Asset Integrity Management Course

Lesson 1 • Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities

Maps organizational roles involved in AIM delivery, from operators to regulators. Clarifies accountability structures essential for effective program governance.

Lesson 2 • Regulatory and Standards Framework

Surveys the landscape of international standards and regulatory expectations governing AIM. Equips learners to navigate compliance obligations across sectors.

Lesson 3 • Defining Asset Integrity Management

Introduces AIM definition, scope, and objectives within industrial operations. Provides the conceptual baseline for all subsequent technical and strategic content.

Lesson 4 • Business Case for Asset Integrity

Examines financial, safety, and reputational drivers that justify AIM investment. Connects integrity failures to measurable operational and business consequences.

Lesson 1 • Corrosion Types and Control

Examines uniform, galvanic, pitting, crevice, and stress corrosion cracking in detail. Links each type to specific control strategies used in field practice.

Lesson 2 • Mechanical and Structural Failure Modes

Analyzes overload, fatigue, creep, and brittle fracture as structural failure drivers. Connects failure mode knowledge to inspection and design decisions.

Lesson 3 • Principles of Material Degradation

Covers physical and chemical processes that weaken materials over time. Provides the scientific basis for understanding all subsequent degradation mechanisms.

Lesson 4 • Process-Induced Degradation

Addresses degradation caused by process fluids, temperatures, and pressures in service. Prepares learners to assess integrity threats from operating conditions.

Lesson 1 • Risk-Based Inspection Planning

Applies risk assessment outputs to optimize inspection scope, frequency, and method. Directly links risk ranking to resource allocation decisions in the field.

Lesson 2 • Quantitative Risk Assessment Techniques

Introduces fault tree analysis, event tree analysis, and consequence modeling. Provides tools for numerically estimating risk where data quality supports it.

Lesson 3 • Qualitative Risk Assessment Methods

Covers hazard identification, HAZOP, and qualitative risk ranking techniques. Enables rapid risk screening without requiring detailed quantitative data.

Lesson 4 • Risk Communication and Reporting

Addresses how to present risk findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. Ensures risk information drives timely decisions at all organizational levels.

Lesson 1 • In-Line and Remote Inspection Systems

Covers intelligent pigging, robotic inspection, and drone-based assessment methods. Addresses inspection of assets that cannot be taken out of service.

Lesson 2 • Advanced Inspection Technologies

Introduces guided wave, acoustic emission, and digital radiography as advanced tools. Prepares learners to evaluate emerging technologies for specific inspection challenges.

Lesson 3 • Inspection Data Interpretation and Reporting

Develops skills in analyzing inspection findings, sizing defects, and producing actionable reports. Connects raw inspection data to integrity assessment and repair decisions.

Lesson 4 • Visual and Surface Inspection Techniques

Covers direct visual inspection, dye penetrant, and magnetic particle testing methods. Establishes baseline inspection skills applicable across all asset types.

Lesson 1 • Creep and High-Temperature Assessment

Addresses remaining life estimation for assets operating in the creep regime. Connects material properties and operating history to life fraction consumed.

Lesson 2 • Corrosion and Metal Loss Assessment

Applies FFS methods to evaluate general and localized metal loss in pressure equipment. Enables engineers to make run-repair-replace decisions based on measured data.

Lesson 3 • Remaining Life Prediction and Planning

Integrates degradation rates and FFS results into remaining life forecasts and inspection intervals. Supports long-term asset management planning and capital decision-making.

Lesson 4 • Crack and Fracture Assessment

Covers fracture mechanics-based assessment of cracks and crack-like flaws in structures. Provides tools to determine critical flaw sizes and safe operating envelopes.

Lesson 1 • Cathodic Protection Systems

Examines impressed current and sacrificial anode cathodic protection design and monitoring. Provides competency in protecting buried and submerged metallic assets.

Lesson 2 • Corrosion Monitoring Techniques

Covers corrosion coupons, electrical resistance probes, and electrochemical monitoring methods. Enables quantitative tracking of corrosion rates to validate control measures.

Lesson 3 • Chemical Inhibition and Treatment

Covers selection, application, and performance evaluation of corrosion inhibitors and chemical treatments. Enables engineers to manage internal corrosion in process systems.

Lesson 4 • Corrosion Management System Design

Outlines the structure of a corrosion management system including threat identification and control. Provides the organizational framework for all corrosion control activities.

Lesson 1 • Maintenance Strategy Fundamentals

Compares reactive, preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies. Provides the decision framework for selecting the right approach for each asset.

Lesson 2 • Integrity Operating Windows

Defines and implements operating limits that protect asset integrity during normal operations. Links process control parameters directly to integrity threat management.

Lesson 3 • Maintenance Program Integration and Review

Addresses how maintenance strategies are integrated into the broader AIM program and reviewed. Ensures maintenance activities remain aligned with evolving risk profiles.

Lesson 4 • Condition-Based and Predictive Monitoring

Covers vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and online monitoring techniques. Enables early detection of developing faults before functional failure occurs.

Lesson 1 • Incident Investigation and Learning

Applies structured investigation methods to integrity-related incidents and near misses. Transforms incident data into systemic improvements across the AIM program.

Lesson 2 • Management of Change for Integrity

Covers the MOC process as applied to process, equipment, and organizational changes. Prevents integrity gaps introduced by uncontrolled modifications to assets or systems.

Lesson 3 • Key Performance Indicators for AIM

Defines leading and lagging KPIs that measure AIM program health and effectiveness. Enables data-driven management decisions and early identification of program gaps.

Lesson 4 • AIM Governance Frameworks

Establishes governance structures, policies, and management systems that sustain AIM programs. Connects organizational leadership to operational integrity outcomes.