ICorr Welcomes Corrodere Academy: Pioneering Excellence in Corrosion Control Training

Introduction
The Corrodere Academy stands as a beacon of expertise in the field of corrosion control alongside ICorr, providing unparalleled education and training to professionals worldwide. With a mission to combat the pervasive challenge of corrosion, the Academy equips individuals and organisations with the knowledge and skills necessary to protect assets, ensure safety, and enhance durability across industries.

History and Evolution
Founded in 2000, the Corrodere Academy began with a vision to address the growing need for specialised corrosion control and prevention training. Over the years, it has evolved into a globally recognised Academy, offering a comprehensive suite of courses and certifications tailored to meet the diverse needs of industries such as oil and gas, marine, construction, and manufacturing and renewables.

Course Offerings
The Academy’s portfolio of courses has been designed to cover all aspects of corrosion control, covering inspection, application and specialist knowledge.

Above: Powder Coatings Course

Above: Blast Cleaning Course

Key courses include:

1. Inspection – ICorr endorsed Coating Inspection Level 1, 2 and 3 courses. – Other introductory Coating Inspection courses covering Insulation, Fireproofing, Pipeline, Hot Dip Galvanising, Thermal Metal Spraying, and Marine Coatings.

2. Train the painter – Protective Coating Application, Spray Painting and Abrasive Blast Cleaning modules.

3. Specialist Coating – Corrodere Diploma in Coatings for Corrosion Control alongside Coating Surveys, Corrosion Management and Corrosion Under Insulation courses.

Each course combines theoretical knowledge with practical, hands-on training, ensuring that participants gain a deep and actionable understanding of their chosen subject.

Certification Programmes

The Corrodere Academy offers internationally recognised QCA certification that validates the skills and expertise of industrial coating applicators. Certifications such as are highly regarded in the industry, often serving as a benchmark for excellence.

– QCA – A1 Abrasive Blast Cleaner
– QCA – P1 Protective Coatings Applicator
– QCA – S1 Spray Painter
– QCA – T1 Thin Film Intumescent Applicator

Expert Faculty
The Academy’s strength lies in its team of seasoned experts, who bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the training material. These industry veterans are not only educators but also active practitioners, providing students with insights drawn from real-world challenges and solutions.

Global Reach
With a network of training centres and partners around the world, the Corrodere Academy extends its reach globally, providing its training material in a number of multiple languages, that makes its portfolio of courses accessible to a diverse audience. This international presence ensures that the Academy stays at the forefront of global trends and developments.

Industry Collaboration
Collaboration with industry leaders and professional bodies such as the Institute of Corrosion is a cornerstone of the Corrodere Academy’s approach. By partnering with key stakeholders, the Academy ensures its training programmes are aligned with industry standards and address current challenges within the Corrosion

Prevention Industry. These collaborations also facilitate development initiatives, driving innovation in corrosion prevention and control.

Success Stories
The impact of the Corrodere Academy is best illustrated through the success stories of its alumni. Students have gone on to make significant contributions in their respective fields, from ensuring safety is at the highest level on site, to progressing their careers and leading large-scale corrosion management projects.

Future Initiatives
Looking ahead, the Corrodere Academy is committed to continuing its tradition of excellence and innovation in Training delivery. Future initiatives include:

• Development: Investing in market research to stay ahead of emerging corrosion challenges and provide training solutions to industry.
• Expansion of Online Training: Enhancing the accessibility and flexibility of its programmes through advanced interactive e-learning platforms.
• Sustainability Focus: Integrating sustainability into its training programmes, emphasising eco-friendly corrosion prevention methods and company operational initiatives.

Conclusion
The Corrodere Academy stands at the forefront of corrosion control education, closely working with international corrosion societies and setting the standard for excellence in the field. By offering cutting-edge training, fostering industry collaboration, and driving innovation, the Academy plays a pivotal role in protecting assets and ensuring safety across industries worldwide.

