The professionals at Atlas API Training will be offering a very comprehensive online course titled: Introduction to Quality Control. This course is aimed at those new inspectors looking to gain the advantage over other new inspectors. The course syllabus reads like a Quality Managers wish list, and it turns out that is exactly what it is. Introduction to Quality Control was put together by a veteran Quality Manager and Welding/Quality Department Trainer specifically to give new Inspectors the skills and knowledge to function effectively from day one on the job. The fact that this is an online course, students can take the class in their own timeframe, wherever they are, even on a smartphone or tablet.

In reading the course's table of contents it covers topics such as: Inspection Packages, Reading and Interpreting items like Isometric Drawings, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, Inspection and Test Plans. It covers making and filling out Weld Maps, Flange Maps, and Inspection Travelers. You also get information on reading and understanding ASME Section IX Welding Procedure Specifications and Welder Performance Qualifications.

Once you have completed those topics, it goes into detail about skills such as How to Perform: Welding Inspection in the field, Inspection of Flanged Connections (including Torque Inspection, Gasket Identification and Inspection, Flange alignment, and proper Stud and Nut Inspection), and performing Inspection of a Hydrotest of Piping and components, Proper Valve and Instrument Identification using the Iso's and P&ID's, and even first level coating inspection of newly painted piping. Introduction to Quality Control even gives you a course in Testing Welders and things to look for while giving the test.