Application Form for BGAS-CSWIP Five Year Renewal (Overseas)

1. CERTIFICATE HOLDERS DETAILS

Name
House/Building name or number
Street/Road name
Town/City
Postal/Zip code
Country
CSWIP certificate number
Contact email
Contact telephone number
Date of Birth

2. FEES-
The Fee for processing this Renewal Application is 109.50 (Pounds Sterling)
Please note that all renewed Certificates are sent standard airmail with no tracking details. If you would like your
renewed Certificate to be couriered with tracking details, there is an extra cost of 30.00
Please tick if you would like your renewed certificates couriered
(Please Note: We will not be able to courier to addresses with P.O. Box numbers)
Payment can be made
a) by Cheque/Demand Draft made payable to TWI Ltd

b) by Credit/Debit Card - give details below. IMPORTANT: New legislation does not allow us to receive any card
details by email. If you send this application for review by email before posting the original, please do NOT
enter the Credit/Debit card details on this form before sending by email attachment - enter card details just
before posting or telephone +44(0)1223 899000 with the details. We thank you for your co-operation with
this. (Please note that any email received containing credit/debit card details in the body of the email or on
an attachment will be automatically deleted)

Credit/debit Card Holders Name

Card Number
Expiry Date Start Date
The Last 3 Digits of Security code on reverse of Card

c) by Bank Transfer using TWI Ltd bank account details below -

Please ensure that when you are making a Bank Transfer that you pay all bank charges, ensuring that TWI Ltd
receives exactly what is required from you.
Please also ensure that the Bank clearly gives:
Your Name, Your Certificate Number, Date the money was transferred
Bank name and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, MARKET PLACE, SAFFRON WALDEN, ESSEX,
address CB10 1HR, UNITED KINGDOM
Account number 60919349
IBAN number GB36 BARC 2074 0560 9193 49
Swift code BARC GB22
Branch Sort Code 20-74-05

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PAYMENT BY COMPANY: If Payment is being made by a Company Cheque or Credit Card then please provide full
company details including contact name and company email address with your application.

Company Name
Contact Name
Address

Telephone Number
Company Email

CHECKLIST FOR APPLICATION

All of the Items that are listed in the Checklist below must be produced for your application to be successful.
Please tick the Items that you have enclosed.

Items Enclosed TICK

1. Candidates Details
2. Method of Payment Credit Card Details Provided
Copy of Bank Transfer and state date
transfer was sent

Cheque/demand draft enclosed. Payable

To: TWI Ltd in Pounds Sterling
3. Log Sheets/ Book (Signed and stamped) by your employer(s)
In order to successfully renew your BGAS-CSWIP qualification it is a
requirement that you provide at least 4 out of the last 5 years verified work
experience.
4. Continuing Professional Development Form
5. Record of Experience (Give details for your current or most recent employer)
6. One Current Passport Size Photograph of yourself taken within the last 2 years
7. An original document, giving results of an eyesight test taken within the last 2
years, confirming that you have taken a near vision sight test. Your optician
must clearly state that your vision meets one of the following standards:
Either aided or un-aided you can read Times Roman point size N5 or Jaeger
point size J1 at a distance of not less than 30cms. For your convenience a form
for this is attached.
You must also provide a colour vision test: Ishihara Method- 24 Plates.
8. The BGAS-CSWIP Certificate(s) or ID card that you are applying to renew
(Photocopies of the certificate(s) are accepted)

When complete please submit your application by post to:

TWI Certification Ltd, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AL, United Kingdom

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3. Log sheets

RENEWAL OF BGAS-CSWIP CERTIFICATES GUIDANCE NOTES ON COMPLETING THE LOG SHEET

In order to qualify for renewal, you will need to demonstrate that you have carried out satisfactory work activity
with reasonable continuity during the previous five years. Reasonable continuity means that an absence of change
or activity (preventing you from practising the duties corresponding to your certificate) for one or several periods
during the validity of the certificate does not exceed a total of one year. Certificate holders not able to satisfy the
continuity rules will be treated as initial candidates.

