Is it for me?

This course is designed for you as an engineering, technical, operations, maintenance or inspection operative working within the oil and gas production, chemical process, power generation, utilities, commercial works (vendor) inspection organisation, classification society or insurance company.  Prior to enrolling on this course, please ensure your CV has been reviewed and approved to confirm that you meet the eligibility requirements. You can submit your CV via email to trainexam@twitraining.com

What will I learn?

  • Basics of plant Inspection
  • Inspection and design of pressure vessels
  • Inspection and design of process piping
  • Inspection and design of above ground storage tanks
  • Common damage mechanisms and inspection strategy
  • Material inspection and verification
  • Basics of welding
  • Welding procedures
  • Destructive testing
  • Non Destructive Examination (NDE)
  • Fundamentals of Risk Based Inspection (RBI)
  • Inspection, examination and pressure testing practices
  • Inspection interval, frequency and extent of inspection
  • Fundamentals of repair, re-rating and alteration
  • Fundamentals of painting and cathodic protection
  • Quality assurance

What will I leave with?

The competence requirement for the Plant Inspector is to have knowledge of the following:

  • Codes and standards commonly used by the industry
  • Equipment types (pressure vessels, process piping, aboveground storage tanks, and pressure relief devices) and basic materials
  • Purpose of a Written Schemes of Examination (WSE) and inspection plan
  • Inspection techniques and principles, including Non-intrusive inspection (NII)
  • Common damage and degradation mechanisms
  • Detection and evaluation of imperfections by means of Non-destructive examination (NDE)
  • Basic code calculations (Corrosion rate, remaining life, MAWP and maximum fill height)

Certification

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What else should I know?

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Candidates shall hold as a minimum a current ISO 9712 Level 2 (SNT-TC-1A certification may be acceptable under certain conditions; to be reviewed by the examiner) in Ultrasonic testing and one other method, which must be Radiographic Inspection/Interpretation, Liquid Penetrant Inspection or Magnetic Particle Inspection and have two years relevant experience in a minimum of two of the following areas (accumulated total five years of relevant experience):
  • Welding inspection activities
  • Painting inspection activities
  • Hydrotesting and pneumatic testing
  • Basic corrosion assessment
  • Total three months of relevant shutdown experience in a plant environment

OR

Candidates shall hold a current CSWIP Welding Inspector (or equivalent) and have two years relevant experience in a minimum of two of the following areas (accumulated total five years of relevant experience):
  • Non-Destructive testing activities
  • Painting inspection activities
  • Hydrotesting and pneumatic testing
  • Basic corrosion assessment
  • Total 3 months of relevant shutdown experience in a plant environment

Examination format
The examination is a combination of closed-book and open-book questions at Plant Inspector level consisting of two papers:

  • 100 multiple choice questions (closed book)
  • 25 multiple choice questions (open book)

What happens next?
To enrol please contact trainexam@twitraining.com to complete an experience form to be assessed.

Once approved and once you have booked your online course, you will receive an email notification with your login details. You will then have 60 days to complete your distance-learning course. Early access or extensions can be requested at a chargeable rate

Once you have completed the eLearning course, please contact your local TWI Training Centre to book your examination. For South East Asia, please contact the TWI Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Specifications
In order to fully access the distance learning material, you will need the following minimum system requirements:

  • Latest version of your web browser of choice (if possible) will provide the best experience
  • Recommended internet speed: at least 0.5 Mbps
  • Display resolution: minimum 1024x768
  • Ideal for use on desktops or tablets

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