ICorr Hot Dip Galvanising Inspection Level 2 online

ICorr Hot Dip Galvanising Inspection Level 2 online

Course Overview

The Hot Dip Galvanising Inspection Level 2 course equips candidates with advanced skills to inspect and assess the quality of galvanised coatings. It covers key topics such as coating application processes, common defects, and industry standards for galvanising. Participants will learn to evaluate coating thickness, adhesion, and overall compliance with international regulations. Upon completion, candidates will be qualified to conduct thorough inspections and ensure high-quality corrosion protection in galvanised structures.

Course content

Basic Corrosion
Introduction to Hot-Dip Galvanising
Hot-Dip Galvanising Process
Pre-surface Preparation and Inspection
Appearance
Painting Hot-Dip Galvanising
Standards and Guides
Quality Assurance
Quality Control
Health and Safety
Inspector Duties Maintaining Hot-Dip Galvanising Structures.

Course details

Study time
8 hours of online study, concluding with a 90-minute monitored online multiple-choice final exam. 

Certificate/Qualification
ICorr Hot Dip Galvanising Inspector Certificate of Achievement, valid for 5 years.                                             

Entry criteria
Recognised Coating Inspection Certificate and 24 months of coating Inspection experience.

Course fee

£650.00 – Course Fee
£75.00 – Online Exam Fee

Plus 20% VAT if applicable.

ICorr Hot Dip Galvanising Inspector – Certificate of Achievement. Valid 5 years.

Course dates – Open registration with access to the training material for 12 months. Final examinations can be taken on a date and time to suit you.

Enrol herehttps://corrodere.com/courses/icorr-hot-dip-galvanising-inspector/

Course and examination enquiries

For any questions or further enquiries, please visit our training partner’s website at www.corrodere.com, or alternatively, you can contact them at:

+44 (0) 1252 732236
info@corrodere.com 

ICorr awards – call for nominations

ICorr awards – call for nominations

Each year the Institute of Corrosion bestows a range of internationally renowned awards in recognition of excellence in corrosion science and engineering, and to reward outstanding service to the Institute and the wider corrosion community. Many of these awards are open to nomination by both members and non-members of the Institute. Below is a brief description of each award together with details of how to nominate potential candidates.

U.R. Evans Award
The U.R. Evans Award is the premier scientific award of the Institute of Corrosion and is presented annually for outstanding international achievements in pure or applied corrosion science. The recipient is selected by a Corrosion Science Division panel and presented with an engraved sword at the annual Corrosion Science Symposium (CSS). The symposium is one which seeks to encourage the participation of the junior members of the corrosion community who would appreciate the visit of, and address by, a corrosion scientist of international repute. The form of the award symbolises the fight in which we are all engaged. The recipient is also granted Honorary Life Fellowship of the Institute. Nominations may be submitted at any time via email to the CSD Chair, Julian Wharton (j.a.wharton@soton.ac.uk).

Paul McIntyre Award
The Paul McIntyre Award is presented to a senior corrosion engineer, who, as well as being a leading practitioner in his field, has advanced European collaboration and international standards development. The award consists of an engraved trophy, which is presented at the annual CED Working Day meeting. The recipient is requested to present a brief overview of their activities and encouraged to prepare an article for publication in Corrosion Management. Nominations should be
submitted to the CED Chair, Danny Burkle (D.Burkle@lbbcbaskerville.co.uk) by 28th February 2023.

T.P. Hoar Award
The T.P. Hoar Award is presented to the authors of the best paper published in the scientific journal Corrosion Science during the previous calendar year. The winning paper is selected by a sub-committee of the Corrosion Science Division and the authors receive a certificate and a cash sum of £400.

Galloway Award
The Galloway Award is presented to a student author for the best publication describing original research in corrosion science and engineering as judged by a sub-committee of the Corrosion Science Division. The student should be the primary author of the work and preferably first author. A summary of the winning paper is published in Corrosion Management and the prize consists of a certificate and a cash sum of £300. The Institute does not retain copyright of the material, so this does not prevent separate publication of the work in a scientific journal. Submissions (in the form of a paper published within the past 12 months or a draft publication) may be sent via email at any time to the CSD Chair, Julian Wharton (j.a.wharton@soton.ac.uk). Supervisors may nominate students.

Lionel Shreir Award
The Lionel Shreir Award is given to the best student presenter at the annual Corrosion Science Symposium. Selection of the recipient is carried out by a sub-committee of the Corrosion Science Division. The award consists of a certificate and a cash prize of £125.
For further details on the Institute awards, including lists of past recipients, please visit https://www.icorr.org/icorr-awards/

What Is the Role of Trustees in the Institute of Corrosion?

What Is the Role of Trustees in the Institute of Corrosion?

​The Guiding, Safe Hands of ICorr

The role of trustees in the Institute of Corrosion is crucial. In fact, without its trustees the Institute could not function effectively as a charity. As you’ll learn in this article, our trustees hold many responsibilities.

What is a trustee?

