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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 be built on basis of topic exam weight.

Day one: morning Day two, morning: 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 one: afternoon
 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
 Inspection for Types and Locations of Damage Day two: afternoon
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 three: morning Day five, morning:

 Repairs and Alterations Damage mechanism (from API 571)


 Welding and Hot Tapping
 Re-rating  Terms and Definitions
 Inspection of Buried Piping  Amine Stress Corrosion Cracking
 Atmospheric Corrosion
 Boiler Water and Stream Condensate Corrosion
Day three: afternoon  Caustic Corrosion
 Caustic Stress Corrosion Cracking
 ASME BPV IX
 Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking
 Weld Procedure Specification (WPS)
 Corrosion Under Insulation
 Procedure Qualification Record (PQR)
 Erosion/Erosion – Corrosion
 Welder Performance Qualification (WPQ)
 Galvanic Corrosion
 Hydrochloric Acid Corrosion
 Mechanical Fatigue (Including Vibration-induced
Day four: morning Fatigue)
Welding (API 577)  Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion
 Soil Corrosion
 Terms and Definitions  Sour Water Corrosion (Acidic)
 Welding Processes  Sulfidation
 Welding Materials
 Welding Inspection
 Welding Metallurgy Day five, afternoon:
 Hot Tapping and In-Service Welding  Overview of API Recommended Practice 576,
Inspection of Pressure-Relieving Devices
 Guidelines for a Material Verification Program
Day four afternoon: NDE (MVP) for New and Existing Assets
 Scope
 ASME Section V
 Considerations and General Concerns
 Article 1, General Requirements:
 Material Verification Programs
 Article 2, Radiographic Examination:
 PMI Methodology and Technology
 Article 6, Liquid Penetrant Examination
 Evaluation of Testing Results
(Including mandatory appendices II and III):
 Materials Identification
 Article 7, Magnetic Particle Examination (Yoke
 Documentation and Recordkeeping
and Prod techniques only):
 Revision
 Article 9, Visual Examination:
 Mock-up exam
 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

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