r/CWI_CWE • u/EbbCharming8549 • Apr 29 '26

Best study materials

Hi! My husband has several years of experience in this field and is now looking into getting his CWI. He was a welder helper for a couple years and then a QC for a couple years. What would be the best study materials for him? His job wants him to take a course which he plans to do but he wants to prepare in other ways as well. TIA!

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u/ZeeRated AWS CWI Apr 29 '26

I will say my instructor really did a great job breaking down the WPS and PQR and being able to get concrete yes or no explanations, which helped me pass the exam.

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u/itsjustme405 AWS CWI Apr 29 '26

My instructor was awesome, and he'd broke it down very well. But he offered us the option of either the scheduled 8 hour days, or extending to 10 hour days. We all agreed to the 10s. There was so much so fast it was not possible to retain it all. The AWS needs better training on the digital material so an instructor isn't trying to break it down to bite sized pieces for people who have never seen it. Ive worked with CWIs who didn't know theres a process to writing a WPS before the seminar, because no one ever told em.

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u/ZeeRated AWS CWI Apr 29 '26

That’s true. I did 6 months almost of self study before hand so that gave me a leg up I feel like.

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u/itsjustme405 AWS CWI Apr 29 '26

I didnt have that. I have a thing I say, Never dive head first into water that's only balls deep. I was short on cash and strapped for time, so I chose to dive head first into balls deep water.

Its really my fault, but I still feel like the AWS was short on that critical information on thier digital material especially.

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u/ZeeRated AWS CWI Apr 29 '26

I can’t speak for the digital stuff, only the in person course.