Training and Examinations

Piping Inspection, based on API RP 570

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Recognising the need to ensure that engineers involved in asset integrity management are suitably qualied to deliver optimised plant
inspection and assessment, TWI is offering Piping Inspection course based on API RP 570
TWI has responded to industrys need for plant inspection personnel to gain certication by offering the Inspection training scheme in a
modular format, giving prospective students the opportunity to follow a clearly defined, structured career path.

responsible for managing the safety and integrity of ageing process equipment, pipelines, boilers and storage tanks.
The scheme is designed to suit:

plant inspectors working for manufacturing works (Vendor)

inspection organisations
equipment owners and operators
classication societies
insurance companies
safety regulators

The courses have three goals:

To ensure inspectors and engineers responsible for assessing plant integrity have the essential tools and skills
necessary
To recognise and certify plant inspector competence
To provide a structured career path for continuing professional development of plant integrity practitioners through
formal training/certication

Five-day course covering a comprehensive introduction to the in-service inspection of metallic piping systems
based on the requirements of API/ASME standards.
Course content
Extensive overview of API 570 Body of Knowledge, corrosion allowances, inspection intervals, joint efficiencies, pressure
testing, impact testing, preheating and heat treatment requirements, remaining life calculations, degradation mechanisms,
ASME welding and NDE requirements.
Course fees do not include copies of the associated API or ASME documents. API publications may be purchased from the API Standard Store:
www.techstreet.com. For all courses, students must provide their own copies of the reference standards.

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