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SIOUX FALLS – Thomas Staten, Quality Assurance Safety Inspector with Maguire, achieved his Level 2 Certified Coatings Inspector Certification from The Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP, formerly NACE and SSPC).
The newly revised, AMPP Coatings Inspector Program is the result of over 30 years of coatings inspection certification excellence from NACE and SSPC. Organizations worldwide recognize and specify its predecessors — NACE Coatings Inspector Certification Program (CIP) and SSPC Protective Coatings Inspector® (PCI) programs. The curriculum is still extensive under AMPP and continues to provide a solid coatings foundation that strengthens the industry’s inspectors and their practices by combining classroom study, discussion, and hands-on practice.
“Thomas has always been an important part of the QC team”, said Nathan Johnson, Quality Assurance Safety Supervisor for Maguire. “He has a lot of experience and knowledge that is very helpful to the group.”
The Certified Coatings Inspector (CIP) Level 2 Course provides instruction on documenting and performing non-destructive and destructive inspections, as well as inspection of different surfaces and non-liquid coatings.
A Certified Coatings Inspector can perform coating inspections on any substrate using nondestructive and destructive testing for liquid and non-liquid coatings under indirect supervision of a Senior Certified Coatings Inspector.
Classroom instruction is comprised of lectures, discussions, group exercises, and hands-on labs. Students will also participate in case studies based on real-life situations that focus on problem solving and team dynamics related to the inspection process.
Learning objectives
- Explain advanced corrosion theory as it applies to the role of cathodic protection when used with coatings
- Identify types of environmental controls and inspection concerns associated with the use of digital electronic hygrometers, data loggers, and wind speed monitors
- Identify standards, methods of use, and inspection concerns for centrifugal blast cleaning and water-jetting equipment
- Recognize the importance of surface preparation, application, and inspection of liquid-applied and thick barrier linings
- Utilize destructive coating inspection equipment, such as adhesion and hardness testers, pH meters and ultrasonic thickness and eddy-current dry film thickness gauges
- Recognize the methods of use, standards, and inspection concerns for specialized application equipment including plural-component, electrostatic and centrifugal, and hot spray systems
- Recall concrete coating techniques, concerns and test instruments used for inspection
- Identify specialized coating techniques and application of non-liquid coatings including powdered coatings, spray metalizing, hot-dip galvanizing and automated coatings application
- Distinguish between different coating survey techniques, procedures, and common coating failure modes
- Describe maintenance coating operations, as well as health and safety concerns in relations to the inspector’s work conditions
For more information on The Association for Materials Protection and Performance, visit https://www.ampp.org/
