Rich DePue
Rich DePueCWI Instructor
Mr. DePue has over 35 years of experience as a senior inspector in the nuclear, petroleum, aerospace and construction industries with many years of working in North America, Europe, and the Middle and Far East. Rich has served on many international welding committees and received four quality achievement awards for work in the nuclear industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Technical Education, a Master of Science in Professional Education and holds many industry certifications in welding, inspection and NDE.
As owner of an inspection and testing company Mr. DePue has offices in NY, TX and Ontario Canada where he works very closely with state and federal organizations developing online welding, inspection and NDE learning systems for secondary, post-secondary and industry training. Mr. DePue has authored many technical documents contributing to the development and instruction of AWS, CWB, API and ASNT inspector training courses and is very proud to help keep the legacy of Mr. Wormeli alive and well at NWIS.
Current and Previous Certifications include:
API 510 Certified Pressure Vessel Inspector
API 577 Certified Welding Inspection & Metallurgy
API 1169 Certified Pipeline Inspector
NWIS CHTI Certified Hydrostatic Testing Inspection
ABSA Certified Pressure Vessel Inspector
ABSA Certified Welding Examiner (Papers 1 & 4)
CWB II Certified Welding Inspector
AWS Senior Certified Welding Inspector
AWS Certified Welding Educator
AWS Certified Radiographic Interpretation
NDE Level II VT, PT, MT, RI and Level III VT, PT, MT
ASNT-TC-1A Process and Procedural Auditor
Aerospace Source Certifying Agent
ASME IX Certified Welder 6G SMAW, GTAW Steel, Stainless, Inconel
