Welding and Construction Expert - Larry Wedincamp

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Larry Wedincamp - Has experience with steel and plastic piping with credentials for welding and inspecting as an instructor

Larry Wedincamp has over 33 years experience in welding, inspection, and
construction. Strengths in both steel and plastic piping also with credentials for welding, inspection, and as an instructor. With history in both the structural steel industry and the energy industry along with being in the USMC, Larry is a strong asset in the pipe joining arena.
• Construction Inspector
• Certified Welding Inspector
• Certified Welding Educator
• Construction Specialist
• Oil and Gas Specialist.
• Quality Control

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dec 2014 – Present
Self Employed Consultant
Operator Qualifications (OQ) and Certification, Inspector Educator
Various locations the US Southeast
• Inspector in the field for metal, plastics, welding, and fusion
• Industrial Training Services (ITS) proctor certifications.
• OQ welding fusion and steel in place
• Welding and Fusion OQs, Welder Qualifications, Training for Heat and Electrofusion, Welder Training (WPS), Training for In-service Hot Tapping

Aug 2017 – Dec 2019
Atmos Energy, Technical Trainer Visual Weld Inspection and API 1104 Welding
Plano, Texas
• Policy and procedure reviews for Welding and Visual Inspection / Heat Joining / Electrofusion
• Pipeline replacement welder OQ
• Rewrote the Welder procedures and policies manual
• HDPE electrofusion training process
• Development of hands on training for steel and HDPE in a simulated work environment / flow lab (pit service loops, valves, in ditch, service taps).
• Materials testing

Aug 2016 – Aug 2017
Service Machine Company, Quality Control
Dothan, Alabama
• Oversaw all structural steel being built for plant (Chicago Bridge and Iron); All NDE using Magnetic Particle Tests
• Responsible for all certifications and all inspections for precision parts / manufacturing

Sept 2007 – Aug 2015
Local 709, Journeyman Welder
Savannah, Georgia
• ASD (Adjustable Speed Drives) change out at a nuclear plant
• Refuel outages for Southern Nuclear
• Welder and supervisor for a conveyer system for Georgia Performance Cellulose
• Welder for Vogtle Nuclear Plant 1 and 2

Jun 1990 – Jun 1999
United States Marine Corp (USMC)
Aviation Mechanic Test cell
Various bases
• Aviation machinist mate

• OU-10 Fixed Wing
• CH-S3 Rotor (Helicopter) Mechanic
• AH-1 Cobra Mechanic

• NCO for test cell
• NCO for hydraulic contamination
• Jet engine RFI (ready for installation)
• Marine Corp Leadership

​CERTIFICATIONS
• Advanced Fusion

• Includes manual and manual hydraulic along with sidewinder

• Georg Fischer, GF Electro Fusion
• American Welding Society

• AWS CWI (Certified Welding Inspector)
• AWS CWE (Certified Welding Educator)
• AWS Welding Safety

• American Society of Non-Destructive Testing

• ASNT Level II MT (magnetic particle testing)
• ASNT Level II VT (visual testing)

• MT Deason, Train the Trainer

• Electrofusion and butt fusion

• Technical Trainer Visual Weld Inspection and API 1104 Welding

​TECHNICAL SKILLS
• MIG Welding (metal inert gas)
• TIG Welding (tungsten inert gas)
• SMAW (shielded arc welding)
• MMA (manual shielded arc welding)
• NDT (Nondestructive Testing)
• GTAW (gas tungsten arc welding)
• Welding Educator
• Welding Safety, OSHA related policies, Trenching and Trench safety, Confined
Space Trained
• API 1104 Welding and Inspection Practices (American Petroleum Institute)
• Fusion

• HDPE fusion Heat
• HDPE Electrofusion
• Sidewall fusion
• Manual and Hydraulic fusion

• Metal Fabrication
• Tapping of in-service steel Mains and High Pressure Piping systems
• Project Management (Construction)
• Piping
• Documentation
• Structural Steel Erection

​AFFLIATIONS
National Youth Sports, head coach (football, soccer, baseball)
National Guard Youth Challenge, mentorship program
Honorary president NTC sportsmen club
American Motorcycle Association (AMA) Youth Motocross