A Quick Guide to API 653 Certified Storage Tank Inspector Syllabus: Example Questions and Worked Answers - Softcover

Clifford Matthews

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791859800 ISBN 13: 9780791859803

Publisher: ASME Press (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), 2011

Synopsis

This new Quick Guide reviews one of API's three main Individual Certification Programs (ICPs): API 653: Certified storage tank inspector; Discusses key definitions and scope, inspection regimes and testing techniques relating to tank design, linings, welds, protection systems, repair and alteration; Provides an important resource for these API programs, which are well established in the oil/gas/petroleum industries. API runs multiple examination sites around the world at 6-month intervals. The three main ICPs are: API 570: Certified Pipework Inspector; API 510: Certified Pressure Vessel Inspector; API 653: Certified Storage Tank Inspector. Co-published with Woodhead Publishing (UK).

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About the Author

Clifford Matthews CEng, FIMechE is Director of Matthews Engineering Training Limited, UK, which runs training courses in API 510/570/653, plant inspection, code design, pressure relief equipment and related subjects: over 4000 delegates have been trained in the past 10 years. He has worldwide experience in various industries and is the author of several books on topics relating to inspection. Matthews Training’s approach to teaching API subjects has achieved a first-time examination pass rate in the region of 90%.The company is an authorised global training provider to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Edition details

• Publisher: ASME Press (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0791859800
• ISBN 13: 9780791859803
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 352