Shop title for a welder with current qualifications to a code for pressure, piping or structural work, whose welds are inspected and often get NDE. It separates code work, where procedures, certs and inspection apply, from general fabrication and repair. Code welders usually earn more and stamp their welder ID next to each weld so every joint can be traced back to them.
We need two code welders on the boiler tubes next month, everybody else stays on the structural.
Also heard as
- coded welder
- pressure welder
Related terms
Cert
Shop word for a welder's qualification, or the test taken to earn it, as in a 6G cert.
WPS
Welding procedure specification: the written instructions that tell welders exactly how to make a weld.
Golden arm
Slang for an exceptionally skilled welder whose work passes inspection every time.
Shot
Shop word for a radiograph of a weld, or the act of X-raying it, as in the weld got shot.