Everything you need to pass the welding certification exams-fully updated for the latest advances!

This thoroughly revised study guide helps you pass your licensing certification exams-including the AWS certification exam-and obtain your professional license. Inside, you'll find a valuable review of material that is most likely to appear on welding certification exams-from basic safety and cutting practices to different types of welding, including plasma-arc, shielded-metal-arc, oxyacetylene, flux-cored, gas metal, and gas tungsten, brazing, soldering, and more.

Welding Licensing Exam Study Guide, Second Edition features:

• Over 1,000 updated multiple-choice and true-false practice exam questions and answers
• Numerous welding calculations and troubleshooting tips
• Hundreds of detailed drawings and illustrations
• New: Info on plastic pipes and tubing
• New: Methods of welding repair and maintenance
• In-depth coverage of welding tools and their uses
• The latest welding safety practices
• Guidance on studying welding methods
• SI and English units for all problems and equations
• Welding and Cutting Processes
• Plasma-Arc Cutting and Welding
• Shielded-Metal-Arc Welding
• Oxyacetylene Welding
• Flux-Cored-Arc Welding
• Gas-Metal-Arc Welding
• Gas-Tungsten-Arc Welding
• Braze Welding
• Brazing
• Soldering
• Lead, Tin, and Zinc
• Identifying Metals
• Cast Iron and Its Alloys
• Wrought Iron
• Carbon Steels
• Low- and High-Alloy Steels
• Hardfacing, Tool, and Die Steels
• Reactive and Refractory Metals
• Galvanized Metals
• Soft Metals and Their Alloys
• Submerged-Arc Welding
• Arc-Welding Electrodes
• Types of Joints
• Welding Positions
• Welding Tips and Tests
• Common Welding Problems
• Certifications
• Conversion Tables
• Welding Terminology
• Tips for Producing Good Welds