Joint types, fillet and groove welds, 1G-4G positions, welding symbols, discontinuities, NDE methods, WPS and PQR, and Part B gauges: in your notes it's a wall of text. Here every topic fits on one page, with the drawing and what you need to remember. 65 illustrated pages.
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One topic per page, with a drawing that shows you how it looks and boxes with what you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 11 parts and 61 topics.
You've read the welding symbol chapter three times. You close the book...
...and the next morning you can't say if the weld goes on the arrow side or the other side. It was just a chart to memorize.
Here the welding symbol is one drawn page: arrow, reference line and tail, with arrow side below the line and other side above it.
And on the pages next door each piece gets its own: fillet and groove symbol dimensions, and NDE symbols with their test letters.
First you see why it works that way. Then the order sticks on its own.
The exam, terminology, processes, symbols, discontinuities, NDE methods, metallurgy and tests, calculations and safety, WPS and qualification, Part B skills and Part C code application: 65 pages, all drawn
Picture this:
Instead of rereading half a page on fillet weld throats without being able to see them...
...you open the page and find the fillet drawn in section, with the leg, face, root, toe and theoretical throat each labeled right where it sits.
And welding symbols, 1G-4G positions, discontinuities, NDE methods and Part B gauges turn into drawings and tables you read at a glance.
You stop memorizing and start understanding.
That's exactly what The CWI Exam Sketchbook does: 11 parts, 65 pages and 61 drawn topics, and at the end the frequent mix-ups and an exam day checklist. Because what you see in order, you remember.
Because what your brain sees organized, it remembers.
How the three parts work and in what order, the Part A content areas, eligibility and the vision test, scoring and retests, and renewal.
The five joint types and the joint root, parts of groove and fillet welds, bevel and groove angle, root face, the three throats and positions 1G-4G and 1F-4F.
SMAW, GMAW and FCAW, GTAW, submerged arc and flux types, oxyfuel cutting, plasma and air carbon arc cutting.
Read any welding symbol in the same order: arrow, reference line and tail, arrow side vs other side, fillet and groove dimensions, and NDE symbols with their test letters.
Discontinuity, defect and indication, porosity and slag, cracks, undercut, overlap and underfill, incomplete fusion and penetration, and visual inspection before, during and after.
Visual testing tools and lighting, and how PT, MT, UT and RT work.
Carbon and low-alloy steel, the heat-affected zone, preheat, interpass and heat input, PWHT, and tensile, bend, Charpy and hardness tests.
Fractions, decimals and conversions, area and tensile strength math worked step by step, fire watch and hot work, filter shades, and the CWI's duties and ethics.
What a WPS contains, the PQR and essential variables, the WQTR, positions qualified by each test, A-, F- and M-Numbers, and checking a WPS against its PQR.
Walk into Part B knowing each tool: what's inside the Book of Specifications, fillet gauge readings, the V-WAC, hi-lo gauge and caliper, bend specimens and acceptance criteria, step by step.
Choosing your code book, navigating a code such as AWS D1.1, the main clauses, an open-book search routine, frequent mix-ups and an exam day checklist.
At the end of the book: The frequent mix-ups, an exam day checklist and an open-book search routine for Part C.
30 original welding symbols read step by step on printable sheets, so you practice arrow side, other side, size, length and tail notes until you read them in the same order every time.
The term on the front, a one-line definition and a tiny sketch on the back, so you review the terminology in short sessions and stop mixing up look-alike words.
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Every topic of Parts A, B and C on one drawn page, to review at night or on the weekend after a full shift.
Part B first, then A and C: the gauges, the Book of Specifications and an open-book search routine, in the order you'll face them.
A quick drawn review of what you see every day (symbols, discontinuities, WPS and PQR), laid out the way the exam asks for it.
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For welders moving into inspection, QA/QC staff, NDE techs going for the certification and anyone retaking a part of the CWI exam. It doesn't treat you like a beginner: it takes what you know from the shop and puts it in exam order. Check the table of contents above to see the topics.
The AWS CWI exam information guides for Part A (Rev. 03.01.2024), Part B (Rev. 03.01.2024) and Part C (Rev. 02.11.2025), the AWS CWI User Guide, AWS QC1 and AWS B5.1 as published on aws.org, the Part B Book of Specifications (2017, U.S. Customary) and OSHA 29 CFR 1910.252 and 1910.133. Where a number depends on your code or on current exam rules, the page says “check the code” or “check the official exam guide.” For fees, check aws.org for current prices.
No. It's an independent drawn review of the exam topics. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the American Welding Society, it doesn't reproduce codes, tables, the Book of Specifications or exam items, and it doesn't give you a certificate or count as seminar or training hours.
No. You still need the official AWS documents, the code book you choose for Part C, and your training and hands-on experience. The Part C pages use AWS D1.1 as the worked example; if you chose another code, such as API 1104, apply the same search routine to your own book. This book helps you review and organize what you study.
No. Any exam-style questions in this material, including the optional Part A Practice Sets, are written for it and are not official questions from any exam. They're there so you can check what stuck.
Yes. It's a high-resolution PDF: print the whole book or just the parts you need, and keep them in a binder at the shop.
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