Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. This course is designed to provide participant with a detailed and up-to-date overview of valve inspection and testing in accordance with API 598. It covers the API requirements needed to perform inspection, examination, supplementary examinations and pressure testing requirements for resilient-seated, non-metallic-seated and metalto-metal-seated valves of the gate, globe, plug, ball, check and butterfly types. During this interactive course, participants will learn to inspect, examine and perform supplementary examination; carryout pressure testing, Identify test location, test equipment and test required; differentiate high-pressure closure test and highpressure pneumatic test; identify test fluid; test pressures, test duration and test leakage; employ pressure testing procedures including backseat testing, shell testing, low-pressure and highpressure closure testing, double block and bleed high-pressure closure testing; and explain in details the valve certification and retesting.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30