ICC Certification (Special Inspections)
ICC Certification (Special Inspections)
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Does anyone who is ICC certified (specifically S1 and S2 special inspection certs) have any advice on the best way to prepare for the exams? Thanks.
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RE: ICC Certification (Special Inspections)
RE: ICC Certification (Special Inspections)
If you can readily comprehend mid to high-rise structural steel/welding blueprints, you can easily pass the S1 (bolting) exam, even if you have no background in structural steel. A short review course will do the trick. However, the S1 certification alone has very little value in the industry.
The S2 exam's plan reading portion (Part 2) is straightforward, however, the open book code and fundamentals portion (Part 1) will be challenging for someone who does not have a background in welding. Relying solely on the reference materials is not sufficient to get through Part 1 of the S2 (structural welding) exam.
About 1/2 of the questions in the S2 Part 1 exam consist of photos/forms etc of: discontinuities, welding processes, NDT, WPSs, PQRs, and so on. Furthermore, the questions are rather wordy...clearly an attempt to evaluate the examinees grasp of the subject matter fundamentals. I guess it was developed to: make it comparable in level of difficulty to the AWS CWI (Certified Welding Inspector) exam; and, weed out those who do not have real world experience from those who do.
RE: ICC Certification (Special Inspections)
I have all the SI certs except for welding. I have virtually no experience in welding insp. However, I had no experience in structural steel/bolting; I studied the reference material for 30 days and passed the exam. Pretty sure I only missed two questions. Took exam on Sat and by Monday I was out inspecting structural steel/bolting.
Success on these exams depends on effort expended in preparation. studying = success / TV = failure
So I'm going to put henri2's theory to the test. I'm going to study the welding reference material for a couple of months and give it a shot. I have a suspicion I'll be inspecting welds by the end of the summer. Scary!