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APIP is a nonprofit organization consisting of individuals and companies providing Inspection, Nondestructive Testing, Quality Assurance and Quality Control services to the refining, petrochemical, energy, aerospace and other related industries.
Announcements
Two Grants, New NDT Training Classes - San Jacinto College
The new CBJT (Community Based Job Training) grant has been approved. This grant will be used to provide Nondestructive Training classes for a specified number of individuals over a 3 year period.
FREE NDT CLASSES ARE OPEN FOR APIP MEMBER COMPANIES.
Contact CRAIG.ZIMMERMAN@SJCD.EDU or phone 281-478-3684 TO ENROLL YOUR EMPLOYEES.
Current classes being offered include Liquid Penetrant I&II, Magnetic Particle I&II, Ultrasonics Level I&II, Ultrasonic Thickness Testing, and Digital Radiographic Imaging,Scanning and Interpretation with the GE System.
Classes, offered through the San Jacinto College Continuing & Professional Education Department are under way now.
The latest schedule is displayed on this website under the Training Schedule Tab
LP I/II 16 hours
MP I/II 24 hours
UT I 40 hours
UT II 40 hours
UT Thickness, 16 hours
Digital RT 40 hours
These classes will continue to be repeated and improved over the next 3 years.
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NOTICE: A NEW HGAC GRANT HAS BEEN APPROVED TO TRAIN INEXPERIENCED, NEW NDT TECHNICIANS WITH NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE. THESE CLASSES WILL BEGIN IN MARCH 2010. DETAILS WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO APIP MEMBER COMPANIES AND POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE.
Bill Hatler
Fall Educational Seminar- Codes & Standards
The ASNT Greater Houston Section Fall Educational Seminar on Codes and Standards in Industry will be held Saturday, Oct 3rd, 2009 from 8 - 5:00.
Location: Advanced Inspection Technologies, 19010 Doerre Road, Spring, Tx 77379, Ph: 713-464-4481
The Educational Seminar will cover the ASME V & VIII Codes, SNT-TC-1A, CP-189, ACCP.
The course provides basic instruction on the codes and quality as related to real world testing in NDT methods such as VT, RT, UT, LP, MP, Personnel Certification
The Presenter will be John Allgood, Senior Instructor for Hellier Technical NDT Training.
Registration is $80 for ASNT member, $90 for non-member and $100 on-site.
Contact the ASNT Greater Houston Section at asnthouston.com or PO Box 2602, Houston, TX 77252-2602 for further details and registration.
APIP General Business Meeting and Elections Night
The fall General Business Meeting, Board Elections and Scholarship awards night was held November 4th at the Republic Grill, Battleground Deer Park Golf Course.
Scholarship Drawings and awards for APIP Members were contributed by:
MSTS, Mark Smith: 1 API Class
DTM, Dave McGrath: Either 1- API Class or 1- CWI Prep Class
Analytical Training Consultants, Don Mears: 1-API 578 Class
Rustbusters, Marc McConnel: 1-API 571 Class
Hellier Training, Don Locke: 2-seats, $100 off Phased Array Evaluation Class
Coastal Refractory Services, Tony Sims: 1-API 936 Seminar
NACE, Mike Moss: Scholarship Award
Greater Houston ASNT, John Iman: 1-Seminar
APIP: 2-$500 Scholarships
The following new Board of Directors for 2010 were elected:
Jim Climer- CTS
Larry Clowers - SGS
Keith Farris - Mistras
Cindy Keithley- Petrospect
Kelley Jones - Pro-Inspect
Steve McElwee - Team
A presentation on the new NACE Training Center was given by Mike Moss, Senior Training Director.
APIP San Jacinto College Training Consortium (ASJCTC
The APIP and the Continuing and Professional Development Training Department of San Jacinto College will continue the training consortium formed for previous grants. The new title of the consortium will be APIP San Jacinto College Training Consortium, ASJCTC.
Current APIP Member Companies will receive advance notice and priority for classes developed and administered by the ASJCTC. Remaining unfilled classes will be open to all qualified companies.
An Advisory Council and a Marketing and Communications Committee is being formed to guide and support the ASJCTC.
