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Welding Skills, Processes and Practices Level 2 is THE textbook to support Welding and Fabrication courses and is an ideal training tool to support assessment practice and to underpin concepts and theory. The textbook has been specifically designed to align the major awarding body qualifications in welding and metal fabrication and the comprehensive coverage crosses from techniques and design and testing right down to interpersonal skills, health and safety and customer care.

The UK adapting lead author Hubert McPhillips is a Consultant specialising in Fabrication and Welder Training and is currently Managing Director at Generic Education Training Services Limited. Hugh has 35 years teaching experience in fabrication, welding, heating & ventilation, and mechanical engineering and has previously worked as Curriculum and Workshop Manager at college of North West London.

Larry Jeffus is a welder with over 60 years of experience. He maintains his own well-equipped welding shop. In his career, he has passed many welding certification tests in a wide variety of processes, positions, material types and thicknesses. Jeffus has provided welding and professional consulting services locally, nationally and internationally to major corporations, small businesses, government agencies, schools, colleges and individuals. He is a Life Member of the American Welding Society. In addition, he has over 40 years of experience as a dedicated classroom teacher and is the author of several Cengage welding publications. Prior to retiring from teaching, Jeffus taught at Dallas College, part of the Dallas County Community College District. Today he remains very active in the welding community, especially in the field of education. He serves on several welding program technical advisory committees and has visited high school, college and technical campuses in more than 40 states and four foreign countries, providing one-on-one help and guidance to welding instructors and students. Jeffus was selected as Outstanding Post-Secondary Technical Educator in the State of Texas by the Texas Technical Society, and he served for 12 years as a board member on the Texas Workforce Investment Council in the Texas Governor's office. He also served as a member of the Apprenticeship Project Leadership Team, helping establish nontraditional apprenticeship training programs for Texas, and making numerous trips to Washington lobbying for vocational and technical education.

Lawrence Bower is a qualified Welding Inspector and Educator, teaching at Blackhawk Technical College, an AWS SENSE School in Wisconsin. His background as an aerospace welder in the US Navy plus fourteen years at United Airlines make him a valuable contributor to the book.