Offered autumn and spring. Offered at Missoula College. Prereq., WLDG 180; coreq., WLDG 215. Emphasis on skill development in the welding of pipe sections to extremely high quality levels as required by national codes and standards. Pipe welding using GTAW for the root pass and SMAW for the remaining passes in all positions. Visual inspection and destructive testing used to evaluate work according to industry standards. Students will be able to attempt welding qualification test as to code procedure set from American Welding Society ?D1.1 Structural Welding Code-Steel. This test will certify them to a determined process on carbon steel from prequalified variables.