API 510

Why Sign up for Atlas API 510 Online Training Course?

• 48 hour money back guarantee eliminates your risk

• 6 months course access provides extended preparation time

• Audio Flashcards let you train while driving or relaxing

• AWS Accredited for 60 hours toward the CWI 9-year renewal, CWB Renewal and for Professional Engineers

• Quiz question banks provide exam type questions

• Over 95% Pass Rate for students who complete the course

• Timed/simulated exams prepare you for the real thing

• Instructor support is available when you need help

• Online convenience lets you set your own schedule and study at your own pace

• Pass on your first try or take the course again for free

API 510 Pass Rate

Over 95% of our online training students pass the API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Exam. Our online training material is designed to maximize your exam prep efficiency and help you pass the test on the first try.

Overview of the API 510 Course Material

This API 510 training course online is 60 hours long. This is the easiest and least expensive way to prepare for the certification exam. This training is self-paced. You can stop and start whenever you like. You can pick back up where you left off, because the stopping point is bookmarked. You can repeat the course or just the lessons that you would like to repeat. You will never be rushed and you will never be slowed down. Any questions can be emailed to the instructor and he will answer them. There are 81 graded practice quizzes throughout the lessons along with a final exam at the end of 17 lessons. These quizzes will help you become familiar with the kind of questions that will be asked on the actual exam. This is a very important part of training for the exam. There are a total of 917 questions including the final exam. The final exam is very helpful in letting you know how well prepared you are. There are three additional practice exams that are available to download. Training for the API 510 online is the best option for the busy industrial professional. The course is available for 120 days after purchase. We can make exceptions to this if you contact us. When you are training for the 510 inspection exam you should not be under pressure to rush through the very course that is supposed to be helping you prepare. Our online API 510 training system is superior to conventional classroom training. This API 510 training course is accredited with the AWS for 60 professional development hours (PDH) for the CWI 9 year renewal, CWB Renewal and for Professional Engineers.

​API 510 Body of knowledge, Effectivity Sheet, and Schedule can all be found here.

Included In Our API 510 Online Course:

• 60 hours of online prep

• Over 900 Practice questions

• Timed practice exams

• Practice quizzes with instant feedback

• Audio flashcards

Notice and Disclaimer for API training students:

Our API 510 online course does not register you for the examination. You will have to register separately at API's website. If you have not already registered for the exam, you need to download an application from the API website listed here. 

The codes and standards that are needed to prepare can be purchased from several sources online. They are referred to as API exam packs. You can purchase the API 510 exam packs here. 

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API 510 ONLINE COURSE CURRICULUM

API 510 EXAM PREP

There are 19 lessons and quizzes plus over 1400 questions built into an interactive question bank on a book of exhibits and on the 2017 Book of Specifications.

• Lesson 1: Service Restrictions, Joint Efficiencies, Radiography

• Lesson 2: Shell and Head Calculations

• Lesson 3: Maximum Allowable Working Pressure

• Lesson 4: Hydrostatic Head Pressure

• Lesson 5: Hydrostatic, Pneumatic Test, and Test Gauges

• Lesson 6: Postweld Heat Treatment

• Lesson 7: Impact Testing

• Lesson 8: Corrosion

• Lesson 9: ASME Section IX

• Lesson 10: Writing a Welding Procedure Specification

• Lesson 11: Review of WPS's and PQR's

• Lesson 12: Section V NDE

• Lesson 13: RP-577 Welding Inspection and Metallurgy

• Lesson 14: API 510 Pressure Test and Welding Requirements

• Lesson 15: RP-572 Inspection

• Lesson 16: RP-576 Pressure Relieving Devices

• Lesson 17: RP-571 Damage Mechanisms     

• Lesson 18: An overview of the 510 with 21 lessons and quizzes

• Lesson 19: An overview of the 572 with 18 lessons and quizzes

QUALIFICATIONS

Are you qualified to take the API 510 exam?

As outlined in the Appendix B of the API 510 Standard, the minimum qualification requirements for API 510 Pressure Vessel inspector certification are based on the combination of education and experience related to pressure vessels. This experience must have been acquired within the last 10 years while employed by, or under contract with, an authorized inspection agency as defined in API 510. Based on the 10th edition of API 510, a National Board certification is no longer accepted as a substitution for passing the exam. Prior to submitting an application, please use the table below to determine if you qualify to take the API 510 exam:

• Failure to comply with one or more of the applicable requirements during your recertification cycle will preclude you from earning a recertification. Except for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 Phase-in periods, all Recertificants must provide 24 CPD hours over their three-year recertification cycle.

1. Work Requirements - Every 3 years

API 510 inspectors need to demonstrate that a minimum of 20% of time over the most recent three-year certification period was spent performing or supervising pressure vessel inspection activities as described in the API 510 inspection code.

Inspectors who have not been actively engaged in pressure vessel inspection practices will be required to take the full examination.

2.  Continuing Professional Development (CPD) - Every 3 years

Beginning January 1, 2022, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours will be included in the 3-year recertification requirements. CPD activity must be relevant to the API 510 certification.

ICP will have a phased implementation of the CPD hour requirement beginning with 8 CPD hours required for individuals whose certification expire after January 1, 2023. The full CPD requirements of 24 CPDs will be implemented for those expiring on or after January 1, 2025.

Review the Guidance Document for additional information on what activities are acceptable.Activities should vary between categories. Minimum should be across two of the categories. You must upload proof of activity to Education page on your ICP Portal account along with your Recertification application. Fill out the API CPD Activities Form if no other form of proof. Please print this form and sign in person prior to submitting with your Recertification application.

3. Webquiz - Every 6 years

API 510 Recertification Publication Effectivity Sheet (Valid beginning April 3, 2023)

• API 510 Pressure Vessel inspectors are required to take an on-line, open-book quiz every six years in order to recertify.

• The quiz is available 90 days prior to your expiration date and for a grace period of 90 days after. The quiz will not be available beyond this grace period, or after your certification has expired.

• You may take the quiz either before or after you submit your recertification application.

• To take your recertification quiz, or to determine if a quiz is needed for your current certification, log into your account in the ...........................If a web quiz is due, there will be a notification at the top of your 510 certification page with a link that will take you to the quiz. You may also go directly to the.....................................If a quiz is needed, you will see a notification in bold red stating that a quiz is required.NOTE: Your Web Quiz log is the same username and password that you use to log into your account in the ICP Portal.Each quiz has 25 questions that address the changes in the relevant API codes over the past six years.You have a total of four hours to complete the quiz, and it may be paused or interrupted up to three times.If you fail the quiz once you will be able to take it again. If you fail the quiz a second time you will not be able to recertify. You will need to submit a new application and take the full version of the exam to certify again.