The mission of the Georgia/Florida National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau (NCPWB) is to engage in research and educational work that will assist the contractor in furnishing safe and dependable installations through the use of certified welding procedures and welders.

The Bureau works to keep contractors informed of the latest methods, information and data on welding, safety and health. The Bureau works to assist contractors in providing the owner with quality welding at reduced costs through the use of certified welding. The Bureau works to promote, develop the use of, and generally maintain the quality of, welding in the piping industry.

Specifically, the NCPWB is charged with:

• Keeping members of the Bureau informed of the latest scientifically proven methods and supply information and data on welding.
• Establishing and qualifying uniform procedure specifications that conform to ASME, ANSI and other nationally recognized codes for various methods of welding.
• Creating a force of welders uniformly trained and qualified under these procedures thereby permitting the interchange of such welders between members without unnecessary individual duplication of such qualification tests.
• Assisting the NCPWB member contractor in providing the owner with quality welding at reduced costs through the use of certified welding.
• Promoting, developing the use and maintaining the quality of welding generally in the piping industry.
• The NCPWB Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS’s) are developed following the uniform WPS format.
• A uniform quality control program governs members.