Asset Integrity Management
Overview
Asset integrity means equipment does what it should, safely, throughout its life. This course covers integrity management systems, damage mechanisms, risk-based inspection, safety-critical elements, management of change and the data needed to prove integrity to leadership and regulators.
Who should attend
Integrity, inspection, maintenance and reliability engineers, technical authorities and asset managers in process industries.
Training methodology
Technical presentations, worked examples and calculations, case studies from industrial facilities, videos, group exercises, and a personal action plan.
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the elements of an asset integrity management system
- Identify key damage mechanisms and their controls
- Apply risk-based inspection principles
- Manage safety-critical elements and performance standards
- Use integrity data and KPIs to report and improve
Course outline
Day 1Integrity Management Systems
- What asset integrity means
- Design, technical and operational integrity
- Integrity management framework
- Roles and accountabilities
- Lessons from major accidents
- Self-assessment
Day 2Damage Mechanisms
- Corrosion types
- Erosion and fatigue
- High-temperature damage
- Corrosion monitoring and control
- Coatings and cathodic protection
- Exercise: identify damage mechanisms
Day 3Inspection
- Inspection techniques and NDT
- Risk-based inspection principles
- Probability and consequence of failure
- Inspection planning
- Fitness-for-service basics
- Workshop: RBI on a pressure vessel
Day 4Safety-Critical Elements
- Identifying safety-critical elements
- Performance standards
- Verification schemes
- Barrier management
- Deviation management
- Exercise: write a performance standard
Day 5Change, Data and Assurance
- Management of change
- Integrity data management
- Integrity KPIs and dashboards
- Audits and assurance
- Life extension decisions
- Integrity improvement plan
