Terms

Website terms of use

AWI operates this website as a free service for visitors. The following applies between you and AWI, and to any third party covered by these terms.

Information on this site

Information and comments published here may be the opinions of specific individuals or companies and may not reflect the position of AWI or its directors. Procedures, processes and advice posted here are not sanctioned by AWI, and AWI makes no representation or warranty as to their validity. Verify information independently before relying on it.

The standards library explains what standards require. It does not reproduce them and it is not a substitute for the current edition of the standard itself. Where a compliance decision turns on a clause, read the clause.

Disclaimer

AWI disclaims liability or responsibility for any injury or loss of life, and for any loss, damage, costs or expenses, however incurred by any person, including loss or damage incurred as a result of or in connection with reliance, whole or partial, on any part of the material contained in or linked from this website.

AWI is not liable for lost or misdirected information, delay in operation, transmission or interruption, error or omission, line or system failure, the introduction of a computer virus, or other technical interference with your use of this website.

Where expert assistance is required, engage a competent professional.

Copyright

Content on this website may be displayed on a computer or downloaded as a single printed copy for private, non-commercial use, provided you make no modifications and retain the notice “Copyright Australian Welding Institute, all rights reserved”, along with any affiliate copyright or trade mark notices in the content. Any other modification, distribution or republication requires prior written permission from AWI.

To use content for anything other than personal use, ask AWI first.

Third party websites

Links on this site may take you to third party websites that AWI does not control. AWI takes no responsibility for content, materials, changes or updates on linked sites, and a link is not an endorsement of the site or of the organisation operating it. Your dealings with third parties found through this website, including delivery, payment, terms, warranties and representations, are between you and that third party.

Terms of membership

Membership is Individual, Corporate or Student. Each carries a single certification discount rather than a discount that varies by tier, and the discount is set to be larger than the membership fee. Fees are quoted on application: ask AWI for the current schedule, and the membership page explains what each tier covers.

The terms of membership deal with:

• what each tier includes, and what it does not
• the term, the renewal date and how renewal happens
• what happens when a membership lapses, and any grace period
• the conditions attached to the certification discount
• evidence requirements for the free student and apprentice tier, and what happens when a person stops being eligible
• refunds and cancellation
• how AWI may change the terms, and the notice period for doing so
• the grounds on which AWI may refuse or remove a membership
• consent to marketing communication, which is separable from membership itself

Two things worth stating plainly because they are changes from the older terms. Consent to marketing is separate from membership: withdrawing it changes nothing about your membership or your certification. And AWI does not publish a member’s name or photograph on this website or on social media. The register is opt in, reversible, and shows credentials only.

If you joined under the earlier membership terms, AWI will write to you with the notice those terms require before anything about your membership changes. You do not need to do anything in the meantime.

How AWI handles personal information is dealt with separately in the privacy policy.

Rules of certification

Holding an AWI certificate carries obligations, and they are set out in the AWI Rules of Certification rather than in these terms. In outline, a certificate holder is expected to:

• claim only the certification actually held, in the categories and ranges actually held
• not use the certificate or any AWI certification mark in a way that implies certification beyond its scope
• keep the certificate current through periodic renewal, and stop claiming it once it has lapsed
• cooperate with AWI where the validity of a certificate is in question

AWI may suspend or withdraw a certificate. A certificate holder has a right of appeal under the AWI appeals and complaints procedure before that becomes final. How AWI handles a withdrawn or suspended certificate, and the governing documents.

That outline is a plain English summary, not the document. The Rules of Certification, AWI-C-M-002, are what actually bind a certificate holder, and where the two differ the document governs. Ask AWI for the current revision while it is being republished: graham.fry@welding.org.au, quoting the document reference.

Who these terms are with

These terms are with Australian Welding Institute Ltd, ABN 23 143 030 899. Notices go to the postal address on the contact page.