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Leaving Cert Engineering: MIG, TIG & other welding
How often MIG, TIG & other welding comes up on the Engineering papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
HL Asked on 9 of the last 9 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker
June 2028 is the first exam on the new Engineering course. These come from the 2016–2025 papers, so read them as a guide.
MIG, TIG & other welding, Higher Level(3 marks)
Quick ones on MIG, TIG & other welding.
(a)Best process for a neat, high-quality weld on thin stainless steel sheet?
- Oxy-acetylene with a carburising flame
- TIG welding
- Soft soldering
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(a) TIG welding
Higher Level
Asked on 9 of the last 9 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Q6 |
| 2024 | Q6 |
| 2023 | Q6 |
| 2022 | Q1(l), Q6 |
| 2021 | Q1(b), Q6 |
| 2019 | Q5 |
| 2018 | Q5 |
| 2017 | Q5 |
| 2016 | Q5 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
Other Engineering topics
- Benchwork, drilling & grinding
- CNC & CAD/CAM
- Corrosion & protection
- Crystal structure & solidification
- Electronics & circuits
- Ferrous & non-ferrous alloys
- Hardening, tempering & annealing
- Hardness, impact, fatigue & creep
- History of technology
- Iron–carbon diagram
- Lathe & milling machines
- Limits, fits & measurement
- Material properties & selection
- Mechanisms & drives
- Modern & emerging technology
- Non-destructive testing
- Ores, extraction & furnaces
- Oxy-acetylene welding
- Plastics processing
- Plastics, elastomers & composites
- Prescribed special topic
- Robotics & automation
- Soldering, adhesives & fasteners
- Tensile testing & stress–strain
- Thermal equilibrium diagrams
- Case & surface hardening
- Cutting tools, chips & fluids
- Energy & renewables
- Health & safety
- Manual metal arc welding
- Design & prototyping
- Pneumatics & hydraulics
- Plastics & the environment
- Casting, forging & forming