge of inspection and testing techniques.
Pathway Micro-Credentials

Electrodes and Consumables
This professional level course focuses on comprehensive knowledge of welding electrodes and consumables. Topics include understanding the groupings and classifications of standard electrodes covered in various CSA and AWS standards, understanding the basic classifications for low alloy steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper and nickel alloy electrodes, understanding classification of electrodes for soldering and brazing filler metals, and more.

Review of Physical Metallurgy
This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of physical metallurgy. Topics covered in this course include, understanding the making of iron and steel, understanding the crystallographic differences between the ferrite and austenite lattice, understanding strengthening mechanisms, and more.

Introduction of Welding Metallurgy of Steel
This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of welding metallurgy of steel. Topics covered in this course include metallurgical transformations, cracking tests, lamellar tearing, meld metal reactions, avoidance of hydrogen induced cold crack, and more.

Metallurgy of Stainless Steels
This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of welding metallurgy of stainless steels. Topics covered in this course include explaining the role of various alloying elements in stainless steels, explaining the major problems in welding stainless steels and how to overcome them, understanding the welding procedures for stainless steels, and more.

Mechanical Testing of Welds
This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of mechanical testing of welds. Topics covered in this course include the concepts of stress and strain, the method behind tensile tests and bend tests, the requirements of various codes for tensile and bend tests, and more.

Welding Processes and Equipment
This is a professional level course focusing on advanced welding processes and equipment. It provides an overview of major welding processes, with emphasis on arc welding, and a broad understanding of the principles of operation of each process, general characteristics and equipment. Processes such as resistance welding (RW), plasma arc welding (PAW), electron beam (EBW), laser beam welding (LBW) and electroslag welding (ESW) are also covered.

Power Sources for Welding
This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of power sources used in welding. Topics include describing the static and dynamic characteristics of welding power sources, distinguishing between conductors and insulators, describing the evolution of welding power sources, and more.

Radiographic Inspection
This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of radiographic inspection of welds. Topics covered in this course include describing how radiography works, explaining how images are formed and what controls their quality, recognizing radiographic images of various defects, describing safety practices with radiographic inspection, and more.

Residual Stress and Distortion
This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of welding related stress and distortion. Topics covered in this course include, describing the causes of distortion, identifying the residual stress patterns in rolled shapes, identifying the types of distortion and explaining techniques of limiting and controlling distortion, and more.

Surface Inspection
This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of surface inspection of welds. Topics covered in this course include explaining the basic principles of LP and MP inspection methods, understanding the components of typical inspection procedures and techniques, identifying false and non-relevant indications, and more.

Ultrasonic Inspection
This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of ultrasonic inspection of welds. Topics covered in this course include describing how ultrasonic inspection works, calibrating equipment and the suitability of equipment and materials for the specifications of ultrasonic testing, describe the typical code requirements governing ultrasonic testing, and more.