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API 510 PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTOR CERTIFICATION TRAINING COURSE

Our API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector Certification Training Course help prepare to become a certified API 510 Pressure Vessel inspector.

API 570 PROCESS PIPEWORK INSPECTOR CERTIFICATION TRAINING COURSE

Our API 570 Process Pipework Inspector Certification Training Course is suited for those who wish to become Certified API 570 Piping inspectors.

API Bolted Flange Joint Inspector (BFJI)

The API Bolted Flange Joint Inspector (BFJI) certification is designed to ensure inspectors and engineers have the knowledge and skills required to maintain the safety, reliability, and leak-tightness of bolted flange joints.

API 653 ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANK INSPECTOR COURSE

Our API 653 Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector Course prepares those who wish to achieve API 653 certification. This is a difficult exam and preparation is key.

API 936 REFRACTORY PERSONNEL

The API 936 Refractory Personnel certification is designed to identify candidates possessing the knowledge of API STD 936 Refractory Installation Quality Control Guidelines.

API 580 RISK BASED INSPECTION (RBI) TRAINING COURSE

API welcomes highly specialised inspectors, engineers, and other professionals across the entire petrochemical industry to obtain the API 580 Risk Based Inspection certification as a validation of their profound knowledge of Risked Based Inspection (RBI).

API 571 ICP CORROSION AND MATERIALS CERTIFICATION

API 571 ICP Corrosion and Materials Certification, like the API 580 certification, allows highly specialized inspectors, engineers, and other professionals across the entire petrochemical industry to obtain the API 571 Corrosion and Materials certification to validate their knowledge on damage mechanisms.

API 982 Refractory Inspector Training Course

This comprehensive 4–5 day classroom-based course is designed to prepare candidates for the API 982 Refractory Inspector Certification Exam.

API 1169 PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR

The API 1169 Pipeline Construction Inspector training course is designed to assist individuals who are scheduled to take the API 1169 Pipeline Inspector Certification Examination. The course consists of 5 days of classwork and is based on the American documents in the API Effectivity Sheet and the API Body of Knowledge.

API 577 ICP WELDING INSPECTION & METALLURGY ONLINE

The objective of the API 577 Welding Inspection and Metallurgy Course is to provide preparation for those is wishing to undertake API 577 certification.

API Source Inspector Fixed Equipment (SIFE)

The API Source Inspector Fixed Equipment (SIFE) certification programme, developed in collaboration with industry experts, is designed to qualify professionals responsible for supplier quality surveillance.

API 510 ICP EXAM RECERTIFICATION TRAINING

Our API 510 ICP Exam Recertification training provides a critical insight into the updates made and how they affect the body of knowledge (BOK) for the recertification exam, which ONLY includes the API codes and publications.

API 570 ICP EXAM RECERTIFICATION TRAINING

Our API 570 ICP Exam Recertification training provides a critical insight into the updates made and how they affect the body of knowledge (BOK) for the recertification exam, which ONLY includes the API codes and publications.

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQs

The American Petroleum Institute (API) offers a certification program for individual in-service inspectors handling the in-service inspection of pressure vessels, pipework and storage tanks. API also manages an expansive catalog catalogue of API ‘codes’ which standardize practice. The certifications are a legal requirement for inspectors in many US states. However, the extension of US ownership to include international facilities and onshore plants, along with the lack of a similarly broad scope of recognized standards in other countries, has resulted in the widespread adoption of API practice within international plant industries. Many other countries regulatory authorities also use these codes to assess evidence of inspector competence. The API certification program is broken down into a series of API programs, programmes known as Individual Certification Programmes (ICPs).

Before applying for the API ICP exam candidates must ensure that they meet the minimum requirements defined by API. The table sets out the requirements for API 510/570/653;

Education	Years of Industry Experience	Experience Required
BS or higher in engineering or technology	1 year	Supervision or performance of inspection activities as described in API 510
2-year Associate’s degree or certificate in engineering or technology	2 years	Design, fabrication, repair, operation, or inspection of pressure vessels, of which one year must be in supervision or performance of inspection activities as described in API 510
High school diploma or equivalent	3 years	Design, fabrication, repair, operation, or inspection of pressure vessels, of which one year must be in supervision or performance of inspection activities as described in API 510
No formal education	5 or more years	Design, fabrication, repair, operation, or inspection of pressure vessels, of which one year must be in supervision or performance of inspection activities as described in API 510

All candidates wishing to complete an API ICP exam must apply to API to ensure suitability.

Ensure you qualify to take the exam by reviewing the requirements for your chosen program on the API website.

API Exam Application

Create an ICP account on the API ICP portal
Complete your application (you will be asked to provide evidence of previous employment/experience)
Submit your application to API for review
Pay API exam application fee
Receive exam eligibility ID number (this may take up to 6 weeks)
Book your exam

On submitting your application, you will be asked to pay the relevant API registration fee. This varies depending on the exam you are registering for. Following API’s successful review and approval of your application, you will be provided with an exam eligibility ID number. You require this number to book your exam with PROMETRIC. You will be provided with a link to PROMETRIC during your
API application. They have a range of test centers throughout the world, with the UK sites located in Manchester, London, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. For information on further test center locations please visit the PROMETRIC website for further information.

The processing of your exam application with API may take up to six weeks, so for the best selection of exam dates and locations, do not delay in submitting your application.