Pressure Equipment Codes
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and CSA B51, and how provincial safety authorities enforce them.
BLR-320 12 lessons · 3 h 50 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Boilermaking
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Explain why pressure equipment is regulated and how laws, regulations, codes, standards and company procedures fit together
- Find your way around the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and sort equipment to Section I, Section IV, Section VIII or a piping code
- Describe the scope and main rules of Section I for power boilers, including tube thickness, safety devices, field assembly and testing
- Apply the Section VIII, Division 1 shell formulas, joint efficiencies, corrosion allowance and pressure test rules to a simple vessel
- Explain how Section IX qualifies welding procedures and welders, and check a weld against a WPS and a welder's continuity
- Use Section II and mill test reports to receive, identify and trace pressure materials, and deal with nonconforming material
- Describe CSA B51, design registration, the CRN and the registration of fittings in Canada
- Describe in-service inspection in Alberta, the owner's duties and how inspection intervals are set
- Tell repairs from alterations, and describe repair plans, acceptance, hold points, welding, testing and reporting
- Describe certificates of authorization, the elements of a quality control system, reviews and internal audits
- Explain the certification mark, nameplate markings and data reports, and check a nameplate against its data report
- Take a pressure vessel repair from finding to signed report, keeping every record the code requires
Course content
12 lessons · 3 h 50 min total · final exam
- 1 Why pressure equipment is regulated 19 min · quiz
- 2 The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code 19 min · quiz
- 3 Section I: power boilers 20 min · quiz
- 4 Section VIII: pressure vessels 19 min · quiz
- 5 Section IX: welding qualifications 19 min · quiz
- 6 Materials, Section II and traceability 19 min · quiz
- 7 CSA B51, design registration and the CRN 19 min · quiz
- 8 ABSA, safety codes officers and in-service inspection 19 min · quiz
- 9 Repairs and alterations 20 min · quiz
- 10 Quality control programs and certificates 19 min · quiz
- 11 Data reports, nameplates and the certification mark 19 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: documenting a pressure vessel repair 19 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and CSA B51, and how provincial safety authorities enforce them.