AIM 100
Asset Integrity and Inspection
COURSE SCHEDULE
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIM 100 | 1-3 Sep 2026 | Online | 2000 |
| AIM 100 | 5 – 7 Oct 2026 | Trondheim | 2700 |
COURSE OVERVIEW
Every asset integrity program in a process plant depends on one thing above everything else: the quality of the information that comes from the field. An inspection engineer can design the best risk based inspection program in the industry but if the operator who notices an unusual coating on a pipe does not report it, if the technician who closes a repair does not capture the as found condition, if the supervisor who defers an inspection does not document the basis the program is blind. It is operating on assumptions rather than data.
This course is built around that reality. It is designed for the operators, technicians, and supervisors who are the primary source of integrity information in any plant and who often do not fully understand how the information they generate (or fail to generate) affects the safety and reliability of the asset they work in. By the end of the course, participants will understand the integrity system they are part of, why their observations and actions matter to that system, and what specifically they should do differently to make it work better.
The course draws directly on the experience of building a Competency Assurance and integrity management system for a major offshore gas production facility where the biggest challenge was not designing the program but getting the right information from the field to the people who needed to act on it. That inside perspective is what this course is built on.
COURSE OUTLINE
5 days
Day 1: The System You Are Part Of
o How Integrity Works from the Inside
o What Asset Integrity Is and Why Field Observation Is at the Centre of It.
o The Chain from Field Report to Safety Decision and Where It Breaks.
o What Degrades Your Equipment & What It Looks Like.
o What the Integrity Program Needs from the Field & Why It Matters.
o Exercises:
• Exercise 01: Understand what three weeks of unreported lagging discoloration represented and what was permanently lost when it was never formally reported.
• Exercise 02: Identify the damage mechanism behind blistering on an amine absorber shell and capture exactly the information the integrity program needs before any other action is taken.
• Exercise 03: Identify the damage mechanism in 8 real equipment photographs and determine what you would do if you observed each one during a field round.
• Exercise 04: Rewrite an insufficient field observation report with the specific information an integrity engineer needs to take action.
Asset Kilo Anchor Scenario: All case studies and exercises drawn from a process plant whose integrity program depends on field information that is not always being captured, with each module revealing a different moment where what someone did or did not report changed the safety of the asset.
Day 2: The Moments That Define Integrity
o The Turnaround: Your Role Before, During and After the Most Important Integrity Event.
o Deferred Inspections: What You Are Actually Agreeing To.
o Returning Equipment to Service: The Last Integrity Check.
o How Integrity Information Flows from Your Observation to a Decision.
o Exercise:
• Exercise 05: Determine what critical information is now missing after turnaround items were closed without as found documentation and how that gap is affecting the current leak response.
• Exercise 06: Add the items that an existing pre-turning around scope is missing based on operational knowledge of the unit.
• Exercise 07: Assess the risk profile of three deferred inspection records from fully documented to completely undocumented and determine what action each one requires.
• Exercise 08: Identify four deficiencies in a heat exchanger return to service package and determine what must be completed before the equipment can go back into service.
• Exercise 09: Identify three open turnaround recommendations the operating team does not know exist and trace the communication failure that kept each one invisible.
Day 3: Practical Workshop
o Morning Session: Work through three field integrity decision points in isolation, the field observation report choice, the maintenance closeout authorization, and the deferred inspection acceptance.
o Afternoon Session: Trace connected integrity information failures across Asset Kilo operational history and present the complete analysis.
o Individual Quiz Assessment: 20 questions. Minimum passing score: 60%.
INSTRUCTOR
Instructor Profile
he Instructor is a Petroleum Engineer, holds M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, and is Specialist Natural Gas Engineering. He has over 20 years of hands-on O&G industry experience spanning gas processing, crude treatment, production operations, and technical training across onshore and offshore environments in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.
His operational background includes five years as OJT Instructor at production facilities in the Middle East, AGRU Package Leader roles, and extensive experience as Process Engineer across upstream and downstream O&G facilities.
Since 2015 he has been a Senior Lecturer on IFP Training’s international instructor roster, delivering advanced gas processing, thermodynamics, field processing, and operations training to engineers and operators across three continents.
FAQ
DESIGNED FOR
Operations and maintenance professionals who work with process equipment daily and whose observations and actions are the primary input to the asset integrity program:
o Field Operators and Control Room Operators who conduct equipment rounds and report anomalies
o Maintenance Technicians and Mechanics who execute repairs and inspections
o Operations Supervisors and Shift Supervisors who approve work, manage deferrals, and sign off on equipment returns to service
o Safety Representatives and HSE Technicians with equipment monitoring responsibilities
o Junior Engineers recently assigned operations or maintenance roles in process plants
Recommended experience: Minimum 2 years working in a process plant or refinery with direct contact with the equipment covered. No prior formal integrity training required operational experience is the prerequisite.
COURSE LEVEL
Beginner / Foundation Level
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
o Explain what an asset integrity program is, why it exists, and how their daily work connects to it
o Recognize the visible signs of the most common degradation mechanisms in the equipment they work with and explain what those signs mean
o Describe what information an integrity program needs from the field and what happens to the program when that information is missing or inaccurate
o Explain what an inspection finding means in operational terms: what it is telling the integrity engineer, what decision it will drive, and what happens if it is not reported
o Describe their role in a turnaround from an integrity perspective what they are expected to contribute and why it matters for the next operating cycle
o Explain what a deferred inspection means for the safety of the equipment they operate and what questions to ask when a deferral is proposed
o Recognize the early warning signs that the integrity system around them is not working as it should and understand what to do about it
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