Corrosion Management & Control Training Course

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

• Analyze the fundamental electrochemical principles of corrosion and relate them to common industrial degradation mechanisms during the course.
• Identify and classify major corrosion mechanisms affecting industrial equipment, pipelines, tanks, structures, and process systems using practical engineering criteria.
• Evaluate the influence of material properties, process conditions, temperature, pressure, fluid characteristics, and environmental exposure on corrosion development.
• Assess corrosion threats and determine their potential impact on asset integrity, reliability, maintenance requirements, and operational performance.
• Apply structured corrosion risk assessment techniques to evaluate asset condition, degradation probability, consequences, and control priorities.
• Evaluate appropriate corrosion inspection and monitoring methods based on asset type, degradation mechanism, operating environment, and criticality.
• Design practical corrosion prevention and control strategies using materials selection, coatings, inhibitors, cathodic protection, and process control.
• Interpret corrosion inspection and monitoring information to identify deterioration trends, abnormal conditions, and areas requiring corrective action.
• Improve corrosion management practices by integrating inspection, maintenance, engineering, operations, reliability, and asset integrity requirements.
• Develop practical recommendations for addressing recurring corrosion problems through root cause analysis, mitigation, monitoring, and maintenance planning.
• Implement a structured corrosion management improvement plan that defines priorities, responsibilities, monitoring requirements, and corrective actions by the end of the course.

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Learning Outcomes

• Explain the electrochemical principles that govern corrosion and connect them to practical industrial degradation scenarios.
• Distinguish between common corrosion mechanisms and determine the operating conditions that may promote each mechanism.
• Assess how materials, process conditions, environmental factors, and operating practices influence corrosion behavior.
• Identify corrosion threats associated with pipelines, pressure equipment, tanks, process systems, structures, and industrial components.
• Interpret corrosion inspection results, thickness measurements, monitoring data, and corrosion trends to support asset condition assessment.
• Select appropriate inspection and corrosion monitoring techniques based on degradation mechanisms, asset criticality, and operating conditions.
• Evaluate the suitability of protective coatings, cathodic protection, corrosion inhibitors, material upgrades, and process controls for specific applications.
• Develop corrosion control strategies that integrate prevention, monitoring, inspection, mitigation, and maintenance activities.
• Prioritize corrosion-related risks and recommend appropriate corrective actions based on asset criticality and potential consequences.
• Assess recurring corrosion problems using structured root cause analysis and develop technically appropriate mitigation measures.
• Integrate corrosion management requirements into asset integrity, reliability, inspection, and maintenance planning.
• Prepare a practical corrosion management action plan covering corrosion threats, inspection requirements, mitigation measures, responsibilities, and improvement priorities.

Course Outline