Corrodere Coatings Inspector Practical Interactive Workshop - One Day Training

This workshop has been created to benefit students, engineers, trainers, paint and equipment suppliers and contractors personnel and includes a number of theoretical and practical exercises.

The workshop is a mandatory element to the Institute of Corrosion's Coating Inspectors scheme for Level 1 and has been designed by coating and inspection industry experts.

Basic corrosion will be reviewed before paint coatings and will cover the volume solids, spreading rates and typical wastage of coatings in practical situations. Students will participate in reviewing a typical coating specification, calculation of areas and establishing the required quantities for each coating system.

A review of Pre-surface preparation will be conducted and the student will learn about pre-surface preparation techniques prior to conducting methods of surface preparation such as abrasive blast cleaning ie weld spatter, sharp edges, laminations, shelling, surface contamination etc.

A comprehensive review of visual standards will be covered in the workshop. Visual standards from SSPC, NACE and ISO will be discussed and demonstrated to ensure the student is familiar with the visual standards used in the coatings industry.

The second half of the workshop will consist of inspection equipment used in the coatings will be demonstrated with practical exercises being conducted in group and single use.

Inspection equipment will be available for ambient conditions, surface profile, wet and dry film thickness, holiday detection, assessment of dust, soluble salt contamination and adhesion testing.

A review of coating defects commonly found in the protective coatings industry will be conducted and finally a review of the abrasive used for surface preparation of substrates prior to coating application will be conducted.

A set of course notes will be given to each student and technical support following the useful completion of the workshop and exercises.

Certificate achieved

Corrodere Certificate of Completion  

Course structure

08:45 - 09:00 - Introduction and Aims and Objectives

09:00 - 09:45 - Basic Corrosion

09:45 - 10:30 - Volume Solids, Paint Calculation, Spreading Rates and Wastage

10:30 - 10:45 - Break

10:45 - 11:15 - Pre-surface preparation

11:15 - 12:30 - Visual Standards (ISO, SSPC, NACE etc)

12:30 - 13:00 - Lunch

13:00 - 16:30 - Practical Interactive Demonstrations 

1. Ambient Conditions

• Whirling Hygrometer
• Electronic Psychrometers
• Psychrometric Tables and Calculators
• Digital Steel Temperature Gauge
• Magnetic Steel Temperature Gauge

2. Surface Profile

• Manual Surface profile Gauge (Needle)
• Digital Surface Profile Gauge
• Replica Tape (Testex)
• Surface Comparator
• Kean Tator Surface Profile Gauge

3. Wet Film Thickness

• Wet Film thickness Comb
• Wet Film Thickness Wheel

4. Dry Film Thickness

• Magnetic Dry Film Thickness Gauge
• Digital Dry Film Thickness Gauge
• Destructive Paint Inspection Gauge

5. Holiday Detection

• Low Voltage Holiday Detection
• High Voltage Holiday Detection

6. Assessment of Dust

• Dust Assessment

7. Soluble Salt Contamination

• Bresle Test
• Other Methods of Soluble Salt Test Equipment

8. Adhesion Testing

• Tape Test
• Knife Test
• Pull-off Adhesion Tester

9. Coating and Application Defects

• Identification of Coating Defects

10. Abrasive Types

• Visual identification of Abrasives

Workshop dates

March 5th -  Based in Newcastle

April 2nd -    Based in Surrey

May 8th -     Based in Newcastle

June 4th -    Based in Surrey

July 2nd -     Based in Newcastle

September 3rd - Based in Surrey 

October 1st - Based in Newcaslte.

Fees

£275.00 plus VAT

Please note attendance at this workshop is included in the ICorr Coatings Inspector Level 1 fee

Further Information

Please contact Account Manager Stephanie Frost on stephanie.frost(at)mpigroup.co.uk  +44 (0) 1252 732220 - or for all administrative information please contact the Course Manager michelle.west(at)mpigroup.co.uk +44 (0) 1252 732220