Charity trustees are the people who share ultimate responsibility for governing a charity and directing how it is managed and run.  They are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity. These might, for example, be cash and property. They also include intangible assets such as the charity’s reputation and proprietary information.

In larger charities, trustees may not take a hands-on role. Our trustees are very much involved in the day-to-day running of the Institute of Corrosion. They help to shape our work and our strategic direction.

Since the Institute is also a company registered with Companies House our trustees are also the Directors of the company and act as the Executive Management Committee. By default, this requires our trustees to be knowledgeable about the world of corrosion as well as possessing a broad skills base. Often, we draw our trustees from industry, private consultancy, or academia.

Our trustees have a duty to advance the purpose of the Institute

The duties of trustees are laid out as legal responsibilities by Charity Law as:

  1. To ensure the charity is carrying out its purposes for the public benefit
  2. To comply with the charity’s governing document and the law
  3. To act in the charity’s best interests
  4. To manage the charity’s resources responsibly
  5. To act with reasonable care and skill
  6. To ensure the charity is accountable

The first of these duties is always the primary focus of a trustee. All else flows from this ‘public benefit requirement’.

All trustees should be familiar with their duties, and to aid them in this they are required to  read and understand the Charity Commission guidance titled The Essential Trustee.

Our trustees support our decision-making

One of the ways in which our trustees enable the Institute to function successfully is by supporting the President in the decision-making processes, especially when there are urgent decisions to be made. Thus, trustees need to have a broad base of skills and experience.

The decisions in which our trustees offer their advice, expertise, and support include:

  • Audits and standards
  • Branch requests
  • Co-operation with other Institutes and government bodies/agencies
  • Council meeting and AGM agendas
  • Growth and sustainability
  • ICorr brand management
  • Accounts/reviews
  • Long-term investments
  • Overseas member support
  • HR issues
  • Strategy development
  • Training courses/certification in UK and overseas
  • Website issues and database improvements

Trustees have specific financial and reporting duties and responsibilities

Another of the key duties of our trustees is to ensure that our finances and accounts remain in good order. This duty is also set out in law under the Companies Act 2006. To comply with this, the trustees must prepare financial statements for each financial year. These must give a true and fair view of the finances of the Institute of Corrosion for the year for which the statement is prepared.

In the preparation of these financial statements, the trustees are responsible for:

  • Selecting and applying suitable accounting policies
  • Making reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates
  • Preparing financial statements on a going concern basis

In addition to the financial statements, the trustees also publish an annual report under the direction of the President of the Institute. This report should detail matters that include:

  • Aims and objectives
  • Organisational structure
  • Achievements and performance
  • Funding sources
  • Investment policy
  • Risk management
  • Forward strategy

The report will also detail any collaboration with third parties; recruitment, appointment, training, and responsibilities of trustees; membership and membership services; and members of the management committee. It will also discuss governing documents, future training provision, and sustainability.

Selecting and training our trustees

As you can see, our trustees have a lot on their plate. The work they do is extremely varied and can be complex. It is also ongoing. It also requires continuity. Therefore, we select our trustees for a minimum of six years. This is a significant commitment for a trustee to make to a role that does not provide financial reward.

So, how does the Institute select its trustees?

First, when a trustee position becomes available, we identify the skills needed to maintain the skills mix required by the trustees as a group.

Having established this baseline, we may advertise the role by notification in the Corrosion Management magazine, and on our website.

We may also approach individuals who we believe to possess the skillset we seek.

Often, a new trustee will be familiar with how the Institute works. They are likely to have experience within a local or regional branch, division, or committee. After appointment, the new trustee will be given a brief familiarisation session by the President. This session will cover:

  • Plans and objectives of the Institute
  • Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Institute
  • Obligations of trustees in law and as members of the management committee
  • The current financial position as set out in the latest published accounts

Hard work, commitment, and no pay. Why become a trustee?

While being a trustee is not a full-time role, it does require a commitment of time and dedication. Our trustees meet regularly and form part of the management structure of the Institute. But, though not paid, our trustees receive rewards in other ways.

A trustee of the Institute of Corrosion plays an integral role in the smooth operation of the Institute, shaping our future and the direction of our industry. They grow their networks, increase their personal skills base, and have the satisfaction of knowing they have made a real contribution to positive change in the field in which they are most passionate.

Ask any of our trustees if this volunteer role is rewarding, and the answer will be yes.

The current trustees of the Institute of Corrosion

We currently have five trustees. Each is a director of the Institute of Corrosion. They meet monthly as a ‘committee’, reporting back to the Council and overseeing the routine operation of the Institute between Council meetings.

At the time of writing, our trustees are:

  • The President – Stephen Tate (Appointed 2020)
  • The Vice President – Dr. Yunnan Gao (appointed 2022)
  • The Immediate Past President – Dr Bill Hedges (Appointed 2019)
  • The Honorary Secretary – Dr Jane Lomas (Appointed 2011)
  • The Honorary Treasurer – Dr Tony Collins (Appointed 1993)

In the future, we plan to publish further articles about how the Institute of Corrosion is structured and how it operates. This transparency should help all our members and the wider corrosion community to have a greater understanding of all the moving parts of the Institute and the tremendous amount of work that goes on behind the scenes. If you’re interested in getting involved in any of these activities, please get in touch with us!

