API SIRE - Source Inspector Rotating Equipment Course
API SIRE - Source Inspector Rotating Equipment Course Fees 450 $ | API SIRE - Source Inspector Rotating Equipment Course Exam Fees 415 $ | API SIRE - Source Inspector Rotating Equipment Course Duration 15 Days | API SIRE - Source Inspector Rotating Equipment Course Location Muscat
Scope/Purpose
This study guide covers the process of providing quality surveillance of materials, equipment and fabrications being supplied for use in the oil, petrochemical and gas Industry, including upstream, midstream and downstream segments. This guide may be used as the basis for providing a systematic approach to risk-based source inspection in order to provide confidence that mechanical rotating equipment being purchased meet the minimum requirements as specified in the project documents and contractual agreements.
The activities outlined in this study guide do not intend to replace the manufacturer’s own quality system, but rather are meant to guide source inspectors acting on behalf of purchasers to determine whether manufacturers own quality systems have functioned appropriately, such that the purchased equipment will meet contractual agreements.
This study guide focuses primarily on Mechanical Rotating Equipment including but not limited to: pumps, gears, compressors, turbines, etc. and associated appurtenances. This document assumes that suppliers/vendors (S/V) have been pre-qualified by a systematic quality review process of their facilities and quality process to determine if the facility has the ability to meet the requirements of the contractual agreements. That process generally leads to a list of pre-approved S/V’s deemed acceptable to the supply chain management of the purchaser and capable of meeting the requirements of the contract prior to it being placed.
S/V’s on such a list will normally have an acceptable quality process already in place that meets the requirements of the contract. API SIRE - Source Inspector Rotating Equipment Course covers the purpose of source inspection in such a case is simply to verify that the S/V quality process is working as it should and to verify that certain vital steps in the inspection and test plan (ITP) have been satisfactorily accomplished prior to manufacturing completion and/or shipping.
The primary purpose of this study guide is to assist candidates intending to take the API source inspection examination to become certified source inspectors for mechanical rotating equipment. The study guide outlines the fundamentals of source inspection and may be useful to all personnel conducting such activities to perform their jobs in a competent and ethical manner. For more information on how to apply for Source Inspection Certification, please visit API website at http://www.api.org/certification-programs/icp/programs and follow the links as shown in chart below.
API SIRE - Source Inspector Rotating Equipment Course covers the Source Inspector Examination contains 100 multiple-choice questions targeting core knowledge necessary to perform source inspection of mechanical rotating equipment. The focus of the exam is on source inspection issues and activities rather than design or engineering knowledge contained in the reference standards.
The exam is closed book and administered via computer based testing (CBT). The bulk of the questions address mechanical rotating equipment inspection/ surveillance which are typically known by persons who have experience working as source inspectors or persons intending to work as source inspectors who have studied the material in this study guide and the associated reference materials.
Introduction
Like most business processes, the Source Inspection work process follows the Plan–Do–Check–Act circular process first popularized in the 1950’s by Edward Deming. The “Planning” part of source inspection is covered in Sections 6 and 7 of this study guide and involves the source inspection management systems, source inspection project plan and the Inspection and Test Plan (ITP).
The “Doing” part is covered in Sections 8 and 9 and involves implementing the ITP, participating in scheduled source inspection work process events, filing nonconformance reports and source inspection report writing.
The “Checking” part, covered in Section 8.7, involves looking back at all the source inspection activities that occurred in the Planning and Doing segments to see what went well and what should be improved based on the results of that look-back. And finally the “Act” part (sometimes called the “Adjust” part) covered in Section 8.8 involves implementing all the needed improvements in the “Planning and Doing” process before they are implemented on the next source inspection project.
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