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Small Bore Tubing & Pipework: City & Guilds Scqf Level 6

Small Bore Tubing & Pipework: City & Guilds Scqf Level 6

Duration 2 days

Time 08:30 - 16:30

Cost £699.00 + VAT

Venue Clintery Centre

Availability

Date	Time	Cost	Venue	Places
11 Mar - 12 Mar 2019	08:30 - 16:30	£699.00 + VAT	Clintery Centre	8
08 Apr - 09 Apr 2019	08:30 - 16:30	£699.00 + VAT	Clintery Centre	8
08 Jul - 09 Jul 2019	08:30 - 16:30	£699.00 + VAT	Clintery Centre	8
26 Aug - 27 Aug 2019	08:30 - 16:30	£699.00 + VAT	Clintery Centre	8

About this course

Practical Content 80% Theoretical Content 20%

Target Audience

All persons who will have responsibility for the installation or inspection of small bore pipe work and fittings.

Course Aims

To provide course delegates with the requisite knowledge & hand skill to:

Select the correct materials to specification for carrying out small bore tubing fabrication on process plant
Identify and select tubing materials & fittings of correct size, differentiating between metric and imperial
Establish pressure ratings of tube & fittings
Fabricate and join tube assemblies using tube cutting and bending tooling, flaring tools and compression fittings
Apply quality control measures to ensure the correct assembly of high and low pressure compression fittings
Carry out pressure testing of tube & pipework assemblies for strength testing and leak testing, establishing system design pressure from P&IDs and Piping Classes
Identify thread types and installation practice for NPT taper and BSP parallel thread connections
Identify tube and fitting failure modes and take appropriate preventative and corrective actions.

Course Content

Lesson presentation on:

Pipe and tubing materials & their applications, size and pressure rating, bending and joining processes including; soldering, brazing, flared and compression fittings
Threaded fittings, types of thread, assembly procedures and related industry standards
Pressure testing pipe & tube assemblies in accordance with HSE Guidance Note GS4 & related industry standards.

Practical workshop exercises in:

Measuring and marking out tubing for accurate bending using bend allowance calculations and template methods
Tube cutting and bending, use of hand tube bending machines
Assembly of compression fittings
Hydrostatic pressure test of manufactured assembly
Tube flaring practise.

Delivery

The majority of this course is practical hands on training delivered by fully qualified and experienced ex industry personnel using equipment replicated from the onshore and offshore oil and gas working environment.