Description
This 690-page handbook is your learning guide to passing all three main API ICP examinations. It covers the full scope of:
• API 510: Pressure Vessel Inspector
• API 570: Piping Inspector
• API 653: Above Ground Storage Tank Inspector
API ICP examinations are a stringent test of candidates’ ability to assimilate several thousand pages of code material and answer a large number of open and closed-book exam questions over a 7 ½ hour exam session.
This handbook covers the API Bodies of Knowledge (BoK) for these three certification examinations in a structured way that makes the material easy to understand and learn. 270+ figures and flowcharts explain the code principles and content with specific reference to code clauses and exam question types used.
Learning methods are provided to help exam candidates understand ICP exam questions and compile their own learning programme for the Boks. Sample questions and mock examinations are provided with worked calculation examples.
The handbook is updated to match new API ICP exam formats and Alternative Question Types. Wilkinson Coutts are
experienced providers of API 510/570/653 training with a first-time pass rate of 95%+ using their innovative training methods.
CONTENTS LIST
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
1: How to use this book
2: The API 510/57/653 ICP programmes
3: ICP effectivity lists and bodies of knowledge (BoK)
4: API 510/570/653 examinations; what to expect
5: Source material; API and ASME codes
6: Your learning options
PART 2: THE COMMON PARTS OF THE API 510/570/653 ICPs
7: API RP 577: Welding processes, inspection and metallurgy
8: API RP 578: Material verification programmes
9: API RP 576: Pressure relieving devices
10: API RP 571: Damage mechanisms
11: NDE requirements of ASME V
12: ASME IX welding qualifications
13: Corrosion rates and remaining life calculations
PART 3: THE API 570 ICP
14: Introduction to API 570
15: API 570 Sections 6: Inspection frequency/extent and 7: Data evaluation
16: API 570 Section 8: Repair, alteration, re-rating
17: API RP 574: Inspection practices for piping components
18: ASME B31.3: Process piping
19: ASME B16.5 Pipe flanges and flanges fittings
20: API RP 571: Damage mechanisms (API 570)
PART 4: THE API 510 ICP
21: Introduction to API 510
22: API 510 Section 2: Inspection practices
23: API 510 Section 6: Interval/frequency of inspection
24: API 510 Section 7: Data evaluation
25: API 510 Section 8: Repairs, alteration, re-rating
26: API RP 572: Inspection practices for pressure vessels
27: ASME VIII-I: Pressure vessel code
28: API 571 Damage Mechanisms (API 510)
PART 5: THE API 653 ICP
29: Introduction to API 653
30: API 653 Section 9: Tank repairs and alterations
31: API 653 Section 10: Tank dismantling and reconstruction
32: Tank NDE
33: Tank hydrostatic testing
34: API 650 Tank design
35: API RP 575: Tank inspection practices
36: API RP 651: Cathodic protection
37: API RP 652: Tank bottom linings
38: API RP 571: Damage mechanisms (API 653)
SAMPLE CONTENT
Here’s some typical sample content of the API Exam Handbook. You’ll see it’s different to the reproduced
code clauses you’ll find in many books and training sources. They’re original figures; designed to help your
understanding of the principles tested in exam questions. There’re 270+ figures in the handbook with hundreds
and hundreds of matching test questions and worked answers.