Mechanical Training
Preparatory Courses
ASNT NDT LEVEL III
API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector Preparatory Course
API 570 Piping Inspector Preparatory Course
ASNT NDT LEVEL III
ASNT NDT LEVEL III REFRESHER TRAINING PROGRAM TRAININGS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASNT (SNT-TC-1A), CP-189 AND CP-105, describing the course content. All preparatory examinations shall be based on the content mentioned in the standards. The ASNT Level III Program provides third-party certification for NDT personnel whose specific jobs require appropriate knowledge of the technical principles underlying the tests they perform, witness, monitor, or evaluate. Certification under this system results in the issuance of an ASNT certificate attesting to the fact that the certificate holder has met the published guidelines for the Basic and Method examinations as detailed in Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A. An ASNT NDT Level III should also have general familiarity with other NDT methods, be capable of conducting or directing the training and examination of testing personnel in the methods for which the ASNT NDT Level III is qualified, and have knowledge of materials, fabrication, and product technology in order to establish techniques and to assist in establishing acceptance criteria when none are otherwise available. Qualification Exams All ASNT NDT Level III candidates must successfully complete both: Basic Examination, regardless of the method(s) for which the candidate seeks certification; and a Method Examination, which is given at the candidate’s request, in one or more of 15 different NDT methods. Once certified, the Basic Examination need not be retaken unless the certificate holder allows all ASNT NDT Level III certificates to expire. We Provide Refresher NDT Training Programs for:- Basic
- Visual Testing
- Penetrant Testing
- Magnetic Particle Testing
- Ultrasonic Testing
- Radiography Testing
- Eddy Current Testing
- Leak Testing
API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector Preparatory Course
Course Objectives
The API Courses provide the participants the guidelines and methodology of carrying out inspection of in-service equipments. It also provides techniques for the assessment of the wear and tear of the equipments as well as to measure de-gradation and damages caused to the process equipments due to the process conditions. If the assessment indicates that the equipment is safe to run, the participants are further taught how to estimate the safe remaining life and the methods to extend the useful life of the equipments. If the decision is that the equipment needs repair, the course teaches the participants, how to carry out such repairs of the damaged part without causing damage to the whole equipment. It also covers the methods of re-rating the equipment by evaluating the mechanical integrity if it is not possible to restore the equipment to its original design conditions.Benefits of API Courses
Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to: 1. Apply the requirements of the relevant industry standards and practices to the maintenance of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, piping systems, and storage tanks. 2. Develop and execute inspection and maintenance programs of process plant equipment and piping systems using several NDT methods and analytical procedures. 3. Carry out appropriate repairs and alterations to process plant equipment and piping systems so as to ensure for safe and reliable operation.API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector Course for In-Service Equipments
This course explains the step-by-step method for carrying out inspection and repairs of Pressure Vessels, Heat exchanges, Columns, etc during the shut-down period of Refineries, Fertilizer Plants, Oil and Gas plants Petrochemical plants. The participant will know how to inspect and analyze the damages like corrosion, erosion, pitting, and cracking, and how to decide whether the equipment is safe for operation or needs repairs. If needs repairs how to perform repairs (or re-rating) of the equipment so that it can be safely used again. The course is ideally suited for all Inspectors and QA/QC Professionals in Oil & Gas plants, Chemical Plants, Refineries, etc. It is also useful for the engineers and supervisors in operation, maintenance and engineering departments. The course contents are as follows:- Common Construction Codes for Pressure Vessels and Heat Exchanges.
- Review of ASME Sec. VIII Div 1 Code.
- Design of shells and dished heads.
- Effects of Corrosions on the Pressure Vessels.
- Effects of high and low temperatures.
- De-gradation and damages during the operations.
- How and when to take the plants shut-down?.
- Inspections of equipments during the shut-down.
- Inspections methods: External, Internal and On-stream.
- How to judge the equipment is safe for future operation?.
- Estimation of safe “Remaining life” of the equipment.
- Repairs, Alternation and Re-rating of equipment.
- Methods of repairs: temporary and permanent repairs.
- Life-extension methods of the equipment.
- Review of major NDT methods(ASME Sec. V).
- Review of welding qualifications(ASME Sec. IX).
- Effects on Refinery equipments due to the Sour Crude, Hydrogen embitterment, stress-corrosion cracking etc.
- Review of RISK-BASED-INSPECTION methodology.
- Hydrostatic and pneumatic testing of the equipments.
- Inspection records and documentation.
- Review Quiz and Feedback.
API 570 Piping Inspector Preparatory Course
API 570 Piping Inspector Course for In-Service Piping: This course explains the step-by-step method for carrying out inspection and repairs of process piping during the shut-down period of Refineries, Oil and Gas Plants, Fertilizer Plants and Petrochemical plants. The participant will know how to find out and inspect the damages like corrosion, erosion, pitting, cracking and how to decide whether the piping is safe for operation or needs repairs. If needs repairs how to perform repairs (or re-rating) of the piping so that it can be safely used again. The course is ideally suited for all Inspectors and QA/QC Professionals in Oil & Gas Plants, Chemical Plants and Refineries. It is also useful for the engineers and supervisors in operation, maintenance and engineering departments. The course contents are as follows:- Construction codes for the plant piping.
- Review of ASME B 31.3 code.
- Design of piping for internal pressure.
- Effects of corrosion on the piping.
- Temperature effects on piping.
- Effects of Creep, Fatigue, Stress, Corrosion, Cracking, and Pitting.
- Inspection methods: External, Thickness and Auxiliary.
- Inspection of buried piping.
- Estimation of safe remaining life.
- Repair, alternation and re-rating of piping.
- Repairs by welding, Non-welding repairs.
- Calculation of retirement thickness and renewal of old piping.
- Life extension methods for piping systems.
- Hydrostatic and Pneumatic testing.
- Review of NDT methods (ASME Sec. V).
- Review of welding qualifications (ASME Sec IX).
- RISK – BASED – INSPECTION (RBI) methodology.
- Inspection record and documentation.
- Review Quiz and Feedback.