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 Inspection Engineer Career Path, How to be an Inspection Engineer..?

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post Sep 2 2009, 04:29 PM

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Yeah, one thing is the basic pay is piss poor. Why pay you alot when they can hire an indian national for only less then 2k with level 2 certs for PT,RT, UT and MT plus with exp somemore.

From a business point of view they lose out if offer u so much.

Btw, do ndt inspection job in china, most of them close one eye. Last time i go there as third party inpector on behalf of client, both the inspectors and welders are no 1 sleep on the job.

Just do rough "visual" inspection oledi know their welding phail like phuck. 200mm plate weld they only weld about 70%, the rest just slag residue here and there.

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post Aug 13 2010, 05:17 PM

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QUOTE(pataya3913 @ Apr 20 2010, 06:00 PM)
OK let me try to explain. Actually for PCN you don't really need to have a working experience. Its just that it helps if you do. Level in NDT for PCN as follow :-

Level 1 - Newbie/Helper
You are only allowed to do the inspection under the supervision of a minimum Lvl 2 Inspector. You are not allowed to do reports nor does your reports is taken into consideration. Usually people train/apprentice from this level...but if you do not have prior working experience...you can still take the course...you just need to keep a log book of working experience. You need to complete 1 year worth of experience in 1 year's time. After that then only you are a fully certified PCN inspectors...I know...I straight took Lvl 2 PCN in BINDT itself. 2 months of UT/MT & PT...

Level 2 - Normal Inspector
You are allowed and eligible to perform inspection and reports are valuable. And PCN UT comes in 4 different method. 3.1 (Plates), 3.2 (Pipes), 3.8 (TKY) and 3.9 (Node). Sorry I forgotten actually which is which for 3.8 & 3.9 but its those two method.

Level 3 - Master Inspector
Usually if you are in this level you can be considered taiko already. And most Lvl 3 inspectors are now consultant. They able to endorsed certificates for level 1 & 2...and usually are taken as a 3rd party or independent inspector.

I also read earlier someone mentioned BINDT is British and MINDT is Malaysia...its actually the same...both are PCN recognized...and it's true...just the name...infact MINDT examinations are from BINDT's and also the examiners come from BINDT itself in Sheffield.

NDT or NonDestructive Testing evolves around this

UT - Ultrasonic (got more like eddy currents etc)
MT - Magnetic Particles
PT - Penetrant / Dye Penetrant
RT - Radiography (only to shoot RT)
RI - Radiographic Intepretation (only to read and supervise RT shooting)

I've been working as a Team Leader in a Singapore company for 4 years. I recently stopped being a UT man as my son was borned and I want to concentrate at home first...

Im able to do UT,MT and PT and also some in house RI's...

Hope that helps...
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PCN level 3's do not have the capacity to issue certs for level 1 or 2 pcn certs, unlike ASNT level 3 to ensure the quality of PCN cert.

Only certified PCN level 3 "instructors" from an approved training center are able to issue certs. This is becoz for asnt, any level 3 can churn out sub-standard inspectors according to that persons preference. PCN is more strict in that regard so that ppl dont PCN level 3 cant abuse their authority and certify any tom, d*** and harry.

This is the problem being faced by ASNT whereby a level 3 just churns out certs at his/her discretion.

Currently theres demand from saipem for risk assessment and HSE. Their paying very good renumerations, around USD1000++ a day.

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QUOTE(ben3003 @ Oct 21 2012, 09:20 PM)
I've been working for SHell E8/F13 compression project in the project team, but not about QA/QC.. doing completion management. Now i plan to venture into Inspection field as i am a Materials engineering grad, i wanted to take CSWIP 3.1.. but i dont know where and wat company should i look for job for inspection engineer. Should i go for welding inspector kind of job instead?
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For welding inspectors, one of the more lucrative contracts you can get as a welding inspector is to be contracted by the big clients, BP, shell etc as a third party welding inspector working directly under the client to ensure that the WPS and welding work is up to scratch, you may also be required to also do steel inspection on structures depending on the what project you are performing on.

You do know that to be certified as cswip 3.1 you need at least 2 years working exp as a 3.0 visual welding inspector before you are allowed to fully certified as a scwip 3.1 welding inspector? Its more lucrative if you were find work as freelance welding inspector which they pay quite well and go according to a daily rate. I used to do some freelance work as a welding inspector for noble drilling and i made more in a week then a fresh grad makes in a month. Plus my food expenses, accomodation and flights were all covered by them and since i was working overseas, it was all tax free.

An example would be a colleague of mine who is certified cswip 3.1 like me but his primary task is to do steel inspection and to survey the workers and work being done onboard a ship since he has around 10 years exp as a marine ship inspector in his previous job. Once in awhile he does actual welding inspection, but for the most part, he is just there as the client representative who surveys the work being done and to report to the head surveyor on the progress of work done onboard the ship and to do visual inspection on various parts of the ship which have a higher chance of corrosion and to do thickness measurements on it and advise the client on whether repair work are in order.
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QUOTE(thegreatgorillarz @ Nov 8 2012, 12:24 PM)
Thanks. Already applied

Added on November 8, 2012, 12:29 pm

Btw, are the welding inspector is considered as inspection engineer? Is it the same or not? Sorry cause I'm quite blur in this..hehe
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Inspection engineer is a rather loose term nowadays since there are alot of fields of inspection that you can specialize without the need for a degree. It depends on how ppl look at things, there are people who equate an inspector as a technician level worker while some ppl regard them as an engineer.

You can be an inspection engineer specializing in welding inspection. I have heard of the term welding engineer but i do not know what are the responsbilities for that position since most of the internationally recognized welding courses are for welding inspectors and not engineers.

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QUOTE(ben3003 @ Nov 16 2012, 01:37 PM)
yeah i've asked some of the mech inspector at current project but for ppl like us who are fresh, we are advised to take some position in QA/QC to learn more and when u have good networking then venture into freelance inspectors will give u better income. May i know what kind of company that would take fresh grad into their QA/QC dept? I would like to apply for them.
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You could try offshore construction firms like emas offshore, mcdermott international or petra energy which has an offshore marine support division or refineries.

There was one guy in the forum who's working as a QA/QC inspector but i dont think he's a freshie. The odd thing is he was offered a posting in dubai with a monthly salary of around rm10k and in malaysia he's making less then half that amount but he still thinks its not worth it.

Its not so common to get a 100% increment from a new job but he said he's looking for better opportunities. I know a ton of people who would snap up that position.

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QUOTE(ch_teo @ Nov 17 2012, 10:04 AM)
around 5 years ago, it is worth. but now it may not.
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This is for a technician level post. I know one guy whose around 40 who works for infineon as a top level manager and he just earns the same amount and he has an mba.

You can make that kind of money right now and you can use dubai as a platform to further your career more so then keeping yourself stuck in malaysia.
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