Photo: ICorr Level 2 Coating Inspector

Contacts
For more information, visit the Corrodere Academy website or contact the team directly to learn how they can help your organisation. www.corrodere.com T: +44 (0) 1252 732 236 E: Lucy Pavia lucy@corrodere.com

ICorr welcomes Automa: Remote Monitoring Solutions as New Gold Sustaining Member

ICorr welcomes Automa: Remote Monitoring Solutions as New Gold Sustaining Member

Founded in 1987, AUTOMA is an Italian company specialised in the production of solutions for the remote monitoring and control in the Oil, Gas, and Water sectors. The company is best known for the design, engineering, and production of advanced solutions that enhance the efficiency and safety of distribution and transportation networks.


Photo: Automa G4C-Pro CP Monitoring Device

AUTOMA has introduced solutions for the remote monitoring and control of cathodic protection systems of buried metal structures in the water, gas, and oil industries, with over 45,000 units worldwide. Its cathodic protection suite offers reliable solutions for monitoring, logging and functional control of activities thanks to a variety of devices that can be used both for remotely and locally.

AUTOMA has also developed a proprietary SCADA system specifically designed for the cathodic protection field, that allows users to carry out analysis of historical data and graphs, to configure all the devices, to download reports and to receive real-time alarms.


Photo: Automa Intermediate CP Monitoring Station

The complete solution, known as GOLIAH®, offers all the necessary tools for a correct and timely monitoring in accordance with the current industry standards. This guarantees network operators a real and complete ownership of all the data and enabling a real-time and accurate control of the cathodic protection system. www.goliah.info/en/

AUTOMA’s key focus is on the quality and reliability of its products, guaranteed by international certifications and a constant commitment to innovation. Each solution is custom-designed to meet customer needs, supported by a dedicated research and development team.

Contact information
AUTOMA s.r.l.
Ancona (An) – Italy
Tel.: +39.071.8028042
e-mail: sales@byautoma.com
www.byautoma.com

 

ICorr CEng Direct – Volunteer Assessors

ICorr CEng Direct – Volunteer Assessors

The Institute of Corrosion (ICorr) is currently in the process of becoming a Full Licensee of Engineering Council, in order to 
be able to provide CEng, IEng and EngTech, directly through ICorr in future. This will be a major improvement to our membership offering and member retention.

We are now looking for Professional Registration assessors 
(for both Applications and Interview assessment purposes).

  • Are you Engineering Council registered at CEng level?
  • 
Do you want to give back to the profession by helping the next generation of engineers achieve professional registration?
  • 
We are looking for volunteers to become Professional Registration Interview (PRI) assessors who will be reviewing, assessing, and interviewing applicants.

By giving us your time, you will be doing vital work, ensuring the future of the profession. All we need from you is 6 hours of your time per month.

If this is of interest to you, please reply: F.A.O Anthony Setiadi admin@icorr.org

New Sustaining Member – R-TECH Materials

New Sustaining Member – R-TECH Materials

The Institute is very pleased to welcome R-TECH Materials of Port Talbot, Wales, as a new sustaining member. R-TECH Materials works across a diverse range of industries and sectors and supports their clients with their engineering materials needs.

Aerospace – R-TECH plays an active part in the aerospace sector through its membership in the Wales Aerospace Forum and has invested in state-of-the-art testing equipment meeting the needs of the aerospace sector and is presently seeking Nadcap accreditation. On the metallic side of the business, the company has also examined a number of material failures in the aerospace sector, including fasteners and seat supports.
 
Automotive – R-TECH has a fully accredited independent testing laboratory for the testing of polymer, composite, and metallic materials for the automotive industry, with experience of running and participating in R&D projects and delivering bespoke testing programmes for industry.

Construction – R-TECH has specialist expertise in reinforcing steels, prestressing steels, and related products, testing services regularly working on some of the most safety critical structures, including Q1 nuclear class structures. They are closely involved in the national and international standards making bodies in these areas.

Marine – R-TECH is a global testing partner for composite materials for Lloyd’s Register’s marine business and supplies a full range of integrity services, Including, design and materials evaluation, fitness for service, remaining life prediction, life extension, performance optimisation, safety, risk and reliability management, failure analysis and problem solving.

