Pressure Equipment Codes

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and the National Board Inspection Code, and how states enforce them.

BLR-320 12 lessons · 3 h 50 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Boilermaking

This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian 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 US jurisdictions, the National Board, authorized inspection agencies and the registration of items
Describe in-service inspection by state inspectors, insurers and owner-users, and how 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

12 lessons · 3 h 50 min total · final exam

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and the National Board Inspection Code, and how states enforce them.