API 577 Welding Inspection & Metallurgy — Exam Prep
API 577 焊接检验与冶金备考
Overview
API 577 Welding Inspection & Metallurgy — Exam Prep is part of our Certification Prep portfolio (Exam prep). It runs as a 5-day or 10-day course, in the classroom in 40 cities or live online, and can be delivered in-house and customised for your organisation. This course prepares candidates for the API examination; the credential itself is awarded by API.
Available in English or Chinese, and as bilingual delivery for joint-venture and Chinese-led project teams in the Gulf and Africa.
You will be able to
- Explain the principles, terminology and standards behind API 577 Welding Inspection & Metallurgy — Exam Prep.
- Apply API 577 Welding Inspection & Metallurgy — Exam Prep methods to real cases from the Middle East, Europe and Africa.
- Work through mock exams and question analysis to master the exam format and timing.
- Leave with templates and an action plan for your own workplace.
Who should attend
Professionals preparing for the API examination
Course outline
5-day programme (days 1–5)
Exam orientation and diagnostics
- API 577 Welding Inspection & Metallurgy — Exam Prep: eligibility, application and exam format
- Body of knowledge and reference documents
- Diagnostic test and personal study plan
- Effective-edition codes and the API body of knowledge
Domain review I
- Inspection practices and intervals
- Damage mechanisms (API 571)
- Practice questions with explanations
Domain review II
- Welding procedures and qualifications (ASME IX, API 577)
- NDE methods and acceptance (ASME V)
- Practice questions with explanations
Domain review III
- Code calculations: thickness, MAWP, corrosion rate and remaining life
- Effective-edition codes and the API body of knowledge
- Calculations and scenario questions
- Weak-area clinic
Mock exam and exam strategy
- Full timed mock exam
- Answer review and coaching
- Exam-day strategy and time management
- Study plan to the exam date
The 10-day programme adds days 6–10
Deep dive I
- Effective-edition codes and the API body of knowledge
- Inspection practices and intervals
- Advanced question sets
Deep dive II
- Damage mechanisms (API 571)
- Welding procedures and qualifications (ASME IX, API 577)
- Advanced question sets
Deep dive III
- NDE methods and acceptance (ASME V)
- Code calculations: thickness, MAWP, corrosion rate and remaining life
- Case-based questions
Second mock exam
- Full timed mock exam 2
- Item analysis by domain
- Targeted revision
Final review and next steps
- Rapid review of key formulas and rules
- Application and exam booking support
- Continuing education and recertification
- Certificate of attendance
Where it runs
Middle East: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Al Khobar, Doha, Kuwait City, Manama, Muscat, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, Baghdad, Erbil, Basra, Istanbul
Europe: London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Milan, Vienna, Geneva, Zurich, Munich, Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Lisbon, Brussels, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Athens, Edinburgh
Africa (in-house and live online): Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Accra, Addis Ababa, Casablanca, Algiers, Tunis, Luanda, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Kigali, Dakar, Abidjan, Kinshasa, Maputo, Tripoli
Live online for every time zone, including East Asia.