API Inspectors

What Is API Inspector Supply?

API Inspector supply is the provision of personnel holding current American Petroleum Institute inspector certifications — API 510 (Pressure Vessel Inspector), API 570 (Piping Inspector), API 653 (Above Ground Storage Tank Inspector), and API 571 (Corrosion and Materials) — for in-service inspection programmes, integrity assessments, fitness-for-service evaluations, and risk-based inspection (RBI) activities in refineries, petrochemical plants, oil and gas facilities, and related industrial assets.

API inspector certification is not a general inspection qualification. Each programme certifies the holder's knowledge of a specific inspection code, the damage mechanisms it governs, the fitness-for-service criteria it specifies, and the inspection planning and documentation requirements it mandates. An API 510 inspector knows ASME Section VIII and API 579. An API 653 inspector knows the tank floor, shell, and annular plate requirements of API 653, the minimum thickness criteria, and the weld examination requirements for repair and alteration. This code-specific knowledge is what distinguishes an API-certified inspector from an experienced technician performing the same physical inspection tasks.

Every API inspector we supply holds a current, in-scope API certification — not an expired certificate or a certification pending renewal. Certification currency is confirmed at the point of mobilisation request, and we do not deploy personnel against API-specific scopes with lapsed credentials.

Where We Supply API Inspectors

•        Refinery and petrochemical plant turnaround inspection — pressure vessel and piping API inspection during planned shutdown

•        API 653 tank inspection programmes — out-of-service tank floor, shell, and roof inspection

•        In-service piping circuit inspection — API 570 CML management and inspection interval compliance

•        Risk-based inspection (RBI) programme support — API 580/581 RBI assessment and inspection planning

•        Fitness-for-service assessments — API 579 Level 1 and 2 evaluations by API 510/570-certified inspectors

•        Regulatory and statutory inspection compliance — jurisdictional inspection authority requirements for certified inspector involvement

•        Inspection programme gap coverage — supplementing client inspection team capacity during peak turnaround periods

•        Third-party owner-engineer inspection — independent API inspection authority for EPC and FEED projects

Applicable Codes and Standards

•        API 510 — Pressure Vessel Inspection Code — in-service inspection, rating, repair, and alteration

•        API 570 — Piping Inspection Code — in-service inspection, rating, repair, and alteration of piping systems

•        API 653 — Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction

•        API 571 — Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry

•        API 579 / ASME FFS-1 — Fitness-for-service assessment

•        API 580 / 581 — Risk-based inspection methodology and technology

•        ASME Section VIII — Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels — referenced by API 510

•        Jurisdictional pressure vessel and pressure plant regulations applicable by country of operation