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Who is this API 570 Certificate for?

All Corrosion Engineers, Integrity Engineers, Welding Engineers,  RBI Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Pressure Vessels/Piping/Tanks/Boilers Inspectors and every other inspection professional.

Are You Qualified To Take The API 570 Exam?

The minimum qualification requirements for API 570 Piping Inspector certification are based on the combination of education and experience related to piping. This experience must have been acquired within the last 10 years while employed by, or under contract with, an authorized inspection agency as defined in API 570.

You want to study For The Exam?

API Authorized Piping Inspectors must have a broad knowledge base relating to maintenance, inspection, alteration and repair of in-service metallic piping systems. The API Authorized Piping Inspector Certification Examination is designed to determine if applicants have such knowledge. Questions may be taken from anywhere within each document in this BOK, unless specifically excluded herein. In the event that specific sections of a document are listed as excluded– all other sections within that document are included. In some cases specific paragraphs or sections, such as the example shown below, are included as an aid to the candidate. This is not intended to exclude other paragraphs. For example: In the “Corrosion Rate and Inspection Intervals” section of this BOK (Section A, Sub-section 1), it states: The Inspector must be able to calculate: a) Corrosion Rates (API-570, Par. 7.1.2). This means that the corrosion rate calculation will be found in paragraph 7.1.2 It does not mean that other paragraphs in that section are excluded. The examination consists of two parts. The closed-book part tests the candidate on knowledge and tasks requiring everyday working knowledge of API Standard 570 and the applicable reference documents. The open-book portion of the examination requires the use of more detailed information that the inspector is expected to be able to find in the documents, but would not normally be committed to memory. During the exam, applicants will be expected to choose the best answer from the options provided.

References for this exam are as follows:

A. API Publications

- API Standard 570, Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Rerating of In-Service Piping Systems.

- API Recommended Practice 571, Damage mechanisms Affecting Fixed equipment in the Refining Industry.

- API Recommended Practice 574, Inspection Practices for Piping System Components. 

- API Recommended Practice 577, Welding Inspection and Metallurgy. 

- API Recommended Practice 578, Guidelines for a Material Verification Program (MVP) for New and Existing Assets. 

B. ASME Publications

- Section V, Nondestructive Examination.

- Section IX, Qualification Standard for Welding, Brazing and Fusion Procedures; Welders; Brazers; and Welding, Brazing and Fusing Operators. 

- B16.5, Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings. 

- B31.3, Process Piping.

What is API 570 code?

API 570 covers inspection, rating, repair, and alteration procedures for metallic and fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) piping systems and their associated pressure relieving devices that have been placed in service. This inspection Code applies to all hydrocarbon and chemical process piping covered in 1.2.1 that have been placed in service unless specifically designated as optional per 1.2.2. This publication does not cover inspection of specialty equipment including instrumentation, exchanger tubes and control valves. However, this piping Code could be used by owner/users in other industries and other services at their discretion. 
Process piping systems that have been retired from service and abandoned in place are no longer covered by this “in service inspection” Code. However abandoned in place piping may still need some amount of inspection and/or risk mitigation to assure that it does not become a process safety hazard because of continuing deterioration. Process piping systems that are temporarily out of service but have been mothballed (preserved for potential future use) are still covered by this Code.

References:

- API 570 Code

- https://www.api.org