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Training & Certification

Building your team's inspection and reliability skills — on-site, in the classroom, or online.

Why It Matters

Training in total quality maintenance techniques builds a more self-sufficient client team - reducing dependence on constant outside service, while increasing equipment reliability and long-term performance.

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How It Works:

Our courses are delivered as public courses, on-site sessions at your facility, or distance learning - covering vibration analysis, asset reliability practice, and API-recognised in-service inspection disciplines, so training matches where each technician already is.

Why Choose PPIS for This Service:

We don't just deliver a report and leave. The most principled consulting approach provides training and support to increase clients' self-sufficiency, giving your team the tools to reduce reliance on constant outside services while calling on us for the specialist work that needs it.

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Certification Tracks We Offer

Structured course tracks that build competency from the fundamentals up to advanced diagnostic and inspection work.

Vibration Analysis Category II

Intermediate diagnostics, building on Category I to interpret more complex fault conditions.

Vibration Analysis Category III

Advanced fault diagnosis, spectral analysis and root-cause interpretation for experienced analysts.

Asset Reliability Practitioner Advocate (ARP-A)

A broader reliability curriculum covering asset management practice for the wider maintenance team.

In-Service Pressure Vessel & Piping Inspection (API 510 / API 570)

Statutory in-service inspection practice for pressure vessels and piping systems.

Storage Tank & Risk Based Inspection (API 653 / API 580-581)

In-service storage tank inspection and the principles of Risk Based Inspection (RBI).

Best Suited For:

Ideal for teams that want to build in-house inspection and reliability skills, not just outsource them.

  • Maintenance & Reliability Teams
  • New Field Technicians
  • QA/QC & Inspection Departments
  • Operators Building In-House Capability
  • Graduate & Trainee Engineers
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