API 570 course daily agenda

The following table showing the typical distribution of API 570 exam question taken from actual exam

Therefore, course daily agenda is going to built 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 570  Piping Inspection Planning
 Roles and responsibilities  Extent of Visual External and CUI Inspections
 Terms and Definitions  Extent of Thickness Measurement Inspection and
Data Analysis
Day two:
 Extent of Inspections on Small-bore Piping,
Inspection and testing practices Deadlegs, Auxiliary Piping, and Threaded
Connections
 Inspection Plans  Inspection and Maintenance of Pressure-relieving
 Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) Devices (PRDs)
 Preparation for Inspection
Day four:
 Inspection for Types and Locations of Damage
Modes of Deterioration and Failure Data evaluation
 General Types of Inspection and Surveillance
 CMLs  Corrosion rates and inspection intervals
 Condition Monitoring Methods  Weld joint quality factors and casting quality
 Corrosion Under Insulation Inspection factors
 Mixing Point Inspection  Internal pressure / minimum thickness of pipe
 Injection Point Inspection  Pressure testing
 Pressure Testing of Piping Systems  Impact testing
 Material Verification and Traceability  Preheating and heat treatment requirements
 Inspection of Valves  Thermal expansion
 In-service Inspection of Welds  Minimum wall thickness & working pressures for
 Inspection of Flanged Joints flanges
Day five:
 Repairs and Alterations
 Welding and Hot Tapping
 Re-rating
 Inspection of Buried Piping
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
 ASME B31.3: general rules for NDE (Chapter VI).
 API 570: general rules for NDT
Day 9:
Damage mechanism (from API 571)
 Terms and Definitions
 Amine Stress Corrosion Cracking
 Atmospheric Corrosion
 Boiler Water and Stream Condensate Corrosion
 Caustic Corrosion
 Caustic Stress Corrosion Cracking
 Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking
 Corrosion Under Insulation
 Erosion/Erosion – Corrosion
 Galvanic Corrosion
 Hydrochloric Acid Corrosion
 Mechanical Fatigue (Including Vibration-induced
Fatigue)
 Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion
 Soil Corrosion
 Sour Water Corrosion (Acidic)
 Sulfidation
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