Metals Manufacture – R-TECH industrial testing equipment is capable of testing a wide range of metallic materials and can handle products ranging from fractions of a millimetre in diameter to products of 50 mm in diameter or above. Its mechanical testing capability includes tensile, compression, bend, flexure, shear, and fatigue. They can test machined samples or full-size products, and we have the capability to design and build bespoke test rigs 
where required. The company regularly supports R&D projects, 
by looking at material processing issues, investigating product quality problems, or providing an independent assessment of 
client complaints.

Oil and Gas – R-Tech has experience in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including platform structures, pipelines, drilling applications, FPSO vessels, and risers, which can see some of the harshest working environments. Its staff ensures the integrity and reliability of materials for oil and gas service that are critical to continued safe production.

Petro-Chemical – R-TECH is the primary metallurgical support partner for a large number of UK refineries. Services for the petrochemical sector include: 
• Plant integrity assessment failure analysis, on site condition assessment, expert witness, research and development.

Power Generation – R-TECH has particular expertise in high temperature plants, where the use of austenitic stainless steel in certain types of power plants is common. They have conducted a number of research and development programmes on the thermal degradation of austenitic and have developed a unique life assessment tool based on plant condition assessment, and our own world-leading in-house model, which is the result of several years of research. 

Training Services – R-TECH is an established training provider for the servicing industry, energy operators, and institutes, including BSSA (British Stainless Steels Association) and most recently ICorr.

Contact Details: R-TECH Materials, Kenfig Industrial Estate, Testing House, Port Talbot SA13 2PE

Email: info@r-techmaterials.com

Phone: +44 (0) 1656 748 000

Web: www.r-techmaterials.com

New Corporate Member – Jotun Paints

New Corporate Member – Jotun Paints

The Institute of Corrosion is very pleased to welcome yet a further corporate member – Jotun Paints one of the world’s leading Paints and Coatings Manufacturers. Many Jotun employees are already ICorr members who have long supported its branch activities.

Jotun combines high quality with constant innovation and creativity. For almost a century, Jotun has protected all types of assets, from iconic buildings to offshore platforms. With a presence in over 100 countries on all continents, Jotun is a true global player, marketing its products across the world under one single brand.

Jotun develops products and solutions that solve customers’ needs for protection in a changing environment. Applying their first-hand knowledge and insights, they use state-of-the-art technology to solve the challenges of our industry. As a Global Supplier of premium paints and coatings, Jotun focuses on four key market segments: Decorative Paints, Protective Coatings, Marine Coatings and Powder Coatings. Within each segment, Jotun achieves organic growth by making long-term strategic investments in local markets. Building on local knowledge and competence is at the core of Jotun’s business model. Jotun’s global operations are regionally structured across Europe and Central Asia, the Middle East, India and Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Region, Northeast Asia, and the Americas.

In the corrosion prevention market, one of the key projects Jotun will be supplying in 2024 is the life extension docking of the SEAROSE FPSO vessel in Harland and Wolff, Belfast. This is the second time Jotun has been involved in the coating of this Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, and work is due to commence early in February.

The Institute of Corrosion point of contact within Jotun Paints UK is Rob Marsden

Email: Robert.Marsden@jotun.co.uk

Mob: +44 7502 400480

Rob is the Technical Manager for the UK and works out of both the Flixborough and Newcastle offices.

New Corporate Member – Bilfinger UK

New Corporate Member – Bilfinger UK

The Institute of Corrosion welcomes its latest Corporate Member, the highest company grade of membership that is increasingly sought after, offering the highest level of engagement with ICorr, for companies with 5 or more employees working in the corrosion prevention sector. Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical and petrochemical, nuclear, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and biopharma, power and energy, utilities, renewables and food and beverage markets. The company enhances the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

Bilfinger UK has extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

Contact Details: Johnny Morton, Bilfinger UK Limited, 4 Greenhole Place, Aberdeen AB23 8EU

Phone: 01224 246108   Mobile: 07741 314435

johnny.morton@bilfinger.com