Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) Examination
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- American Welding Society
- Contact:
- John Gayler, Sr. VP
- Phone:
- +1954.558.0530
- Email:
- gayler@aws.org
- Website:
- aws.org
Credential Contractor
- Credential Contractor:
- Same as source
- Contact:
- Same as source
- Phone:
- Same as source
- Email:
- Same as source
Test Administration
- Test Site:
-
- Testing facility
- Paper & Pencil
- No
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 1
- Time Allowed (minutes):
Unlimited
- Passing Score (percent):
Pass/Fail
- Cost Per Test:
60
- Test Specifics:
https://www.aws.org/certification/page/certified-welder-program
- Additional information:
This credential is performance-based. Students must weld pieces of metal together under certain specifications and have that weld inspected by a certified inspector. This is the industry standard for welding. There is no paper test to earn the credential, only written explanation of specifications for the weld to be performed. This in compliance with all major US standards related to welder qualification (AWS D1.1, ASME Section IX boiler and pressure vessel code, and API 1104 pipeline code).
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- Yes
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- Yes
- Planned breaks during test
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- Yes
- Extended time offered
- Test supervisor's discretion.
Setting
- Test location
- No
- Adaptive or special furniture
- Yes
- Special lighting
- Yes
Presentation
- Written directions accompanying oral directions
- Yes
- Specific verbal prompts
- Yes
- Visual aids
- No
- Amplification equipment
- No
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- Yes
- Large-print test
- Yes
- Braille test
- No
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Audio test
- Yes
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- Yes
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- Yes
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- No
- Communication board or choice cards
- No
- Examiner records responses
- No
- Brailler
- No
- Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
- No
- Augmentative communication device
- No
- Word prediction software
- Yes
- Spelling aids
- Yes
- English dictionary
- Yes
- Dictation using a recording device
- Yes
- Dictation to a scribe
- Yes
- Read back student response
- Yes
- Calculator and arithmetic tools
- Yes
- Calculator with additional functions
- Yes
- Math aids
- Yes
- Dry erase board
- Yes
- Additional writing implements
- Yes
- Audio test
- No
- Bilingual dictionary
- Yes
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- English dictionary
- Yes
- Examiner records responses
- No
- Flexible Schedule
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- Yes
- Extended time offered
- Test supervisor discretion.
- Multiple test sessions
- Yes
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Test directions delivery
- Yes
- Visual aids
- Yes
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