In the meantime, to learn more about membership of the Institute of Corrosion, please check out our membership page to learn how to become a member and immediately begin to enjoy the many benefits of membership of the Institute of Corrosion.

ICorr Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) Training Course

ICorr Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) Training Course

The Institute of Corrosion is pleased to announce the new MIC training courses in 2023. Both the Awareness and Certified MIC Technologist proficiency levels will be offered, at ICorr headquarters, twice next year as follows:

April 2023
• Awareness (one day course) on the 12th
• Certified MIC Technologist (5-day course) from the 17th to the 21st

October 2023
• Awareness (one day course) on the 4th
• Certified MIC Technologist (5-day course) from the 23rd to the 27th.
An MIC Technologist attendance certificate is available for attending the 4-day course without taking the certification exam.
Please contact admin@icorr.org for registration.

There are several car parks nearby and hotels within walking distance of the ICorr office, including Ibis and Park Inn. It is recommended to make provisional booking as early as possible to secure a competitive rate. Also, ICorr HQ is only a short walk from Northampton train station.

Corrosion Science Division (CSD)

The 63rd Corrosion Science Symposium (CSS) again joined the Electrochem meeting, which was hosted by the University of Edinburgh between the 4th and 6th September. Electrochem is an annual meeting organised jointly by the RSC Electrochemistry Group and the SCI Electrochemical Technology Group. There were 21 oral talks and the UR Evans award plenary talk, plus a dozen posters over the two days.
The U.R. Evans award for 2022 was presented to Prof Alison Davenport (University of Birmingham, UK) by Stephen Tate (ICorr Vice President) at the 63rd CSS. In her plenary talk entitled ‘Passivation vs. Active Dissolution’, Alison explored how the shape and stability of localised corrosion sites are determined by the delicate balance between passive film growth and metal dissolution. The plenary focused on the nature of passive films and localised corrosion sites, and how they can be successfully explored in situ using a variety of synchrotron-based characterisation methods.

The Lionel Shreir Award is given to the best student presenter at the annual Corrosion Science Symposium, and this year was presented to Alyshia Keogh (University of Manchester). Alyshia gave a fascinating and insightful talk entitled ‘effect of microstructure on localised corrosion and atmospheric stress corrosion cracking of 15-5 precipitation hardened stainless steels, linked to understanding of pitting and atmospheric chloride-induced degradation associated with microstructural features effected by the ageing temperature (see summary of Alyshia’s presentation below). Alyshia commented that she enjoyed the interaction between academics, industry specialists and students at the CSS, and thought the symposium was especially stimulating with an excellent range of presentations and posters from many Universities, and she hoped to attend next year!

Effect of Microstructure on Localised Corrosion and Atmospheric Stress Corrosion Cracking of 15-5 PH Stainless Steels
Alyshia Keogh, Anthony Cook, Emily Aradi, Alex Wilson, Fabio Scenini, Phil Prangnell, University of Manchester, and Zacharie Obadia, Airbus, Toulouse, France.
This work aimed to enhance mechanistic understanding of pitting and atmospheric Cl-Induced Stress Corrosion Cracking (AISCC) in 15-5 Precipitation Hardened (PH) Stainless Steels (SS) by establishing links between microstructural features affected by varying ageing temperature (here, 450 C, 540 C and 650 C) and susceptibility to such phenomena. This microstructural evolution, as a function of ageing temperature, was investigated via scanning TEM energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (STEM EDS), and differences in environmental behaviours assessed using both electrochemical and environmental testing under controlled conditions of temperature and Relative Humidity (RH). Statistical scatter in pitting potential determined via potentiodynamic polarisation was too high to determine any trend in localised corrosion resistance with confidence. However, useful information was obtained via Double Loop Electrochemical Potentiokinetic Reactivation (DL-EPR) and Electrochemical Noise (EN) measurements. DL-EPR revealed a linear trend between the degree of sensitisation and ageing temperature which correlated with an increase in number density of Cr carbides. EN measured by galvanically coupling dissimilar microstructures suggests that the highest temperature ageing treatment (650 C) was most susceptible to metastable pitting events and, hence, has a higher probability of transitioning to stable pitting.

AISCC tests (four-point bend specimens with Cl-salt deposits exposed to controlled temperature and RH) revealed that over-aged specimens (ageing temperature 650 C) were most resistant to cracking, whilst EN indicated they had greatest susceptibility to pitting. The opposite was found for under-aged specimens (ageing temperature 450 C). The mode of AISCC transitioned from an intergranular (IG) pathway in under-aged specimens (450 C) to mixed IG and transgranular (TG) for those peak-aged (540 C), no cracks were observed under the same testing conditions in over-aged specimens. Overall, these results are consistent with the theory that AISCC, like conventional SCC, only occurs under conditions of slow and stable localised corrosion.