| Course Name | API 651 Cathodic Protection for Tank Bottoms |
| Authorization | API (American Petroleum Institute) |
| Qualification Details | Preparation Course training + Exam |
| Preparation Course details | Done By ATC Trainer (8 days of training) |
| Official Course | N/A |
| Exam Details | Theory, Specific Done by done by ATC Trainer (Qualified API 653 Above Ground Tanks Inspection) |
| Authorized Trainers & ID | Abdullah Nassrullah, (API ID: 104842), Ammar A. Hashim, (API ID: 87467), Abdulazeez M. Saeed (API ID: 104843), and Yahya Khadim (API ID: 104845). |
Brief Details:
The Cathodic Protection Tester course provides both theoretical knowledge and practical techniques for testing and evaluating data to determine the effectiveness of both galvanic and impressed current systems and to gather design data. Classroom instruction is comprised of lectures and hands-on training, including using equipment and instruments for CP testing.
Course Objectives:
Recall the basics of electricity, electrical laws, electrochemistry, corrosion, and CP theory.
- Define how polarity is related to current flow and metal corrosion activity
- Conduct tests to identify shorts and continuity tests in CP systems
- Use test instruments to perform a variety of field tests such as structure-to-soil potentials, voltage and current measurements, soil resistivity, pipe/cable locating, and rectifier readings
- Define CP components including impressed current systems, galvanic anodes, and test stations
- Read shunts and recognize their use in rectifiers, bonds, and anodes
- Perform periodic surveys to confirm the effectiveness of a CP system
- Recall the use, maintenance, and precautions for reference cells
- Utilize basic location mapping, report preparation, and record keeping
- Recognize safety issues specific to CP
- Recall code requirements related to CP
ATC take a mission to give the candidate training in Refining Corrosion, especially in the oil and gas and Manufacturing Sectors, as per NACE, AMMP and ATC written practice, to give the candidate a clear vision and basics about the theory of Corrosion and practical experience to be able to be proactive personnel at the site.
ATC keeps a Qualified and experienced trainer to take the mission of training and deliver the best information to candidates to let them in direct contact with site case studies, requirements, and problem.