Risk Based Inspection Training
Directing inspection effort at the equipment where failure actually matters
Covers the API risk based inspection methodology, damage mechanism identification, probability and consequence of failure assessment, and the inspection planning that follows. The emphasis is on producing a plan that changes what gets inspected rather than confirming the existing schedule.
This course sits alongside our Risk Based Inspection consulting work, so what is taught is what we do.
Who should attend
Course content
Every module is taught with worked examples and exercises drawn from real plant, and adapted to your own process where the course runs in house.
Methodology
- Qualitative, semi quantitative and quantitative approaches
- Screening and the equipment that dominates the risk
- Data requirements and what to do with incomplete records
Damage mechanisms
- Thinning, cracking, metallurgical and mechanical damage families
- High temperature and environmental mechanisms
- Identifying credible mechanisms for a given service and material
- Corrosion under insulation and the inspection difficulty it creates
Risk assessment
- Probability of failure from damage rate and inspection effectiveness
- Consequence of failure covering flammable, toxic and business interruption
- Risk matrix construction and target setting
Inspection planning
- Technique selection matched to the mechanism
- Interval setting and the half life convention
- Evergreening the assessment as inspection data arrives
- Integrating with turnaround planning
What you receive
- A damage mechanism identification worksheet
- A risk assessment and inspection plan template
- Worked probability and consequence calculations
- Assessment result and attendance record
What changes afterwards
- Inspection effort concentrates where failure carries real consequence
- Damage mechanisms are identified from service rather than from habit
- Techniques are chosen to detect the mechanism that is credible
- Intervals are defensible to a regulator and to an insurer
Standards and references
We teach Risk Based Inspection Training against API RP 580 risk based inspection and the codes listed with it, at the edition current when you run it.
Run Risk Based Inspection Training for your team
We will come back with dates, the pre-reading it needs and a cost per head. Tell us who is attending, what they already do day to day and whether you want it at your site or delivered online.
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