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)