Certification Schemes

Course Code Duration
  • RSC/PIL1
  • 5 Days course (class room)
Prerequisites/Entry Requirements
Recommendation
Who Should Attend
  • Required Above 17 years old
  • Introduction to Painting Inspection course
  • The course is suitable for candidates with or without experience in industrial painting or inspection and will also be applicable to those who require knowledge of painting inspection but do not wish to take an examination.
Course Content
  • Approved by Institute of Corrosion (UK)
  • QA, QC and inspection (basics)
  • Normative documents
  • Corrosion (iron and steel)
  • Surface preparation (ferrous)
  • Tests to detect surface contamination
  • Coating categories / types
  • Main paint constituents
  • Paint drying and curing
  • Corrosion protection methods (basics)
  • Layers of a paint film
  • Types of paint systems
  • Paint data sheets
  • Paint/paint film testing
  • Weather conditions
  • Paint application methods
  • Coating faults
  • Health and safety
  • Environmental considerations
Course Code Duration Examination Additional Examination
  • RSC/PIL2
  • 5 Days course (class room)
  • Theory and Practical
  • It has been agreed by PDTC (ICorr) to add an experience assessment to all ICorr certifications for personnel engaged in painting and coating inspection
Prerequisites/Entry Requirements
Recommendation
Who Should Attend
  • Required
  • A recognised ICorr Level 1 Painting Inspector Certificated.
  • 24 months of coating inspection experience.
  • None
  • The course is suitable for candidates who already hold ICorr Level 1 Painting Inspectors.This is advanced qualification.
Course Content
  • QA, QC and inspection
  • Document control
  • Equipment control and calibration
  • Production of written instructions
  • Interpretation of normative documents
  • Corrosion,Control and testing of blasting abrasives
  • Contamination testing
  • Paint formulation
  • Paint manufacture
  • Paint / paint film testing
  • Hygrometers, Application of metal coatings
  • Coating faults
  • Paint colours - coding systems
  • Cathodic protection and IMO requirements
Course Code Duration Examination Special Note
  • RSC/PIL3
  • 4 Days
  • Theory and Practical
  • It has been agreed by PDTC (ICorr) to add an experience assessment to all ICorr certifications for personnel engaged in painting and coating inspection
Prerequisites/Entry Requirements
Recommendation
Who Should Attend
  • A recognised ICorr Level II Painting Inspector Certificated
  • None
  • This course is designed to prepare ICorr Level 2 Protective Coatings Inspector for the Level 3 examination. Quality assurance, specification analysis and procedure writing are the main aspects of a Level 3 training course. Corrosion and paint technology are two areas dealt with to a greater depth compared to Level 2.
Course Content
  • Quality documentation
  • Standards
  • Basic metallurgy
  • Corrosion mechanisms
  • Geomagnetically induced currents
  • Corrosion under insulation
  • Negative buoyancy coatings
  • Treatment of structural timbers
  • Tanking of concrete fabrications
  • Structural GRP composites
  • Leadership skills
  • Procedure writing
  • Report writing
  • Libel and slander