Document Responsibility: Inspection Engineering Standards Committee SAEP-343
Issue Date: 7 July 2015
Next Planned Update: 21 August 2018 Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) for Saudi Aramco Facilities
Proponent RBI facilitator selection criteria shall be:
Competencies demonstrated and accepted to ES RBI team leader to run
or lead an RBI assessment.
Participation in a minimum of three RBI assessments before qualification.
Any qualified RBI Facilitator who has not performed, participated or
coordinated an assessment in a year's time shall require re-qualification
from ES RBI team.
All qualified RBI Facilitator shall be orientated to any new version of
the software before they will be allowed to perform an assessment
using the new version.
Contractors’ RBI facilitator selection criteria shall be:
Contractors shall demonstrate to the ES RBI Team that their RBI
facilitators are suitably qualified and experienced in RBI technology.
The qualifications of the RBI personnel shall be documented in the
CVs and references. Contractor personnel must meet the following
qualifications:
i. Degree in Engineering and minimum of 5 years’ experience in Oil
and Gas industry or 15 years’ experience in the Oil and Gas
Industry.
ii. Detailed training in the RBI methodology/software and participated
in at least three RBI assessments two of which involved using the
API RBI software.
3) Sr. Inspection Engineer or Inspection Engineer
Sr. Inspector Engineer or Inspection Engineer involved in RBI assessment
shall meet one of the following qualifications:
A diploma or degree in a technical discipline.
Minimum of 10 years inspection experience in the Oil and Gas Industry.
4) Materials and Corrosion Engineer
Materials/Corrosion Engineer involved in RBI assessment shall meet two
of the following qualifications:
Have a B.S. Engineering (Chemical, Metallurgical or Mechanical)
Degree with 12 years minimum experience in the oil and Gas Industry.
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