API 580 Risk Based Inspection (RBI) Training
- four online sessions
About this Event

API 580 Risk Based Inspection (RBI) Training

These four, 4-hour online sessions are designed to help inspection and engineering personnel responsible for fixed equipment mechanical integrity:

a) Understand the essential elements/tasks for an RBI assessment/program as defined in API 580;

b) Understand how to implement and sustain a Risk Based Inspection program.

Course Overview

This course includes lots of exercises and interaction to help you understand the essential elements/tasks for an RBI assessment/program as defined in API Recommended Practice 580 as well as understand how to implement and sustain a Risk Based Inspection (RBI) program. This course has been utilized by individuals preparing for the API 580 certification exam.

The target audience includes inspection and engineering personnel responsible for fixed equipment mechanical integrity as well as other team members that participate in the RBI process.

Course Topics

Introduction to API 580
The RBI Team and Planning the RBI Assessment
Identify Damage Mechanisms
Determine Probability of Failure
Determine Consequence of Failure
Determine Risk and Communicate Risk Results
Plan Mitigation Activities
Update RBI Assessment
Document RBI Assessment
API 580 Certification/Prepare for the API 580 Exam
API RP 580 Required Elements

In order to protect everyone's health and provide broader access to this training, we will be facilitating this API 580 course online.

Here are some details:

1. We will utilize web meetings to facilitate the four course sessions during the scheduled course hours (8:00 am to 12:00 pm) US Central Time Zone. You will be provided links to the online meetings one week prior to the training.

2. During the course days, we will have web sessions for presentations, discussions, and exercises. There will be some exercises that you will complete on your own and then we will meet online to discuss the results/answer questions.

3. You will have access to online exercises, assessments/quizzes to reinforce your learning and understanding of API 580 as well at to help you prepare for the certification exam.

4. Prior to the course, you will receive participant notes and exercises to accompany the course.

Course Facilitators

Paul Raithby, Senior Consultant

Paul has over 20 years Mechanical Maintenance, Reliability and Integrity experience in the hazardous chemicals industry as a registered Chartered Engineer in the UK and a leader in Inspection Management in a highly regulated environment. Complementing his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Paul also has an MBA in Industrial Management and is a Six Sigma Black Belt. He is certified to API 580. Paul specialises in using a Risk Based Approach to deliver sustainable Asset Integrity Management programmes to help to ensure that asset intensive facilities operate effective, optimised mechanical integrity programmes that reduce and manage the Health, Safety, Environmental and Financial Risk of Equipment failures.

Mike Hurley, Vice President - Technology

Mike has been the Chief Engineer for a chemical plant producing highly hazardous chemicals. He directed the mechanical integrity (MI) department for the first chemical plant in the United States to be compliant with risk based Inspection (RBI). His experience spans over thirty years of practice in the MI industry. He was the Technical Director for Lloyd’s Register Capstone and served as its subject matter expert for risk management. He has worked and has been a member of various API committees for over twenty years including API-580/581/510/570/653. He is API-580 certified with an international patent in safety systems (US 8,470,135 B2). Mike specializes in using risk to deliver value to Asset Optimization Consultants, Inc’s clients. He sees his mission as using risk to make the chemical, refining, and natural gas industries safer, more reliable, and able to compete in a global economy.

Further Information

All participants must provide their own copy of Recommended Practice API 580 as this will not be provided by Asset Optimization Consultants (AOC)

FAQs

Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?

If you have any questions, please contact your facilitators, Paul Raithby ([email protected]) or Mike Hurley ([email protected]).

What is the cancellation/refund policy?

For non-attendance - any participant that decides not to attend within 30 days of the course is entitled to transfer the booking to a substitute participant or may attend a later course, no refund will be given.

Should this course be cancelled due to insufficient attendance, all registration fees shall be refunded. Asset Optimization Consultants (AOC) will contact participants 30 days prior to the start of the course to confirm attendance and provide further details. AOC are not responsible for losses in travel/accommodation expenses, therefore it is advised that participants refrain from booking travel/accommodation until course is confirmed by AOC.

Visit our website to learn more about our API 580 Training or about the API 580 Certification process.