AWS D1.1 paragraph 4.1.1.2 for WPS and 4.1.2.1 for welders both state that "qualification to other standards is the Engineer's responsibility, to be exercised based upon the specific structure, or service conditions, or both." If you have an Engineer that is familiar with both AWS D1.1 and CWB...
It would be very difficult to tell if you are in the short circuit mode of transfer or if you are in the globular mode of transfer without high speed photography. The safest thing to do would be to run a PQR plate and qualify the procedure - that is what I would do. And by the way Metal Core...
Even though the parameters you list would be in the short circuiting transfer mode for solid wire, running the same parameters with metal cored wire may result in a current density high enough to move you out of the short circuting transfer. It is very rare to experience short circuiting...
