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Membership is open to welding professionals, fabricators or manufacturers
Through CWA membership, all members can connect with their peers, influence the
manner in which they communicate and work, educate themselves and their
employees, improve productivity, profitability, safety, environmental
responsibility and participate in the improvement of the profession and the
industry.
Great News! The new membership pamphlets have arrived, with exciting changes to
the membership structure. From May 2009, the CWA will be phasing in a multi
–level membership structure with new and enhanced benefits. Download our
pamphlet now to read all about it, or fill in the application. Please note that
the new applications will only be processed in May 2009, and will apply to new
members or phased in with renewals.
Printable Membership Form
(pdf)
Printable Membership Form
(french)
For Individuals and Welding Professionals
The CWA provides all its members the opportunity to:
- Access technical information
- Influence legislation and regulation
- Participate in the development of education standards and programs
- Help in the development of trained professionals
- Networking with fellow members and within industry
- Promote the importance of welding and joining in Canada
- Access to training and education courses and materials
- Subscriptions to trade publications such as the CWA Journal
- Promote a national viewpoint on welding issues
- Participation in Chapter seminars, tours and roundtables
- Participation in national events, committees and initiatives
For Fabricators/Manufacturers
Companies using welding as a process gain from their membership through:
- Access to training and education courses and materials, and technical information
- Networking opportunities with fellow manufacturers and welding-product manufacturers
- Opportunities to lobby all government and regulators on an industry-wide basis
- Reduction of workers' compensation costs
- Development of appropriate safety standards, operational and environmental regulation
- Influencing welding education and the training and skills of current and future welders
- Standardization of welding-professional certification