SAUDI ARAMCO COMPUTER BASED TESTING (CBT)

Body of Knowledge

Mechanical – Welding, Piping, Static Equipment, Rotating Equipment, NDE

Storage Tanks

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practice 575, Inspection of Atmospheric

and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 650, Welded Tanks for Oil Storage

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practice 651, Cathodic Protection of

Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tanks

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practice 652, Lining of Aboveground

Petroleum Storage Tank Bottoms

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 653, Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and
Reconstruction

Pressure Vessels

 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,
Section VIII Div.1, Rules For Construction of Pressure Vessels

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code:
Maintenance Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration

Piping

 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B16.5, Pipe Flanges and Flanged
Fittings

 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B31.3, Process Piping

Rotating

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 610, Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum,
Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 618, Reciprocating Compressors for

Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services
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  American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 682, Shaft Sealing Systems for Centrifugal and
Rotary

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practice 686, Recommended Practice for
Machinery Installation and Installation Design

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practice 571, Damage Mechanisms

Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry

NDE

 American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT ) Recommended Practice SNT TC‐1A

Personal Qualification and Certification in Nondestructive Testing Personnel

 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,
Section V, Nondestructive Examination

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practice 577, Welding Inspection and
Metallurgy

Welding

 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,
Section IX, Qualification Standard for Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Procedures; Welders;
Brazers; and Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Operators

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practice 577, Welding Inspection and
Metallurgy

 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,
Section II, Materials - Part C, Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes, and Filler Metals

 American Welding Society (AWS) A2.4, Standard Symbols for Welding, Brazing, and
Nondestructive Examination

Electrical

 National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 70, National Electric Code (NEC)

 National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 70E, Electrical Safety in the Workplace

 National Electric Manufacturers Association (NEMA) VE 2, Cable Tray Installation

Guidelines

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  National Electric Manufacturers Association (NEMA) VE 1, Metal Cable Tray Systems

 ISO-15589-1, Cathodic protection of pipeline systems

 National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 79, Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery

 Underwriters Lab (UL) 508 A, Standard for Industrial Control Panels

 National Electric Manufacturers Association (NEMA) ICS 6, Enclosures

 National Electric Manufacturers Association (NEMA) MG 1, Motors and Generators

 Illumination Engineering Society (IES) Lighting Handbook

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 60870-5, Telecontrol equipment and systems

Instrumentation

 National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 70, National Electric Code (NEC)

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 60364, Low-voltage electrical installations

 National Electric Manufacturers Association (NEMA) ICS 6, Enclosures

 National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 70, National Electric Code (NEC) Art 250

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 60529, Degrees of protection provided by

enclosures (IP Code)

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62271-200, Edition 2.0 High-voltage

switchgear and control gear

 National Electric Manufacturers Association (NEMA) VE 2, Cable Tray Installation

Guidelines

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) TS 60859, Cable Connections for Gas-

Insulated Metal-Enclosed Switchgear for Rated Voltages of 72.5KV and Above

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62275, Cable management systems

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 60332-3, Tests on electric and optical fibre
cables under fire conditions

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 60269, Low-Voltage fuses

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  International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61386-1, Conduit systems for cable
management

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 60898-1, Electrical Accessories

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61158-2, Industrial communication

networks – Fieldbus specifications

 International Standards Organizations (ISO)/ International Electrotechnical Commission

(IEC) 14776-153, Information technology - Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) - Part 153:
Serial Attached SCSI - 2.1 (SAS-2.1)

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62828 & IEC 60079-0, Interoperation

guide of field device tool (FDT)

 International Society of Automation (ISA) Recommended Practice RP-60, Instrument

Engineers Society of America Handbook

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 60870, Part 5

 International Standards Organizations (ISO)/ International Electrotechnical Commission

(IEC) 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories

 American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ International Society of Automation (ISA)

Recommended Practice 5.1, Instrumentation Symbols and Identification

 International Society of Automation (ISA) Recommended Practice RP 60.3, Human

Engineering for Control Centers

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 60068-3-6, Environmental testing – Part 3-

6: Supporting documentation and guidance – Confirmation of the performance of
temperature/humidity chambers

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61158, Specification – Fieldbus

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61131 and IEC 61804 (ANSI/ISA-61804),

Standard for Field instruments

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 60335, Household and similar electrical

appliances – Safety

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 60730-2-5, Automatic electrical controls -

Part 2-5: Particular requirements for automatic electrical burner control systems

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 60252-1, AC motor capacitors

 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62271-200, High-voltage switchgear and

control gear

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  International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61499, Function blocks – Part 1:
Architecture

Civil

 American Concrete Institute (ACI) 318, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete
and Commentary

 Process Industry Practices (PIP) STS05130, Structural and Miscellaneous Steel Erection
Specification

 Process Industry Practices (PIP) STS03600, Nonshrink Cementitious Grout Specification

 Process Industry Practices (PIP) STE05121, Anchor Bolt Design Guide

 International Building Code (IBC) 2009

 Process Industry Practices (PIP) STS03601, Epoxy Grout Specification

 American Petroleum Institute (API) PUBL 2218, Fireproofing Practices in Petroleum and
Petrochemical Processing Plants

Communication

 Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI), Telecommunications

Distribution Methods Manual (TDMM)

 Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI), Outside Plant (OSP)

HVAC
 National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 70, National Electric Code (NEC)

 Underwriters Lab (UL) 555S, Standard for Safety for Smoke Dampers

 Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA), HVAC
Duct Construction Standard

 American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

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  Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC)

 Copper Development Association (CDA) Publication A4015-14, Copper Tube Handbook

Plumbing

 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC)

 American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) D2241, Standard Specification for
Poly(Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Pressure-Rated Pipe (SDR Series)

 American Water Works Association (AWWA) C950, Fiberglass Pressure Pipe

 National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems

Coating

 Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC) SP 2, Hand Tool Cleaning

 Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC) SP 1, Solvent Cleaning

 Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC) SP 3, Power Tool Cleaning

 Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC) SP 11, Power Tool Cleaning to Bare Metal

 Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC) SP 10, Near-White Blast Cleaning

 Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC), Paint Manual, Vol. 1

 Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC) PA 2, Measurement of Dry Paint

 Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC) PA 1, Shop, Field and Maintenance Painting

 Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC) PA 4, Guide to Maintenance Repainting with Oil
Base or Alkyd Painting Systems

 Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC) Vis-1 Guide, Pictorial Surface Standard Dry
Blast Cleaning

 American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) D 1400-94,Test Method for

Nondestructive Measurement of Dry Film

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  American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) G62, Standard Test Methods for Holiday
Detection in Pipeline Coatings

 American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) D 3359, Standard Test Methods for.
Measuring Adhesion by Tape

 American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) E 337, Standard Test Method for
Measuring Humidity with a Psychrometer (the Measurement of Wet- and Dry-Bulb
Temperatures)

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