RSTRENG Part 2 of 8 – Understanding and Recognizing Pipe Defects

  • Author: Technical Toolboxes
  • Level: Beginner
  • Study time: 1 hour
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What is the RSTRENG calculation? What are the abnormal operating conditions that may occur?

This is a self-paced course and the second part of the RSTRENG series—Beginning of Understanding and Recognizing Pipe Defects. It will cover site analysis and documentation, holiday and defect detection, identifying and classifying corrosion, examples with different photos of excavations, the minimum data required for RSTRENG calculations, and more

Note: This is a self-paced version of the previously offered one-day live-virtual RSTRENG course. If you have already taken that live-virtual course, you will be familiar with this material.

At the end of this course, there is an exam. Upon successfully passing it, you will receive a 1-hour PDH certification.

If you complete all eight courses in the series, you will be eligible for RSTRENG Level 1 certification, granted only after finishing the full series.
  • Video time: 57 minutes
  • Exams: 1

Joe Pikas

Content SME-V.P. for Pipeline Integrity and Corrosion Engineering Services for Technical Toolboxes
ABOUT JOE
Joe Pikas is a consultant for Technical Toolboxes with more than 50 years of experience in pipeline construction, operations, corrosion control design, and implementation, including pipeline engineering management.
He is an expert in pipeline integrity management, risk management, coating materials selection, cathodic protection design, and testing, and internal and external pipeline corrosion control.
In 2009, he was awarded the NACE Distinguished Service Award and received an industry award in 2002 from AGA, GTI, INGAA, NACE, OPS, and PRCI International.
Also, he has contributed over 50 papers to industry trade magazines, NACE, SSPC, and other publications and conferences.