Application Form for CSWIP Ten Year Recertification (Overseas)

1. CERTIFICATE HOLDER’S DETAILS

Name as Shown on Certificate Raghavan Venkatraman
Address Line 1 No.24/25, Flat no.F2,Thirumurugan street
Address Line 2 Venkatesh Nagar, Virugambakkam
Address Line 3
Town/City Chennai
State/Province/County Tamilnadu
Postal/Zip Code 600092
Country India
CSWIP Certificate Number 89949/2
Contact Email
N.B. We cannot accept shared [email protected]
company inboxes.
Contact Telephone Number +91 9840285082
Date of Birth 18/02/1981
PLEASE NOTE: TWI Certification Ltd will not return any documentation following the processing of this
application. Only CSWIP log books or original log book pages will be returned. All other documentation will be
held on file for six months, after which they will be destroyed. If you wish for us to return any documents other
than a log book to you, please contact us by email: [email protected]

2. FEES
The fee for processing this Recertification Application is £120.00 (Pounds Sterling)

PAYMENT BY COMPANY
If payment is being made by a company then please provide full company details including contact name and
company email address with your application. The company contact should not be the certificate holder.
Company Name
Contact Name
Company Address

Telephone Number
Company Email
VAT Number

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 PAYMENT OPTIONS

a) by Bank Transfer using TWI Certification Ltd bank account details

Please ensure that when you are making a Bank Transfer you pay all bank charges, ensuring that TWI Certification
Ltd receives exactly what is required from you.
Please provide your bank with your name and certificate number to use as a payment reference. Once payment has
been completed successfully, please send with your application a copy of your bank’s confirmation of
payment. The confirmation should clearly state the name of the account holder who made the payment, the date the
payment was made, the amount that was transferred, and your name and certificate number.
Bank Name and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, 1 CHURCHILL PLACE, CANARY WHARF,
Address LONDON, E14 5HP, UK
Beneficiary Name TWI LTD

IBAN Number GB61 BARC 2074 2160 9193 49

SWIFT Code and
BARC GB22
Account Number
Account Number 60919349

Sort Code 20-74-21

b) by a VISA or MasterCard Credit/Debit Card

IMPORTANT: New legislation does not allow us to receive any card details by email. Please enter card details on
application form just before posting, or telephone +44(0)1223 899000 with the details. Please note that any email
received containing credit/debit card details in the body of the email or on an attachment will be
automatically deleted. We thank you for your co-operation with this.

PLEASE ENSURE THE CARD PROVIDED IS APPROVED FOR OVERSEAS PAYMENTS

Credit/Debit Card Holder’s

Name
Card Number

Expiry Date
The Last 3 Digits of Security
Code on Reverse of Card

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 CHECKLIST FOR APPLICATION
Important: All of the Items that are listed in the Checklist below must be produced for your application to be
successful.
Incomplete applications will incur an additional administration fee (minimum £48.00).
Please check that you are sending all requested documents and tick to confirm they are enclosed with this
application.

ITEMS ENCLOSED TICK

1. Certificate Holder’s Details (application form)

Credit/Debit Card Details Provided

2. Method of Payment Copy of your bank’s confirmation of payment which clearly states the
name of the account holder who made the payment, the date the
payment was made, the amount that was transferred, and your name
and certificate number
Original Log Sheets or employment pages from your Log Book, signed and stamped by your
employer(s) covering at least 48 months out of the 60 months covered by the certificate you are
3.
renewing
Please note that we do not normally accept experience or employment certificates.

4. Continuing Professional Development Form

5. Record of Experience (give details for your current or most recent employer)
An original document giving results of an eyesight test taken within the last two years,
confirming that you have taken a near vision sight test. For your convenience a form for this is
attached (page 7).
All CSWIP NDT (ISO 9712) certificate holders will need to submit results of a near vision
eye test taken within the last one year.
The person conducting your eye test must clearly state that your vision meets one of the
following standards:
6. Either aided or un-aided you can read Times Roman point size N4.5 or Jaeger point size J1 at
a distance of not less than 30cms.
All BGAS-CSWIP and CSWIP NDT (ISO 9712) certificate holders must also provide evidence
that they have passed a colour perception test assessed using the Ishihara 24 plate test.

