World-Beating Virtual Learning in the Corrosion Industry
You’ve decided to continue your professional development as a corrosion specialist through online learning. This allows you to fulfil the requirements for your continuing professional development with corrosion courses specifically designed to be delivered virtually.
For many corrosion professionals, this is an excellent decision:
- It means that you can fit your training around your professional and personal life
- You won’t need to cancel other things or miss out on work to squeeze in your learning
- You’re not bound by time or place, and you can work at a pace that is comfortable for you
- You can learn while you’re commuting on a train, during the downtime in a hotel room while travelling for business, or at home after a full day’s work and when the children are in bed
Financially, online learning is generally cheaper than classroom learning – and there’s no added expense of accommodation and meals to consider. You won’t suffer a loss of earnings, plus you may have the opportunity to network with corrosion specialists from around the globe.
(If you’re still not certain if online learning or classroom learning is right for you, read our article, ‘Online Classes vs Classroom Learning: Which Is Best for Corrosion Professionals?’.)
Recognising the need for online learning for corrosion specialists, the Institute of Corrosion has partnered with corrosion training experts to design, develop, and deliver the quality of learning needed in the industry.
Online courses for corrosion specialists
Our online courses cover a range of specific subject areas. Below, you’ll find a summary of each of the current courses available for virtual learning. This includes the scope of each course, who should take it, the qualifications or accreditation you will receive upon successful completion, and a link to enquire about each course.
Coating Inspector Courses
Coatings systems are a protective method used to eliminate or slow the corrosion of metallic structures, thereby increasing lifespan and reducing the need for and cost of maintenance and replacement.
The courses that the Institute have endorsed and that have been accredited by Lloyd’s Register and the Royal Society of Chemistry are:
- Coating Inspector Level 1
The entry-level requirement for a career as a coating inspector, this course is designed for those with industrial coating experience but without coating inspection experience.
After passing the exam, you will be qualified to carry out coating inspections. Online learning includes 40 hours of flexible study and online practical workshops.
- Coating Inspector Level 2
This course has been designed for those who have passed the ICorr Level 1 Coating Inspector course and have at least 12 months of Level 1 coating inspection experience.
Upon successful completion of the course and exam, you will be qualified to perform direct inspections and testing operations.
- Coating Inspector Level 3
This is the most advanced Coating Inspector level, open to those with at least three years of experience of coating inspection.
When successfully completed, you will have demonstrated the ability to interpret and evaluate inspection or test results in terms of existing normative documents; that you have the scope and level of knowledge sufficient to enable the individual to select inspection methods and tests, and to assist in the establishment of inspection and test criteria where none are otherwise available; and that you possess a general familiarity with coating materials, fabrics and structures protected by painting and coating, application methods and associated areas.
To enquire about the coating inspector courses delivered online, please email the Institute of Corrosion.
Other online courses
As well as the cathodic protection and coating inspector courses, you may also be interested in:
- Hot Dipped Galvanizing Inspector Level 2
Produced in collaboration with the Galvanizers Association, this course delivers the knowledge needed to prepare for the ICorr Hot Dip Galvanizing Inspector examination. The course includes:
- HDG overview
- Corrosion mechanisms
- Surface preparation
- Galvanizing chemistry
- Inspection overview
- Organic coating on galvanizing
- Testing of galvanizing
- Coating Faults
- Handling and storage
- Coating repair methods
You will need to sit the exam within 90 days of completing the course.
For more information, please email the Institute of Corrosion.
- Coating Surveys Course
This world-first course has been compiled by industry experts and enables you to gain full certification as a professional coating surveyor. You’ll get an exceptional grounding in areas that include:
- Coating surveys
- Common defects
- Marine fouling
- Dry film thickness surveys
- Passive fire protection
- Adhesion testing
- Sampling techniques
- Standard test methods, field tests and laboratory analysis
- Paint testing, paint constituents and paint chemistry
- And more
If your daily job includes coating surveys, you are strongly recommended to take this course.
For more information, please email the Institute of Corrosion.
Accelerate your professional development with the Institute of Corrosion
The Institute of Corrosion is committed to ensuring that its members and the wider community of corrosion specialists have access to learning and development opportunities wherever they are in the world.
We also understand that the rigours of your job can make classroom learning not only inconvenient, but expensive. Therefore, in collaboration with our educational partners, we are continually expanding our range of learning and professional development opportunities via online learning.
To learn more about any of the above corrosion courses, or to enquire about professional development courses for corrosion professionals that are not included above, please email the Institute of Corrosion. We will be happy to help you in the development of a successful career in the corrosion industry.