Examen Visual
Examen Visual
Examen Visual
TO APPLICANTS:
This form must be submitted for all Welding Inspector and Radiographic Interpreter applications. Applicants for the Certified Welding
Educator only are not required to complete this form.
Before submitting this form with your application to AWS, be sure to keep a copy for your records. If youre unable to supply a
completed Visual Acuity Record with your application prior to a submission deadline, you may forward this form to the Certification
Department separately. Exam applicants may submit completed Visual Acuity Records on exam day. AWS will not release exam
results and/or certification renewal without a completed Visual Acuity Record on file.
You must use the services of an Ophthalmologist, Optometrist, Medical Doctor, Registered Nurse or Certified Physicians Assistant to
administer your required eye examination. The examination must occur within the seven months prior to the scheduled date of the
applicants examination and/or certification expiration date.
All applicants must pass an eye examination, with or without corrective lenses, to prove near vision acuity on Jaeger J2 at 12 in. or
greater (30.5 cm). All applicants shall take a color perception test. Eye examination results must be documented on this visual acuity
form supplied by the AWS Certification Department. No other forms will be accepted.
AWS will not accept visual acuity test results that are incomplete or do not comply with regulations.
1. Please verify the customers close vision acuity to Jaeger J2 specifications at a distance of 12 inches AWS
or greater (30.5 cm): (please check one of the following) use only
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2. Through a color perception examination, is the applicant colorblind? (please check one of the following) use only