This course is approved by the Institute of Corrosion (UK) and is designed to prepare individuals for the ICorr Cathodic Protection Technician Level 1 examination.
The course is suitable for candidates with or without experience in cathodic protection and will also be applicable to those who require a knowledge of cathodic protection but do not wish to take an examination.
Most applications of cathodic protection are addressed although the main emphasis is applied to buried pipelines.
Course content- Quality assurance philosophy
- Normative documents
- Corrosion(iron and steel)
- Coating types
- Coating faults
- General principles of CP
- Electrical terms and symbols
- Ohm's Law
- Sacrificial anode systems
- Impressed current systems
- Duties of a CP technician
- Interference and interaction
- Isolation flanges/joints
- Testing carried out pre-installation
- Testing to determine correct installation and protection
- Reference electrodes
- Resistivity testing
- Safety aspects
- CP specifications and standards
- Reporting
Pre-requisites for attending this course
None
Examination Booking
Contact ICorr Test Centre: 01709 550999
Special Notes
(1) The course content is largely theoretical but involves hands on experience with relevant test equipment.
Course Recognition
This course is approved by the Institute of Corrosion (UK).
| Dates25 Feb 08
7 Jul 08
27 Oct 08 |
| Cost: £665.00 VAT: £116.38 Total: £781.38 |
