API 579-1 / ASME FFS-1 Fitness-For-Service - Volumetric Loss & Planar Flaws

Dates: September 1 - 2, 2026 

Preliminary Registration Form

Please fill out the preliminary form below for this API-U Approved course. After the form has been submitted, the training provider will reach out to you regarding further registration information.

Course Outline

• Overview and Opportunities for FFS
• Introduction to API 579-1/ASME FFS-1
• FFS Assessment Procedures
• Assessment of Equipment: Brittle Fracture, General Metal Loss, Local Metal Loss, Pitting Corrosion, HIC, SOHIC, and Hydrogen Blister Damage, Weld Misalignment and Shell Distortions, Crack-Like Flaws Creep Damage and Remaining Life, Fire Damage, Dents, Gouges, and Dent-Gouge Combinations, Laminations, Fatigue, In-Service Margins/Validation

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Appreciate the format, organizational structure, and use of the API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 document
• Recognize the importance of damage mechanism identification
• State the applicability and limitations of the volumetric metal loss assessment procedures
• Follow and summarize the application of the Level 1 and Level 2 assessment techniques
• Understand the importance of establishing inspection intervals and the methods used to determine them
• Choose the appropriate mitigation and monitoring methods 
• Appreciate the importance of documentation of the various FFS procedures
• Explain the step-by-step procedure calculations for at least two example assessments covered during the course.

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for:

• Plant inspectors and engineers who work in a mechanical integrity, reliability, or maintenance role
• Inspection, engineering, reliability, and mechanical integrity managers
• Central engineering staff who support plant personnel
• May be beneficial for similar positions in the fossil fuel, utility, pulp and paper, nuclear energy, and other processing industries that use and maintain pressurized equipment