The 10-Day API 510: Pressure Vessel Inspection Code (API Exam Preparation Training)
Mechanical, Maintenance & Reliability · 12 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 7,800
Overview
This training course is designed to train individuals who are interested in obtaining the API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector Certification, as well as those who are seeking a better understanding of ASME Section VIII and IX code requirements. Included with the course is a pre-study guide and student classroom workbook.
Learning Objectives
Get prepared for the next API 510 exam and acquire enough knowledge and skills to pass such exam in order to get the API 510 Pressure vessel Inspector certificate.
Apply and gain an in-depth knowledge on API 510 pressure vessel code: maintenance, inspection, rating, repair and alteration (API exam preparation training)
Identify the service restrictions, joint efficiencies and radiography and discuss vessels under internal pressures like shell and head calculations
Recognize maximum allowable working pressure and define hydrostatic head pressure and hydrostatic-pneumatic tests
Understand postweld heat treatment and use cylinder under external pressure
Describe and identify the charpy impact testing and fillet welds and reinforcement
Discuss ASME section IX overview and write a welding procedure specification and welders qualification
Review WPS’s and PQR’s and define ASME section-V: NDE
Analyze API Recommended Practices 577 welding inspection and metallurgy
Implement API Recommended Practices 571 damage mechanisms
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for any inspector, asset integrity engineers, ndt engineers & technicians, and other professionals seeking to strengthen their capability in this area.
Any inspector
Asset Integrity Engineers
NDT Engineers & Technicians
Fresh Graduated Mechanical Engineers
In service inspectors
Course Outline
Day 1 — Service Restrictions - Joint Efficiencies - Radiography
UW-3 Weld Categories
UW-51 RT Examination of Welded Joints
UW-52 Spot Examination of Welded Joints
UW-11 RT and UT Examinations
Day 2 — UG-27 Thickness of Shells under Internal Pressure
UG-32 Formulas and Rules for Using Formed Heads
UG-98 Maximum Allowable Working Pressure
Hydrostatic Head Calculations
UG-99 Hydrostatic Test Pressure and Procedure
Day 3 — UG-28 Thickness of Shells and Tubes (External Pressure)
Charpy Impact Testing
UCS-66 Materials
UCS-67 Impact Testing of Welding Procedures
UCS-68 Design
Day 4 — UG-36 Openings in Vessels
UG-37 Reinforcement of Openings
UG-40 Limits of Reinforcement
Materials Name Plates Data Reports
UG-77 Material Identification
Day 5 — UG-120 Data Reports
Corrosion Calculations
Inspection Interval
Corrosion Rate and Remaining Life
Long and Short-Term Corrosion Rates
Day 6 — Article III Welding Performance Qualifications
Article IV Welding Data
Writing a Welding Procedure Specification
Welding Procedures by Essential Variables
Welder’s Qualification
Day 7 — ASME Section-V: NDE
Article 1 General Requirements
Article 2 Radiographic Testing
Appendix 4 - Section VIII Rounded Indications
Article 23 SE-797 Standard Practice for Measuring Thickness by the Pulse-Echo Contact Method
Day 8 — Article 7 - Magnetic Particle Examination
Appendix 6 - Section Magnetic Particle Examination
API RP 577 Welding Inspection and Metallurgy
Definitions Welding Inspection
Welding Processes
Day 9 — Non-Destructive Examination
Metallurgy
Refinery and Petrochemical Welding Issues
Terminology and Symbols
Actions to Address Improperly Made Production Welds
What do Al-Khobraa mechanical, maintenance and reliability courses cover?
The portfolio covers reliability-centred maintenance (RCM), preventive and predictive maintenance, condition monitoring and vibration analysis, root cause failure analysis, rotating and static equipment, asset management and maintenance planning — including preparation for the CMRP (Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional) credential.
Who should attend a mechanical, maintenance or reliability course?
These courses suit maintenance and reliability engineers, maintenance planners and schedulers, mechanical and rotating-equipment technicians and supervisors, condition-monitoring analysts, asset and plant managers, and operations staff accountable for equipment availability.
How long are mechanical, maintenance and reliability courses, and where are they held?
Most Al-Khobraa mechanical, maintenance and reliability courses run over 5 days. The exact duration, dates and city for this course are listed in the dates section on this page. Public sessions run across Saudi Arabia — Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Jubail and Yanbu — as well as regional and international venues, with live virtual classrooms available on request.
What certificate will I receive?
Delegates who complete the course receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of completion, issued by a Saudi-registered training provider. Al-Khobraa also delivers internationally accredited programmes; where a course carries an external awarding body such as PMI, CIPS, ILM or IOSH, that body is named on the course's own page.
Can mechanical, maintenance and reliability training be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. Any Al-Khobraa mechanical, maintenance and reliability course can be delivered in-house at your own premises anywhere in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, with the content, dates and language of delivery tailored to your team. Al-Khobraa is an approved HRDF (Hadaf) provider, so eligible Saudi employers can seek training support. Contact us for a quotation.
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