Meet Professional Welding Clinic
PWC provides welding engineering, testing, inspection and support with welding requirements. Based in Sydney, we work Australia-wide and overseas by arrangement. Tell us about the job and the help you need.
Meet Alireza
I'm Alireza Samimi Mottaghi, founder of Professional Welding Clinic. I help customers with welding work and the records their projects require.
Meet the person behind PWC
I'm a Certified International Welding Engineer with more than 20 years in welding engineering, quality assurance and quality control, across power generation, oil and gas, rail and steel fabrication.
I work with fabricators and project teams who need help with welding procedures, testing, inspection and certification. I start by understanding the job and what your customer requires, then explain the work and records needed, so you know what to expect.
Education: BS in Industrial Metallurgy Engineering (Material Science), 2001.
Qualifications relevant to your job
Certificates held by PWC's founder, grouped by the work they support.
Welding engineering
- Certified International Welding Engineer (Weld Australia)
- International Welding Engineer diploma (IWE), IIW
- European Welding Engineer diploma (EWE), EWF
Inspection and testing
- CSWIP 3.2 Senior Welding Inspector (TWI)
- Welding Inspection and Metallurgy, API 577
- Certified Coating Inspector (NACE)
- ASNT Level II: penetrant (PT), visual (VT), magnetic particle (MT) and radiographic (RT) testing
Supervision and welder testing
- Certified Welding Supervisor, pressure components (Weld Australia)
- Welding Supervisor AS 1796, pressure vessels (CERT 10, Weld Australia)
- Certified Welding Supervisor, steel structures AS 2214 (Weld Australia)
- Authorised welder examiner to ISO 9606 (Weld Australia)
Auditing and safety
- Lead Auditor ISO 9001
- Lead Auditor ISO 14001
- Internal Auditor ISO 3834
- OSHA health and safety certificate
See the work behind the experience
Major projects before PWC
- Ansaldo Energia (Italy): welding engineering, inspection and quality control for steam and gas generators
- General Electric: hydro generators
- Siemens: tanks, steam and gas generators and oil compressors
- Alstom: hydro generators
- ELIN: hydro generators
- TUGA: turbines and compressors
- OTC: piping and compressors
- FARAB: steel structures
- DNO (Norway): oil and gas pipelines and piping
- Orica: NDT
- RMS: steel fabrication and bridge work
PWC clients
Welding standards consultancy, procedures and welder qualification for NWEC, Metwest Engineering, Thornton Engineering, JS Metal, Jake Steel, Veolia, ZPMC China, Karuah, TTM Engineering and TWK Fabrications.
Independent third-party inspection for tier-1 clients including John Holland, TfNSW, CPB and UGL.
Teaching and industry work
- Lecturer on quality control during manufacturing (Part 2, 4.6) in International Welding Engineer courses
- Welding inspection training to CWI
- Exam question design for IWS courses, and exam marking, with WTIA (Weld Australia)
- Paper: The effect of rate of cooling on the segregation of Sn in Cu–Sn alloys
- Paper: Review of the mismatches in welder qualification standard EN 287-1 from 2003 to 2010 (Asia Welding Federation Advanced Welding Seminar, Indonesia, 2011)
- Paper: Review of the mismatches in welder qualification standard ISO 9606
Common questions
What qualifications does PWC’s founder hold?
Alireza is a Certified International Welding Engineer (Weld Australia) and holds IWE and EWE diplomas. He is also a CSWIP 3.2 Senior Welding Inspector, a certified welding supervisor, an authorised welder examiner to ISO 9606, and an ISO 3834 Internal Auditor. The full list is on this page.
Which industries has PWC worked in?
Power generation, oil and gas, rail and steel fabrication, including work for Siemens, GE, Ansaldo Energia, Alstom and RMS.
Who are some of PWC’s clients?
NWEC, Metwest Engineering, Thornton Engineering, JS Metal, Jake Steel, Veolia, ZPMC China, Karuah, TTM Engineering and TWK Fabrications. Independent inspection has been carried out for John Holland, TfNSW, CPB and UGL.
Let's discuss your project
Call 0411 509 219 or email info@proweldingclinic.com.