All CSWIP Radiographic Inspectors, Radiographic Interpreters and TOFD Operators must also
provide evidence that they have passed a grey perception test.

The BGAS-CSWIP Certificate that you are applying to renew (photocopies of this certificate are
7.
accepted)

WHEN COMPLETE PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION BY POST TO:

TWI Certification Ltd
Granta Park
Great Abington
Cambridge
CB21 6AL
United Kingdom

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 3. LOG SHEETS
In order to qualify for renewal, you will need to demonstrate that you have carried out satisfactory work activity
with reasonable continuity during the five years covered by your certificate. “Reasonable continuity” means that an
absence or change of activity (preventing you from practising the duties corresponding to your certificate) for one
or several periods during the validity of the certificate does not exceed a total of one year. A minimum of four
years of verified work experience must be provided. Certificate holders not able to satisfy the continuity rules will
be treated as initial candidates.
GPlease complete a log sheet for each employer. Please print out as many of these sheets as required. Each log
sheet must be signed, stamped and dated under “Verifier Declaration” by someone at the relevant company. Each
verifier should be someone who held a more senior position than you (e.g. your manager, supervisor, etc.).

CANDIDATE AND EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

Candidate’s Name Raghavan Venkatraman

Candidate’s Date of 18/02/1981

Birth
Company Name Waves Tech Inspections
3/115, A.P.S Reegan Building, Tanjore Main Road, Kattur,
Company Address
Trichy -620019.
Employment Start Employment End
12/05/2019 12/05/2024
Date (DD/MM/YY) Date (DD/MM/YY)
Job Title Coating Inspector

BRIEF OUTLINE OF JOB DESCRIPTION AND DUTIES

 Executes the specific inspections on materials, equipment and
construction/installation activities on site.
 Issues the relevant Quality Records and, when necessary, write and
send to Quality Control Supervisor non-conformances reports.
 Control of storage and certification of consumables.
 Performs qualifications of coating processes.
 Checks surface preparation.
 Checks and records atmospheric conditions prior to starting of
painting operations.
 Carries out wet and dry film thickness checks.
 Monitors observations of the correct coding cycles.
 Verifies the correct colour-coding and painting.
 Performs visuals inspections.
 Performs adhesion testing.
 Performs penetration testing.
 Evaluates impact testing.
 Performs visual checks after blasting.

VERIFIER DECLARATION
I, the undersigned, hereby declare that I have knowledge of the above applicant’s
work activities, that the information given above is correct, and that I am
suitably qualified to verify this information.
Verifier’s Name Santhana kumar Stamp

Verifier’s Job Title Inspection Engineer

Verifier’s Immediate Supervisor
Professional
Relationship to
Candidate

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 Verifier’s Company Waves Tech Inspection
Email Address
[email protected]
Signature

Date

4. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD)

All CSWIP and BGAS-CSWIP certificate holders are required to keep themselves up-
to-date with technical developments in their field within the Industry. Continuing
Professional Development is required for your certificate renewal. (Approximately 35
hours of CPD per year is recommended).

Professional development can be achieved in any of the following ways, depending on

your personal circumstances, learning style and opportunities available to you:
 Private Study: Such as distance learning, Open University, Writing papers,
Reading, Research on the internet/journals etc.
 Short Courses: Attendance at short courses, seminars and presentations
 Attending Conferences, symposia and exhibitions
 Additional Study: Learning foreign languages, new computer skills etc.
 Membership of a professional body
 Meeting (non-social): Attendance at branch or technical meetings/webinars
 Further Education Studies
 Imparting knowledge: Making presentations, preparation of papers accepted
for conferences/publications, coaching/teaching/lecturing

Please indicate how you have undertaken professional development during the five
years ending on your certificates’ expiry date in the table below. (You should not enter
your work duties in this section.)
If you are a professional member of The Welding Institute, you have the option to use
the online CPD system (www.theweldinginstitute.com). Please print a copy and
include with your application.

