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Training for AISC Certification Success

Your AISC Certification Training Hub

This site is a training portal built for steel fabricators and erectors that want a direct path to AISC certification. It combines step-by-step modules, checklists, and real audit examples so you can build a compliant quality system and pass your audit without guesswork.

Unlike buyer-service pages on your other sites, this hub is focused on training and implementation. It covers two tracks in one place: application and audit prep for first-time certification or renewals, and quality system training for welding, bolting, traceability, calibration, and more.

All content is written and curated by an AISC certification consultant with field experience, so every step maps to real requirements and real findings. We cover AISC certification requirements using real audits and checklists so your team knows how to prepare.

How To Use The Modules

Pick a topic, review the short lesson, and apply the checklist. Use the self-assessment page to track readiness across eligibility, documentation, on-site audit readiness, corrective actions, and records. Start with the AISC certification checklist and the AISC audit checklist, then complete your self-assessment.

What This Site Delivers

This site provides education-first training to help teams understand and prepare for AISC certification. Each module focuses on skills, evidence, and repeatable methods your crew can put to work immediately.

Application and Audit Prep: Start Here

If you are preparing your AISC application or your first audit, start with Modules 1 to 4. These modules establish your baseline, identify gaps, and guide you through what an auditor will actually verify. You will learn how to get AISC certified by aligning scope, documents, and evidence to the AISC quality certification program.

Module 1: Eligibility Review

Confirm the correct certification program and scope for your work. Identify required documents, facility readiness, and scope boundaries so you do not overcommit or misalign on capabilities.

Outcome: Clear scope selection and a checklist of eligibility items to close before you apply.

Module 2: Documentation Audit

Build and align your quality manual, procedures, and forms. This module includes examples, a document index template, and a printable AISC certification checklist so your system is organized and traceable from day one.

Outcome: A documentation packet that matches AISC 207-23 structure and supports objective evidence.

Module 3: On-Site Audit

Know what happens during the on-site audit. Walk through typical tour flow, interviews, and record sampling so your team can demonstrate control without scrambling, and understand exactly what AISC auditors will be looking for.

Outcome: A scripted plan for the day of audit, with assigned roles and ready records.

Module 4: Corrective Actions

Close findings quickly and completely. This module shows real examples, root cause analysis methods, and response formatting that meets auditor expectations.

Outcome: Approved corrective actions that prevent repeat issues and secure your certificate.

Quality System Training and Implementation

Modules 5 to 19 take you from a compliant paper system to a working quality system on the shop floor. Each topic includes learning objectives, sub-steps, and practical tools.

Welding Quality: WPS, PQR, and WQTR

Set up and maintain welding procedures, procedure qualification records, and welder qualifications. Tie continuity logs to real jobs and integrate into your traveler or routing.

Outcome: A controlled welding program with current qualifications and verifiable continuity.

Bolting and Assembly

Control fastener receipt, storage, installation, and inspection. Define torque verification, DTIs when applicable, and recordkeeping that stands up to sampling.

Outcome: Repeatable bolting practices with records that show conformance job by job.

Traceability and Travelers

Connect MTRs to parts through travelers, heat tracking, and positive identification. Build a workflow that keeps traceability intact from receiving through shipping.

Outcome: End-to-end material traceability with objective evidence at each step.

Calibration and Measuring

Establish calibration intervals, vendor control, and gage identification. Include out-of-tolerance handling and training so measurements are reliable.

Outcome: A calibrated system with current certificates and gages fit for use.

Purchasing and Receiving Controls

Qualify suppliers, set purchase order requirements, and verify at receiving. Tie nonconforming material to hold status and documented disposition.

Outcome: Materials that enter production only after verification is complete.

MTRs and Material Control

Capture and store mill test reports in a usable way. Match MTRs to heats, heats to parts, and parts to jobs without breaking the chain.

Outcome: Clean MTR files and job packets that pass sampling without delay.

Nonconformance and Corrective Action

Document nonconforming product, segregate, and assess impact. Use root cause and corrective action that removes the cause, not just the symptom.

Outcome: Fewer repeats, faster recovery, and stronger audit results.

Internal Audits and Management Review

Plan risk-based internal audits and close findings before your AISC audit. Use management review to align objectives, resources, and improvements.

Outcome: A living system that improves between audits and shows leadership control.

Drawing Control and Detailing

Control revisions, clarify RFI responses, and keep shop travelers aligned with current drawings. Close the loop between detailing, fabrication, and inspection.

Outcome: The right revision at the right workstation every time.

Training, Qualification, and Records

Define training needs by role and retain training proof. Keep qualification records available for sampling and renew on schedule.

Outcome: A trained team with records that match actual tasks performed.

Reference and Support

Module 20: AISC Certification FAQ

Direct answers to common questions about scope, cost factors, audit timing, and documentation expectations. Use this to align stakeholders before you start. Common questions include AISC certification cost, timelines, and scope decisions.

Module 21: Audit Stories

Real audit scenarios and lessons learned. See what passed, what did not, and why, so you can avoid time-consuming pitfalls.

What You Will Learn

  • How to map your work to the correct AISC certification requirements and scope definitions.
  • How to build a clean documentation system that supports objective evidence, aligned with the AISC certification checklist and AISC audit checklist.
  • How to prepare for the day of audit so the tour, interviews, and sampling go smoothly — knowing exactly what AISC auditors will verify.
  • How to implement welding, bolting, and traceability controls that actually work as part of the AISC quality certification program.
  • How to handle nonconformance, corrective action, and close findings fast — essential steps in learning how to get AISC certified.
  • How to run internal audits and management review so your system improves over time, supporting your status as an AISC certified fabricator or erector.

Built by an AISC Certification Consultant

This training hub is authored by Andrew K. Porreco, former AISC Manager of Operations and Associate Lead Auditor, and principal of SteelAudit. The modules reflect what auditors look for during eligibility review, documentation sampling, and on-site verification. Each checklist and example is grounded in real audits, not theory.

If you need hands-on help to accelerate certification, you can combine this training with direct consulting support for document buildout, gap closure, and pre-audit readiness. Guidance reflects what AISC auditors verify during real assessments.

Ready to Train Your Team

Use the module navigation on the left to start with Application and Audit Prep, then move into Quality System Training. Each module includes objectives, sub-steps, and outcomes you can verify. If you need hands-on help, our AISC certification consultants can guide your readiness.