APIP Announcements
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.
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.
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
Certified Welding Inspector Exam Preparatory Course
AWS-CWI (American Welding Society – Certified Welding Inspector)
Download more information.
APIP Texas Training Consortium (ATTC)
The 36 free Testing, Inspection and Personal Productivity training classes held for the employees of 51 ATTC member companies for the time period of March 2007 to March 2009 at San Jacinto College has been concluded.
The $3M Texas Workforce Commission Grant that paid for this training has been fully utilized and Texas business now has around 1250 new and upgraded employees as a result. Additionally, many of these individuals have a new and promising future in a dynamic, high potential, in-demand career.
A full report of the training program experience, lessons learned, future plans and recommendations and information on new training grants was presented at the ASNT's International Chemical and Petroleum Industry Inspection Technology (ICPIIT) XI Topical Conference on June 4th. Details are available at this website: https://www.asnt.org/events/conferences/icpiit/icpiit.htm
The Board of the APIP want to express our sincere appreciation to the Texas Workforce Commission, to San Jacinto College and to the Consortium member companies for their commitment and support in the organization and successful fulfillment of this first of a kind program in Texas. It serves as a model to create opportunity and to meet future needs through the collaboration of Texas government, business and academia.
Bill Hatler
Chairman
MSTS Training