Free CSWIP Study Resources
Everything I give away, in one place. Guides, downloads and study tools for CSWIP 3.1u, 3.2u and 3.4u, built by a working Inspection Diver. Start with the free material and only pay when you know it suits you.
Free downloads
Two field references you can keep on your phone and use offshore. No cost, no catch.
Weld Defects and Terminology for Divers
A visual study guide that teaches you to recognise, name and describe common weld defects using the terms the exam marker is looking for. This is the material divers drop the easiest marks on, at every level.
Download the eBookMPI Field Guide
The offshore quick reference for CSWIP 3.2u and 3.4u. MPI procedure, key standards, coil formulas, field verification tools and magnetisation techniques, laid out so you can find one thing fast.
Download the field guideFree study tools
Two things you can actually work through rather than just read.
Welding Defects Practice Exam
The companion course to the weld defects eBook. Short and image based, it tests whether you can name what you are looking at, and explains why each answer is right rather than just marking it.
Start the free courseShift Study Mode
A study console built for the way you actually work. Twenty minute sessions, active recall cards and a daily tip, sized for a shift change rather than an evening at a desk.
Open Shift Study ModeFree video playlists
Curated YouTube videos to help you understand the key topics better. Sorted into teaching order, with the exam angle under each one.
Corrosion and Cathodic Protection Videos
Nineteen videos in teaching order, with a note under each one on what the 3.1u and 3.2u exams want you to take from it. Watch the science, then drill it in the course.
Watch the videosWeld Defects and Inspection Tools Videos
Six videos on the defects the 3.1u and 3.2u exams ask you to name, the gauges you measure them with, and the cleaning that comes first. Each one has the exam angle under it.
Watch the videosOffshore Structures and Platforms Videos
Twelve videos on jackets, gravity bases, floating platforms and pipelines. How they are built, installed and held in place, with the 3.1u exam angle under each one.
Watch the videosMagnetic Particle Inspection Videos
Eleven videos from magnetism basics to yokes, strips and demagnetising. The 3.1u and 3.2u exam angle sits under each one.
Watch the videosUltrasonic Testing Videos
Fourteen videos on waves, crystals, pulse-echo, thickness gauging, dead zone and angle beam. The 3.1u and 3.2u exam angle sits under each one.
Watch the videosRadiography, Eddy Current and ACFM Videos
Five videos on the methods the 3.1u and 3.2u exams expect you to recognise even if you never run them. Exam angle under each one.
Watch the videosMaterials, Loads and Concrete Videos
Nine videos on force, stress and strain, how steel yields and breaks, and how concrete works and fails. Module 2 of 3.1u, with the exam angle under each one.
Watch the videosUnderwater Photography Videos
Six videos on exposure, aperture, focal length and depth of field, then the weld mosaic every 3.1u diver has to shoot. Exam angle under each one.
Watch the videosCSWIP Exam Day Briefing
The official pre-exam briefing for 3.1u and 3.2u candidates, with my notes on what to have ready before you walk in. Watch it the week before you travel.
Watch the briefingFree exam guides
Written for divers who want to know what the exam actually asks of them before they book a course.
How to Pass the CSWIP 3.1u Exam
Exam format, how the paper is marked, the topics that cost candidates the most marks, and how to build a study run that fits around a rotation.
Read the 3.1u guideHow to Pass the CSWIP 3.2u Exam
The advanced NDT paper. Ultrasonics, A-scan interpretation, MPI and calibration, plus where a 3.1u qualified diver tends to get caught out moving up.
Read the 3.2u guideRefresher and Renewal Guide
CSWIP is re-examined every 5 years. This covers what renewal involves at 3.1u and 3.2u, which topics to prioritise when your knowledge is rusty rather than absent, and how to fit revision around a trip.
Read the renewal guideThe NDTPrep Study System
How Theory, Q&A and Flashcards work together, why the Q&A run is a diagnostic rather than a test, and how to work a module through all three without wasting reps.
See how the system worksCSWIP Course Dates
Upcoming CSWIP course dates and training locations, including Middlesbrough and Kuala Lumpur. Always confirm the current schedule with TWI before you book flights.
Check course datesExam Prep FAQ
Pass marks, course length, entry requirements for 3.4u, what access you get and how refunds work. The questions divers ask me before they book.
Read the FAQFull exam prep by level
When the free material runs out, this is what comes next. Buy the level you are sitting. Everything you need for that exam is in the bundle. One price worldwide in US dollars, 12 months access, and a 30 day refund if it is not for you.
CSWIP 3.1u Inspection Diver
Entry level. Offshore structures, corrosion, welding and weld defects, NDT basics.
- 3.1u Complete Study System Best value$199Theory, Q&A and Flashcards. Saves $88 against buying the three separately.
- 3.1u Exam Bundle$129Q&A and Flashcards, for the diver who has the knowledge and needs the reps.
- 3.1u Interactive Theory$129Module aligned lessons. Understand the why before you drill the what.
- 3.1u Q&A Exam Prep$79Train the way you will be tested. Your first run is a diagnostic.
- 3.1u Flashcard Trainer$79Active recall across all 18 modules.
CSWIP 3.2u Inspection Diver
Advanced NDT. Ultrasonics, A-scan calibration and interpretation, MPI, QC.
- 3.2u Complete Study System Best value$299Both Theory courses plus the 3.1u and 3.2u Q&A and Flashcards. Six courses.
- 3.2u Exam Bundle$229Carries the 3.1u material you need plus the full 3.2u content, so a refresher and a first timer both get the whole package.
- 3.2u Interactive Theory$129Ultrasonics, MPI and surface preparation, cut to what the 3.2u paper asks.
- 3.2u Q&A Exam Prep$79Advanced NDT questions with worked explanations.
- 3.2u Flashcard Trainer$79240 cards across all 12 modules of the 3.2u syllabus.
CSWIP 3.4u Inspection Controller
Management level. Inspection planning, QA and QC, reporting, and written answers that score.
- 3.4u Complete Study System Best value$399Eight courses: the 3.1u and 3.2u Theory, Q&A and Flashcards, the Long Questions, and Isometric Drawing.
- 3.4u Exam Bundle$329The 3.1u and 3.2u drill content plus the Long Questions practice the written paper turns on.
- 3.4u Long Questions Exam Prep$179Exam style questions with model answers, diagrams and video explanations, built around how the written paper is marked.
- 3.4u Isometric Drawing$149The isometric drawing section, one skill at a time on plain A4. Levels 1 to 3 are free.
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Take the weld defects guide and the practice exam. See how I teach before you spend anything.
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