Bill Hatler - APIP
Craig Zimmerman - SJC CPD
API Meeting in Dallas-Feedback
Following is some information from the Nov 09 API meeting
Status of API Codes and Recommended Practices:
RP 573 Inspection of FIred Heaters & Boilers-next issue in 2010
RP 575 Inspection of Storage Tanks- due in 2010
RP 577 Welding Inspection & Metallurgy 2nd edition- target year end 2010
RP 581 Base Resource Document on RBI 2nd edition- work in progress
RP 583 Corrosion Under Insulation - work in progress
RP 584 Integrity Operating Windows- draft due in 2010
RP 585 Pressure Equipment Investigation- MI incidents, task group forming
API 570, 574 issues with contact point corrosion inside sleeves-Need to develop criteria, technology for inspection/NDT
Decreasing enrollment in API certification exams- API to increase the cost?
Application fee for API re-certification test will increase from $50 to $150
ASME Guide to Life Cycle Management Digest- $100.00, order at ASME.Org
ASME Codes & Standards - will not issue Addenda after 2013 edition
TWIC card alert- Some PIN #'s may have been lost. May need to re-apply
EPRI reports that 37 applications have been submitted for coal, gas, nuclear power plants. The workforce impact, e.g. inspection/NDT, will be felt in 3-4 years.
API 936 Refractory Certification Training Class
JENKINS 16 HOUR API 936 REFRACTORY USER TRAINING CLASS
Date: September 21st and 22nd, 2009
Location: Comfort Suites
16931 N. Texas Avenue
Webster, Texas 77598
Phone: 281-554-5400
Time: Monday, September 21, 2009 - 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Includes visit to Jenkins testing laboratory
Course Fee:
$ 495.00 per person. Discount pricing of $ 395.00 per person applies to groups of three (3) or more. Travel, hotel accommodations, transportation, etc. not included.
This training is intended to to provide an understanding of API 936 RP requirements and includes practical information for "real world" refractory installations. For a complete course outline and further details
Call or Email: rjenkins@rjjenkins.com and Cc: lbourke@rjjenkins.com
To apply to sit for the API 936 Certification Exam, contact the API directly at
http://api.org/certifications/icp/programs/api936.cfm
Latest Blog Posts
The Business and Industry Connection (BIC) publication graciously donated a feature article to the APIP in their April 2009 publication.
The APIP feature, on page 19 of BIC magazine is entitled " Plant Inspection Association improves, enhances inspection industry"
The Board of Directors of APIP want to convey our appreciation to BIC for supporting our non-profit association of business owners and individual members.
A Letter of Thanks To San Jacinto College’s 51 Company
Partners on the Texas Workforce Commission
Skills Development Fund “APIP” Grant Project
On behalf of San Jacinto College, I want to express my sincere appreciation for the collaboration, cooperation, and sustained participation by our company partners in concluding our initial training project under the APIP Grant. Our allocation of just over $3 million was successfully utilized to train more than 1,200 individuals in over 30 courses for a total of approximately 2,900 enrollments. That represents a training value of $2,500 per trainee. Our project began in April 2007 and concluded March 31, 2009. We are in a 60-day close-out process to finalize all data and reports.
The college has been asked by several of our company partners about a subsequent application to the TWC to request additional funds to meet continuing training needs within this industry group. That is certainly a future possibility. Please be assured that should such another initiative begin, we will be in contact with each of our 51 company contacts and other industry representatives to provide relevant information about participation in a second application.
Thank you for your efforts and support of this project. I look forward to continuing our relationship in future endeavors.
Regards
Gayle Gallaher, San Jacinto College
API
The 2009 Inspector Summit Jan 27-30th, Galveston, Tx. was a success.
Key subjects from this Summit that will be posted in the Blogs section of this website in detail include:
NEP (National Emphasis Programs) OSHA Refinery and Chemical Plant Audits. Revised API RP for PMI. Training/Certification and OSHA audits.
Forecast trends for API Inspectors supply and demand.
ASNT
Apr 6th, Golf Outing, Deerwood Golf Club
Apr 8th, Vendors Night & Job Fair @ Brady's Landing
May 2nd, Spring Educational Seminar
May 13th, ASNT President Message, state of the ASNT Q&A
Jun 3-6th, ICPIIT-XI Conference & Show, Houston (www.asnt.org)
Oct 3, 2009 Fall Educational Seminar Codes and Standards
AWS (www.awshouston.org)
Mar 18th, Section Meeting
March/April Plant Tour, Spring Educational
Apr 15th, Section Meeting
April/May Golf Tournament
May 20th, Section Meeting, Scholarships
May 29-30th, AWS District 18 Conference
ASME
Apr 23rd, ASME Trade Show , Pasadena (www.asmesouthtexas.org)
NACE
Mar 22-26th, NACE Corrosion Conference & Expo, Atlanta, GA (www.nace.org)
Analytical Training Consultants