Fitness-For-Service, Remaining Life Assessment & Repair of Pressure Equipment & Piping

Mechanical, Maintenance & Reliability · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 3,900

Overview

This course clarifies the Fitness-for-Service concepts and technologies and provides training on the application of API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, a standard jointly published by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) that covers a wide range of flaw types and damage mechanisms.

Learning Objectives

• Fundamental principles of fitness-for-service, their practical application through presentations, worked examples, case studies, and a step-by-step evaluation process for each type of degradation mechanism
• Fundamental principles of component integrity, application of the ASME code rules, material properties of strength and toughness, and the introduction to stress and fracture mechanics
• A review of degradation mechanisms and the application of API 579 to brittle fracture, general metal loss, local wall thinning, pitting, blisters and laminations, mechanical defects (dents, gouges, misalignment, and distortion), crack-like flaws (stress corrosion cracking, weld flaws, crack-like defects), fatigue, HIC and SOHIC and fire damage

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for integrity assessment engineers, operations engineers, maintenance engineers, and other professionals seeking to strengthen their capability in this area.

• Integrity assessment engineers
• Operations engineers
• Maintenance engineers
• Maintenance supervisors
• Facility integrity supervisors
• Corrosion engineers
• Corrosion specialists
• Site inspection engineers
• Piping engineers
• Mechanical engineers

Course Outline

Day 1 — Fitness-For-Service Technology

• Overview of API 579 Contents, Objectives and Applications
• How to apply API 579 for cost-effective run-or-repair decisions
• Fitness-for-Service Assessment procedure
• An overview of what is new in the latest release

Day 2 — Inspection and Fitness-For-Service

• The real function of inspection
• Inspection reliability and effectiveness
• Nondestructive testing techniques - PT, VT, MT, ET, UT, RT, AE
• Fundamentals of Design and Construction of Pressure Vessels, Storage Tanks and Piping

Day 3 — FFS Assessment of Brittle Fracture and Metal Loss

• Assessment of Existing Equipment for Brittle Fracture
• Overview of brittle fracture
• Data requirements
• Assessment techniques

Day 4 — Assessment of Pitting Corrosion

• Data requirements
• Assessment techniques
• Acceptance criteria
• Worked example

Day 5 — Assessment of Weld Misalignment and Shell Distortions

• Data requirements
• Assessment techniques
• Acceptance criteria
• Worked example

Accreditation

Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.

Dates & Venues

Dates	Venue	Delivery	Duration	Fee (USD)
27 September – 1 October 2026	Istanbul, Turkey	Public	5 days	4,500
1–5 November 2026	Dubai, UAE	Public	5 days	3,900
28 December – 1 January 2027	Tanzania, East Africa	Public	5 days	4,500

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Frequently Asked Questions

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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