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 HOURS
DATE DETAILS OF YOUR CPD ACTIVITY
SPENT
May 2019- Keeping my knowledge up to date and clearing my doubts through network sites Daily 1 hour
May 2024 Avg.(Total
more than 100
hours)
Dec 2019- Learned new computer skills 70 hours
Feb 2020

Jan 2022- Monthly conducting technical discussions 55 hours

Jan 2023
On Random Using internet to keep learning new technologies 50 hours
basis

5. RECORD OF EXPERIENCE
This section should record the principal features of your current or most recent job and show your specific
inspection/NDT responsibilities as indicated below.
To be completed by the listed certificate holder only.

INSPECTION EXPERIENCE
BGAS Welding Inspector/Senior Welding Inspector/Painting Inspector/Senior Pipeline Inspector/Site
Coatings Inspector

Offshore structural fabrication yard. Activities involved are annual repair

Principal Products/Activities
and maintenance of marine vessel, structures and pltforms.

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 Two components: Zinc rich primer, high build polyamide MIO, Aliphatic
Materials Involved polyurethane, Glass flakes, polyamide cured epoxies, surface preparation:
copper slag

Processes Used Surface Preparation, Grit blasting, power tooling, high pressure washing

Codes and Standards

ISO 8501, ISO 8502, ISO 8503, SSPC-PA2
Involved

NDT EXPERIENCE
For NDT Personnel Only

Principal Products/Activities

Materials Involved

NDT Techniques Used

Codes and Standards

Involved

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 TWI CL EYE SIGHT TEST FORM
Eyesight tests provided by opticians/hospitals etc. will be accepted as long as they clearly state that all of the
requirements have been met. If needed or for guidance please use this TWI CL Eye Test Form. Any observed
difficulty during the eye test should be reported to the employer.

DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL TESTED

Name Raghavan Venkatraman
Date of Birth 18/02/1981
No.24/25, Flat no.F2, Thirumurugan Street, Venkatesh Nagar, Virugambakkam,
Address chennai-600092. Tamilnadu, India.

To comply with certification requirements, all CSWIP & BGAS-CSWIP Certificate holders are required to
submit results of an eye test taken within the last two years. All CSWIP NDT (ISO 9712) certificate holders
will need to submit results of an eye test taken within one year.

NEAR VISION RESULTS

ALL CSWIP & BGAS-CSWIP CERTIFICATE HOLDERS MUST TAKE A NEAR VISION TEST
Is the above named person capable of reading Times Roman N4.5 or Jaeger 1 on a standard reading test
plate at a distance of no less than 30cm unaided or corrected in at least one eye? (Please tick)
CAN READ CAN READ WITH
IS NOT ABLE
UNCORRECTED CORRECTION

COLOUR PERCEPTION RESULTS

ALL BGAS-CSWIP & CSWIP NDT CERTIFICATE HOLDERS MUST ALSO PROVIDE THE
RESULTS OF A COLOUR PERCEPTION TEST
Colour perception shall be assessed by the Ishihara 24 plate test.

SATISFACTORY UNSATISFACTORY

SHADES OF GREY PERCEPTION RESULTS

RADIOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION, RADIOGRAPHIC INSPECTOR & TOFD CERTIFICATE
HOLDERS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A SHADES OF GREY PERCEPTION TEST
SATISFACTORY UNSATISFACTORY

DETAILS OF PERSON PERFORMING THE ABOVE TEST

Date of Test
Name
Email Address

Signature
Profession (please tick) Emboss official stamp here:
Optometrist Registered Nurse
Medical Doctor Certified to ISO 9712 Level 3
Other medically recognised person (please specify their qualification):

Please note that tests carried out by ASNT certificate holders will not
be accepted.

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