COURSE OVERVIEW

Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of pressure vessel inspection, maintenance, repair, flaw evaluation and FFS. It covers the ASME code, post construction documents and national board inspection code (NBIC); the administrative requirements, inspection requirements, repair/alteration requirements and repair procedures of NBIC and API-510 inspection code; the ASME code, section VIII and design formulas; and the API-579 fitness-for-service and procedures for various evaluation levels. During this interactive course, participants will learn the general and local corroded areas, pitting, blisters, laminations, misalignment and other deformations; the proper evaluation of cracks, bulges, dents, fire damage and material toughness; the calculation of remaining strength factors and remaining life; the stress analysis methods, categorization and evaluation of stresses; the ASME post construction standards including assembly of bolted flanges and standard procedure for insertion of patch plates; and the inspection planning, RBI and various repair procedures for piping

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