API 510 course daily agenda

The following table showing the typical distribution of API 510 exam question taken from actual exam

Therefore, course daily agenda is going to build on basis of topic exam weight.

Day one: Day three: Inspection planning

 Introduction  Introduction
 Body of knowledge and exam  Inspection During Installation and Service Changes
 Scope of work and general application of API 510  Risk Based Inspection (RBI)
 Roles and responsibilities  External Inspection
 Terms and Definitions  Internal, On-stream, and Thickness Measurement
Inspections
 Pressure-relieving Devices
Day two:  Deferral of Inspections, Examinations, and Tests
 Deferral of Inspection Repair Recommendation
Inspection and testing practices Due Dates
 Review of Inspection Repair Recommendations
 Inspection Plans
 Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) Day four:
 Preparation for Inspection
 Inspection for Different Types of Damage Data evaluation
Mechanisms and Failure Modes
 Corrosion rates and inspection intervals
 Types of Inspection and Surveillance for Pressure
 Weld joint quality factors and casting quality
Vessels
factors
 Condition Monitoring Locations (CMLs)
 Internal pressure / minimum thickness of pipe
 Condition Monitoring Methods
 Pressure testing
 Pressure Testing
 Impact testing
 Material Verification and Traceability
 Preheating and heat treatment requirements
 Inspection of In-service Welds
 Thermal expansion
 Inspection and Repair of Flanged Joints
 Minimum wall thickness & working pressures for
 Inspection of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers.
flanges
Day five:
 Repairs of Pressure Vessels
 Alterations of Pressure Vessels
 Rerating of Pressure Vessels
 Pressure-relieving Devices
 Alternative Rules for E&P Pressure Vessels
Day six:
 ASME BPV IX
 Weld Procedure Specification (WPS)
 Procedure Qualification Record (PQR)
 Welder Performance Qualification (WPQ)
Day seven:
Welding (API 577)
 Terms and Definitions
 Welding Processes
 Welding Materials
 Welding Inspection
 Welding Metallurgy
 Hot Tapping and In-Service Welding
Day eight: NDE
 ASME Section V
 Article 1, General Requirements:
 Article 2, Radiographic Examination:
 Article 6, Liquid Penetrant Examination
(Including mandatory appendices II and III):
 Article 7, Magnetic Particle Examination (Yoke
and Prod techniques only):
 Article 9, Visual Examination:
 Article 10, Leak Testing (Including Mandatory
Appendix I Bubble Test –Direct Pressure
Technique):
 Article 23, Ultrasonic Standards, Section
SE–797 only – Standard practice for
measuring thickness by by manual ultrasonic
pulse-echo contact method
Day 9:
Damage mechanism (from API 570)
 Terms and Definitions
 Amine Stress Corrosion Cracking
 Atmospheric Corrosion
 Brittle Fracture
 Caustic Corrosion
 Caustic Stress Corrosion Cracking
 Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking
 Cooling Water Corrosion
 Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)
 Erosion/Erosion-Corrosion
 High Temperature Hydrogen Attack
 Hydrochloric Acid Corrosion
 Mechanical Fatigue (including Vibration-induced
Fatigue)
 Sour Water Corrosion
 Sulfidation
 Wet H2S Damage (Blistering/HIC/SOHIC/SCC)
Day 10:
 Overview of API Recommended Practice 576,
Inspection of Pressure-Relieving Devices
 Guidelines for a Material Verification Program
(MVP) for New and Existing Assets
 Scope
 Considerations and General Concerns
 Material Verification Programs
 PMI Methodology and Technology
 Evaluation of Testing Results
 Materials Identification
 Documentation and Recordkeeping
 Revision
 Mock-up exam