AWS B2.1/B2.1M:2014

This specification provides the requirements for qualification of welding procedure specifications, welders, and welding operators for manual, semiautomatic, mechanized, and automatic welding. The welding processes included are

• electrogas welding,
• electron beam welding,
• electroslag welding,
• flux cored arc welding,
• gas metal arc welding,
• gas tungsten arc welding,
• laser beam welding,
• oxyfuel gas welding,
• plasma arc welding,
• shielded metal arc welding,
• stud arc welding, and
• submerged arc welding.

Base metals, filler metals, qualification variables, welding designs, and testiang requirements are also included.