Specialized Industry Training Courses

Equity Technical Institute (ETI) offers specialized training courses for personnel in the oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, and other industrial processing industries. ETI training courses focus on areas of mechanical integrity, pressure equipment, instrumentation and process control, materials and corrosion, piping vibration, welding, risk management, and Equity software.  

• Specialized industry training courses 
• Equity Software® courses 
• On-demand learning 
• Archived webinars 

Why Take an ETI Training Course?

Equity’s specialized ETI courses follow the same high-quality development standards as the API-U training courses. All courses can be customized to meet your organization’s training needs and qualify as activities for API’s CPD requirements. For hands-on application, ETI’s seasoned instructors bring their practical experience and API code committee knowledge to each course by providing detailed explanations and step-by-step solutions. You will learn from a team of highly skilled and knowledgeable engineers who have 20+ years of industry experience. 

Specialized Industry Training Courses

• Achieving Mechanical Integrity (MI) Excellence in Crude Units – Gain practical understanding of the crude unit process and learn how process conditions influence the most prevalent damage mechanisms (DMs) affecting fixed equipment MI.
• Achieving Mechanical Integrity Excellence in Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units (FCCU) – Gain a working understanding of FCCU operation and the fixed equipment vulnerabilities that arise from common process variables.
• Achieving Mechanical Integrity Excellence in Hydroprocessing (HP) Units – Practical, process-focused understanding of HP unit operation and the most prevalent damage mechanisms (DMs) that affect unit reliability. 
• Bolted Flanged Joint Integrity: Design, Evaluation, and Optimization – Learn to apply ASME Section VIII-1 Appendix 2 flange design rules to calculate bolt loads, flange stresses, and flange rigidity, while also understanding the limitations of Appendix 2 with regard to bolted joint reliability. 
• Corrosion Under Insulation: Finding, Assessing, and Preventing Damage – Learn practical knowledge and tools to locate susceptible areas, uncover hidden damage using proven non-destructive examination (NDE) techniques, and evaluate remaining life with FFS methodologies from API 579.
• Damage Mechanisms for Chemical & Petrochemical Industries – Overview of the primary damage mechanisms (DM) applicable to fixed equipment in the chemical and petrochemical industry and included in API RP 571.
• Design-by-Analysis: Fundamentals and Applications – Explore the evolution and advanced applications of design-by-analysis (DBA) technology in ASME Section VIII Division 2 (VIII-2). 
• Fatigue: Fundamentals & Applications – Develop a deeper understanding of cyclic loading and metal fatigue, including key concepts such as cyclic plasticity principles, fatigue damage morphology, and essential definitions.
• Fixed Equipment Mechanical Integrity (FEMI) Programs – Learn the integrity assurance cycle, showing how to forecast degradation, verify equipment condition, interpret inspection data, and document findings. 
• Fundamentals of Asset Lifecycle Management – The 5-day course is designed to help companies that lack technical training programs for their new engineers.
• Introduction to Materials Engineering – Learn how to specify and identify materials effectively, appreciate the role of castings for certain components, and understand failure analysis to prevent costly unplanned outages.
• Piping Vibration – Learn about piping vibration measurement and severity analysis, guidance on identification, evaluation, and mitigation of piping vibration problems.
• Pressure Vessels: ASME VIII-1 and ASME VIII-2 – Learn the Code’s organization and its key content, including general requirements, component design, materials, fabrication, and testing procedures. 
• Process Piping – Gain a practical and comprehensive understanding of the piping design and analysis requirements outlined in the ASME B31.3 Process Piping Code. 
• Repair Strategies – Gain an in-depth understanding of how pressure equipment and piping repairs fit into the broader lifecycle management, plus learn to navigate key ASME codes, API standards, NBIC standards, and other critical documents.
• Storage Tanks – During this course, storage tank engineers will gain a practical understanding of the basics of tank design and analysis, including material considerations, fabrication, and examination.
• Welding for Mechanical Integrity Professionals – Explore welding fundamentals, including metallurgy basics, material verification, and the strengths and limitations of major welding processes.

Equity Software® Training Courses

• API RBI Software within PlantManager – Learn how to effectively navigate and implement the risk-based inspection (RBI) methodology of API RP 581 using Equity Software’s API RBI software. 
• PlantManager SAGE with FFS Applications – Covers the structure of the PlantManager SAGE® software and is designed to develop skills in its navigation and use. 
• IntelliJoint – Learn how to eliminate leaks by understanding the code requirements and guidelines, key data and inputs, and how to optimize flanged joint connections.
• SIMFLEX-IV – Gain an overview of the program features, input structure, analysis procedures, input keywords, output description, and other special topics. 

On-Demand Training

The on-demand training courses are bite-sized lessons prepared by Equity SMEs, enabling you to gain valuable professional knowledge from anywhere, at any time.

• API 579 Fitness-for-Service – General Metal Loss (Part 4) – Gain a detailed overview of the methodology and application of assessment procedures for general metal loss (GML) found in Part 4 of API 579-1 / ASME FFS-1.
• Introduction to Alarm Management Systems – Learn about the principles of alarm management, including the identification, prioritization, and rationalization of alarms. 
• Introduction to Fixed Equipment Mechanical Integrity (MI) Programs – Explore how MI integrates into every phase of fixed equipment management—from design and construction to inspection and repair—equipping you with practical, real-world knowledge.
• Introduction to Risk-Based Inspection – Get to know the industry’s guiding documents, API 580 and 581, and learn how to evaluate failure probabilities, consequences, and risks. 
• Mechanical Integrity Issues in HF Alkylation Units – Learn about the most common mechanical integrity (MI) issues that affect the fixed equipment in HF alky units as well as how to mitigate those problems. 
• Pressure Relief for the Mechanical Integrity Professional – Explore pressure relief device (PRD) sizing and selection, ASME code requirements, common installation deficiencies, and proven best practices for inspection and testing. 
• Preventing Equipment Failures: Key Refinery Damage Mechanisms Explained – Gain a thorough introduction to some of the most critical damage mechanisms affecting fixed equipment in oil refining, emphasizing their impact on mechanical integrity (MI).

Archived Webinars

We’ve built up a library of Equity-led webinars covering high-value topics in inspection, integrity, and process safety — each topic is one hour, available on demand, and worth 1 CPD credit. Choose a topic that’s relevant to what you’re working on and watch it today. Topics include:

• Fitness-for-service, structural engineering, and mechanical integrity 
• Damage mechanisms, including creep, brittle fracture, fatigue, piping vibration, H2S 
• Rotating equipment, pumps, pressure vessels, amine units 
• Pressure relief systems, process safety
• Risk-based inspection 

“Instructors were very knowledgeable and able to present information in a manner that was understandable. They made the class feel at ease and encouraged questions.” – Storage Tank course attendee