AWS 焊接手册第一卷 前言中,焊接行业“技术”(engineering)的部分是:焊接设计“weld design”,焊接工装夹具(weldment tooling and positioning), 自动化(automation),工艺监督与控制(process monitoring and control), 焊缝评估与检测方法(methods for the evaluation and testing of welds),焊接质量(weld quality), 焊接检验与无损检测(weld inspection and nondestructive examination),焊接经济学(economics of welding),焊接标准研究(well-researched on codes and other standards), 焊接工艺评定与焊工评定(qualification and certification of welding technique and personnel), 焊接术语与公制(glossary of standard welding terms and a gude to metric paractice metric practice), 焊接安全(safe practices).