For more information and guidance on completing the BGAS-CSWIP Log Sheets then please visit: www.cswip.com

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EMPLOYMENT LOG SHEET (Please complete a log sheet for each employment)

CANDIDATES NAME:

DATE OF BIRTH:

Company name & address:

Dates of employment or contract:

From: (DD/MM/YY) To: (DD/MM/YY)

Position held:

Brief outline of work carried out for this company:

Declaration: I SIGNATURE & STAMP

(Name of verifier and position held in above company)

Hereby declare that I have knowledge of the above applicants work activities.
That the information given above is correct and that I am suitably qualified to
verify this information.

Verifiers Professional Relationship to applicant: Date:

Verifiers Company E-Mail address:

Verifiers Company telephone number:

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4. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD)

BGAS-CSWIP Inspectors are required to keep themselves up-to-date with technical developments in their field within
the Industry. Continuing Professional Development is required for your BGAS-CSWIP Renewal. 35 hours of CPD per
year is recommended.

Professional development may be achieved in any of the following ways, depending on your personal circumstances,
learning style and opportunities available to you.

Private Study: Such as distance learning, Open University, Writing papers, Reading, Research on the
internet/journals etc.
Short Courses: Attendance at short courses, seminars and presentations
Attending Conferences, symposia and exhibitions
Additional Study: Learning foreign languages, new computer skills etc.
WJS/Professional Membership
Meeting (non-social): Attendance at branch or technical meetings/webinars
Further Education Studies
Imparting knowledge: Making presentations, preparation of papers accepted for conferences/publications,
coaching/teaching/lecturing

Please indicate how you have kept up-to-date with developments in your field over the last five
years.

Please Note: If a professional member you have the option to use the online CPD system www.twiprofessional.com

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5. Record of Experience

INSPECTION EXPERIENCE

BGAS Welding Inspector/Senior Welding Inspector/Painting Inspector/Senior Pipeline Inspector/SCI

This section should record the principal features of your job and show your specific inspection responsibilities as
indicated below.
(To be completed by the listed certificate holder only)

Principal Products/Activities -

Materials Involved -

Processes Used -

Codes and Standards Involved -

NDT EXPERIENCE

For NDT Personnel Only

This section should record the principal features of your job and show your specific NDT responsibilities as indicated
below.
(To be completed by NDT Certificate holders only)

Principal Products/Activities -

Materials Involved -

NDT Techniques Used -

Codes and Standards Involved -

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 TWI CL Eye Sight Test form
Name of individual tested Date Of Birth
Address

To comply with certification requirements, all CSWIP & BGAS-CSWIP Certificate holders are
required to submit results of an eye test taken within the last 2 years.

ALL CSWIP & BGAS-CSWIP CERTIFICATE HOLDERS MUST TAKE A NEAR VISION TEST:

Is the above named person capable of reading Times Roman N4.5 or Jaeger 1 on a standard reading
test plate at a distance of no less than 30cm unaided or corrected in at least one eye?

CAN READ UNCORRECTED CAN READ WITH CORRECTION IS NOT ABLE

All BGAS-CSWIP & CSWIP NDT Certificate holders must also provide the results of a colour
perception test.
Colour perception shall be assessed by the Ishihara 24 plate test.

Colour Perception Test: Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

Radiographic Interpretation, Radiographic Inspector & TOFD certificate holders are also required
to complete a Shades of Grey Perception Test.

Shades of Grey Perception: Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

DETAILS OF PERSON PERFORMING THE ABOVE TEST:

Date of Test: Print Name of Person who Performed the above

Test:
Signature of Tester:
Emboss official stamp here:
Profession please tick:
Optometrist
Medical Doctor
Registered Nurse
Certified to ISO 9712 Level 3
Other (please specify)

Eyesight tests provided by opticians/hospitals etc. will be accepted as long as they clearly state that all of the
requirements have been met. If needed or for guidance please use this TWI CL Eye Test Form. Any observed
difficulty during the eye test should be reported to the employer.

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