Certification codex
AWS D1.3: Structural Welding Code: Sheet Steel
Applies to cold-formed steel framing and other sheet-steel structural assemblies where D1.1's thickness assumptions do not fit.
- Issuer American Welding Society (AWS)
- Scope Covers welding of sheet steel (thinner-gauge material than D1.1 typically addresses) in structural applications.
- Who needs it A welder working cold-formed steel framing or other thin-gauge structural sheet steel.
- Prerequisites Same structure as D1.1: a code an employer qualifies a welder against, not an individual AWS test.
- Test format Not applicable; employer-administered qualification against the code.
- Cost $135 member / $180 non-member for the D1.3/D1.3M:2018 edition (pubs.aws.org, retrieved 2026-08-05); AWS marks the 2018 edition "HISTORICAL," so a newer edition may since supersede this price.
- Renewal / recertification Not applicable.
- Where employers ask for it Named in cold-formed steel framing and light structural fabrication postings.
Co-located test facilities
Prep schools with an AWS-accredited test facility (ATF)
Schools that host their own AWS Accredited Test Facility are the closest match this directory has for training and testing for AWS D1.3 in one place, a bridge AWS's own certification pages don't provide.
Virginia Beach, VA
Long Island City, NY
Lima, OH
Piedmont, SC
Atlanta, GA
Tacoma, WA
Baton Rouge, LA
Bangor, ME
Bellingham, WA
Grand Island, NE
Pleasant Gap, PA