Certification: Qualification of Ultrasonic Testing Examiners (Sizing) (API)
1220 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005-4070
The API QUSE Ultrasonic Testing Examiners (Sizing) certification exam addresses equipment and sizing evaluation techniques for crack height sizing. The designed procedure provides guidelines and techniques for ultrasonic sizing of planar cracks which originate at the opposite side of the scanning surface or the inside diameter. - See more at: http://www.americanpetroleuminstitute.com/Certification-Programs/IndividualCertificationPrograms/Programs/APIQUSE#tab_ExamInfo
- More than two years of education or training after high school required?
- Yes
- More than two years of work experience required?
- Yes
- Either training or work experience required, but not both?
- No
- Oral or Written Exam Required?
- Yes
- Renewal Required?
- Every 6 Year(s)
- Renew through Continuing Educational Units(CEU)?
- No
- Renew through Re-Examination?
- Yes
- Renew through Continuing Professional Development(CPD)?
- No
- Does applicant have choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)?
- No
Third Party Exam Center
American Petroleum Institute exams are administered through Prometric
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Core
- The certification does not have a minimum education level or has an education level below a two-year Associates of Arts or Associates of Sciences degree and the certification does not have a minimum requirement for work experience or requires two or less years of work experience.
- The certification has an education level of an Associates of Arts or Associates of Sciences degree or higher, but has a work experience requirement of less than 2 years of work experience.
- The certification has a work experience requirement of more than 2 years but does not require a two-year Associates of Arts or Associates of Sciences degree.