Argyll Ruane have been delivering corrosion and coatings inspection courses accredited by ICorr for over 20 years.
Over the past few years, they have been expanding their international network of strategic partnerships to enable them to offer these ICorr courses globally.
By forming partnerships with key organisations, Argyll Ruane are now able to deliver these courses within Europe, the Middle East, Australia, India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Libya, Egypt and the USA. Their approved training Partners include, HTS Consultants, Alfa Egypt, RSA Academy, Leptis Ltd, Indonesian Institute of NDT, ICE-International Consultant Engineers, and TÜV Rheinland, who are all dedicated to supporting students with their ICorr training. Many, such as Leptis Ltd in Libya, have made significant investments into providing state-of the-art training facilities for students to enjoy.
Moreover, Argyll Ruane are working with a number of consultants to facilitate the delivery of these UK and overseas ICorr courses, including Kevin Graham, Simon Hope, Jane Lomas, Alex Garner, David Stowers, and Sherman Spear, who each bring a significant level of experience and breadth of knowledge of the corrosion and coatings inspection industry.
Courses that are available across these locations include ICorr Level 1, 2 and 3 Protective Coatings Inspector, Insulation Inspector, and Level 2 and 3 Passive Fire Protection (PFP) Epoxy Coating Inspector. Additionally, ICorr Level 2 Passive Fire Protection (PFP) Epoxy Coating Inspector, PCI Transition courses and Recertification examinations are available online. Upcoming course dates can be found on the website, and the diary page of the magazine.
Leptis Ltd have invested in new training facilities for the delivery of ICorr courses in Tripoli, Libya.
Simon Hope, who has over 45 years’ experience in the corrosion and coatings inspection industry, passing on his knowledge to a student on a Level 2 Protective Coatings course at Argyll Ruane training facility in Sheffield.
The Young ICorr committee held their most recent meeting via teleconference at the end of April to develop a clear strategy for the coming year, as well as to establish sub-committees to focus on events/meetings, the Young Engineer Programme, a dedicated mentoring programme, and the establishment of an annual Young ICorr award.
In addition to this, for the very first time, Young ICorr had a strong presence at the annual CED working day held at the York Railway Museum on 27 April 2022. Izabela Gajewska (Intertek) represented Young ICorr as a speaker giving a talk on “Best Management Practices to Transfer Knowledge to Ensure Integrity Assurance Optimization for Oil and Gas Production”. Izabela’s talk was very welcomed by the CED attendees and initiated a number of discussions around integrating the early-stage career members into ICorr. (Editor: I hope to publish an article based on this presentation in the next issue of Corrosion Management).
In addition to this restructuring of the Young ICorr committee responsibilities as mentioned above, James McGladdery, the Young ICorr vice chair, will step up as joint chair with Danny Burkle, which will help to split the responsibility for the growth of the section whilst Danny transitions into his new position as chair of CED, taking over from Nick Smart. This transition will allow for a continued presence of Young ICorr in the ICorr Corrosion Engineering and Corrosion Science divisions. To become part of the Young ICorr community, or for more information about what they do, and how they can help you, contact, James McGladdery or Danny Burkle on James.McGladdery@uknnl.com and d.burkle@lbbcbaskerville.co.uk, respectively.
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1030 Registration and Coffee/Tea
1100 Using the new Standard EN ISO 24656 ‘Cathodic Protection for Offshore Wind Structures’. Birit Buhr, Oersted
1145 Offshore Renewables Cathodic Protection, Impacts of revised DNV Requirements. Lars Lichtenstein, DNV
1230 Combined discussion on Offshore Renewables
1245 Buffet Lunch
1300 MCF News and Open Forum
1315 SCC of Austenitic Cast Iron in Seawater. Roger Francis, RF Materials
1415 Localised Corrosion of Wire Arc Additively Manufactured (WAAM) Duplex Stainless Steel. Hussam Attar, Manchester University
1530 Tea/Coffee
The Marine Corrosion Forum is recognised by the Institute of Corrosion and the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology as offering technical presentations which will contribute to an individual member’s Professional Development requirements. Each agenda is also submitted for approval to the Institute of Materials, Mineral & Mining (IoM3)
The MCF reserves the right to amend the program at any time as circumstances dictate
The 63rd CSS will be an in person joint meeting with Electrochem2022 taking place at the John McIntyre Conference Centre near Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, between the 5th and 6th September 2022.
The CSS is the annual meeting for students and researchers working in all areas of Corrosion Science and Engineering. The symposium is an ideal opportunity for early career researchers in corrosion to
discuss their work, share ideas and, above all enjoy themselves in a stimulating/friendly environment.
The meeting website is, www.rsc.org/events/detail/74101/electrochem-2022, and is open for abstract submissions, with a deadline of the 8th July 2022.
The CSD committee is also looking for Galloway award submissions (see, www.icorr.org/icorr-awards/). The award simply requires students to send a copy of a submitted or published paper (journal or conference proceedings) from the previous 12 months.
As noted on page 6, this year’s recipient of the Paul McIntyre award is Chris Lynch.
Chris Lynch is currently employed by Corrpro Companies Europe Limited as their Senior Engineering Manager. He is responsible for the Cathodic Protection Engineering, Site Services and the Power Unit Design personnel, and has been in this role for the last 8 years.
He graduated from The University of Leeds in 1990 and started working as a Junior Corrosion Engineer for Aberdeen Corrosion Engineers Limited, and stayed in the North of Scotland for over 10 years whilst travelling extensively as an ‘engineer in-learning’ taking him across Europe and the Middle East working both onshore and offshore. He now specialises in Cathodic Protection. In 2005 he returned to Teesside to work for his current employer as a Senior Projects Engineer and has worked through the ranks to his present position.
“I believe in working hard with honestly and integrity and have been fortunate to have worked on some excellent Projects with competent people. I am constantly learning and have a continual appetite to understand more and more in my field and the wider Corrosion Industry. I think it is important to put a little back into the industry that has served me so well and have taken the opportunity to do so which has rewarded me in so many ways. Throughout my career I have championed and supported the Institute of Corrosion. I have worked on the numerous training committees and as a course presenter of the ICorr CP training scheme since the mid 1990’s and continue this voluntarily to this day as a current member of the Cathodic Protection Governing Body (CPGB). I am a Level 4 CP Specialist of buried and marine structures and internal surfaces, a Fellow of the Institute of Corrosion and a Chartered Engineer”, stated Chris.
He holds the position of Chair of GEL/603 which is the British Standards Institute (BSI) committee for Cathodic Protection and works on numerous Working Group activities for ISO and CEN. He is a member of several professional bodies including CEOCOR and the Marine Corrosion Forum, and reportedly he has thrived on the open exchange of experience and learning between his peers, particularly those from overseas.
Chris continued “I would like to thank those who have voted for me to receive the Paul McIntyre Award for 2022. This is a great honour for me. I would like to dedicate it to all the people who have contributed to my success, many of whom I have met whilst doing the work that Paul himself did tirelessly and for so many years himself. It is wonderful that my work with GEL/603 and with ISO and CEN standards committees and working groups has been recognised with this award. The work is so varied and with communities such as CEOCOR, the approach is unique and informal. To be honest, it is not work at all. It is fun. There is much to be gained in international standards work and I have built up friendships with peers and experts across Europe and the wider world. I have gained so much more than can be taught on courses or read in presentations, papers or visiting exhibitions. I believe we all have something to share. Perhaps an experience we have had that is unique or a set of interesting data we have gathered, a job that went wrong that others would benefit from in hindsight.
A more detailed version of this report can be found on the Institute website.
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