Study material for the entry level welder certification(AWS)

BooRadley · Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:45 pm

Does anyone know what the best material is to study for the written examinations that are a part of the entry level welder certification for AWS? There are several modules, and the safety one can only be passed with a grade of 100%. I have been told by a master welder that the wording of the questions on all AWS certification exams messes everyone up, so I am trying to find the best study material I can find. Amazon.com isn't helping, and neither is google.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

sschefer · Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:29 pm

http://www.aws.org/w/a/membership/stcha ... d=XF3Q8LMB

BooRadley · Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:23 am

sschefer, I am a student member of AWS, there is no student chapter in my town, and I have looked over the AWS website trying to find a book that I should be studying. There was one I ran across that was called something like 'a guide to training an entry level welder'. Well, that costs money, and the description of it that i read is not informative enough for a person to know whether or not it is something for a student to study in preparation for exams, or if it is something for an educator to study to prepare him/her to properly train a student. Maybe I just hadn't got enough sleep or something.

Anyways, if you know which publication I should study, please tell me. Pretty please, with sugar on it.

rickbreezy · Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:09 pm

I saw a book once in barnes and nobles for thaat sort of thing. I dont know if that was it, but i know books like that can be very hard to find, so a franchise book store that could find and order something like that for you might be your best bet.

sschefer · Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:40 am

I know what your saying. A lot of places develop the study material for their testing and the only way you can get it is to take the course. A lot of the time it's just to damn expensive for the individual and more focused on an employer paying the cost which they can then write off.

A couple of hundred years ago I went throught the Plumbers Apprentiship program and the only way I could get in was to have a job as a plumber and join the union. Fortunately my Dad was a plumbing contractor and you better believe I paid dearly albiet not monitarily. It's kind of funny now, I'm an IT director with a Master Plumbers card out of Local 38. Guess my Dad actually did beat some sense into me after all. LOL...