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Fitness-For-Service, Remaining Life Assessment & Repair of Pressure Equipment & Piping

An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Fitness-For-Service, Remaining Life Assessment & Repair of Pressure Equipment & Piping

(API-579/ASME FFS-1 & PCC-2 Standards)

NASBA
Classroom Schedule
Date Venue Fees
06 - 10 Jul 2026 Kuala Lumpur $ 5,950
23 - 27 Nov 2026 London $ 5,950
18 - 22 Jan 2027 Dubai $ 5,950
Online Schedule
Date Venue Fees
06 - 10 Jul 2026 Online $ 3,950

Course Summary

This training course clarifies the Fitness-for-Service concepts and technologies and provides training on the application of API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, a standard jointly published by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) that covers a wide range of flaw types and damage mechanisms. It is intended to supplement and augment the requirements in API 510, API 570 and API 653 to ensure safety and reliability of plant equipment.

The general road map and procedures for flaw evaluation, acceptance criteria, calculation of remaining life, and the three levels of evaluation will be explained. Level 1 procedures for evaluation of the various flaws covered in Parts 3 through 13 are explained and demonstrated by worked example problems. Additionally, Level 2 procedures are discussed and some level 2 worked example problems are demonstrated. An introduction to level 3 analyses methods and acceptance criteria is covered. Stresses of various categories and failure modes associated with each are explained.

This GLOMACS training course emphasizes that any FFS assessment must not conflict with Code and regulatory requirements and ensures that basic engineering principles are adhered to and the intent of the reference publication is understood and followed.

Course Outline
Day 1

Fitness-For-Service Technology

  • Overview of API 579 Contents, Objectives and Applications
  • Fitness-for-Service assessment procedure
  • FFS Assessment Methodology and Procedure
  • Structure of the Standard - Road map for Parts 3 through 14 of the FFS Standard
  • The FFS eight-step procedure
Day 2

Inspection and Fitness-For-Service

  • Fundamentals of Design and Construction of Pressure Vessels, Storage Tanks and Piping
  • Annex A - Thickness, MAWP and stress equations for a FFS assessment
  • Assessment of General Wall Thinning
  • Assessment of Local Thin Areas
  • Fabrication Defects and in-Service Degradation of Pressure Equipment and Piping
  • Damage Mechanisms
Day 3

FFS Assessment of Brittle Fracture and Metal Loss

  • Assessment of Existing Equipment for Brittle Fracture
  • Overview of brittle fracture
  • Overview of Corrosion, Erosion and Pitting
  • Assessment of General Metal Loss
  • Assessment of Local Metal Loss
  • Worked examples Assessment
Day 4

Assessment of Pitting Corrosion, Hydrogen Blisters and Welding Misalignment

  • Assessment of pitting corrosion
  • Fitness For Service Assessment of Corroded Pipelines
  • Assessment of Hydrogen Blisters and Hydrogen Damage Associated With HIC and SOHIC
  • Assessment of weld misalignment and Shell Distortions
  • Assessment of Crack-Like Flaws
  • Worked examples 
Day 5

Creep, Fire Damage, Dents and Fatigue Damage

  • Creep, Fire and Mechanical Damage
  • Assessment of Components Operating in the Creep Range
  • Assessment of Fire Damage
  • Assessment of Dents, Gouges, and Dent-Gouge Combinations
  • Assessment of Laminations
  • Assessment of  fatigue damage
  • Worked examples
Certificates
  • On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
  • Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
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