API Q1 Approved Training & Professional Certification Sources

[speedysteve1]

Is there an API Q1 approved training course that is truly "certified" to make one an API professional ?

I gained extensive ISO 9001 experience while working in the UK and have recently been appointed to work with a Houston based machine shop in order to transition from their current ISO 9001 status to API Q1 certification. unfortunately my API Q1 9th knowledge is minimal..

There appears to be a number of 3-4 day courses available in Houston related to API Q1 some of which claim to be "certified" some do not & some claim there is no such thing as being a "certified" API Q1 professional ?

Does anyone on this forum know the truth about this ?

Also can anyone recommend the best training available in the Houston area ?

Kind regards,
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[Stijloor]

Re: API training & professional certification

A Quick Bump!

Can someone help?

Thank you very much!

 

[Project Man]

Re: API training & professional certification

I believe www.api.org is the resource you are looking for to answer the questions that you have.

 

[Marc]

Re: API Training & Professional Certification Sources

Just an FYI - A while back there were some people in the oil business who visited this forum, but it was never a big draw. API and oil industry professionals are welcome, but getting industry specific advice here is difficult due to lack of oil industry visitors.

 

[Sidney Vianna]

Does anyone on this forum know the truth about this

API lists approved Training Providers in their website. Go to http://www.api.org/products-and-services/training/api-u/find-trainers select API Spec Q1 as the topic and United States as the location and the database will list some approved providers.

 

[karlneuffer]

As others stated go to API.org to get a list of companies who provide the training through the API-U. You receive a "certificate of completion" that has the API logo when you complete the course.

The only certification through API for quality is for auditing. There are different levels and it's a combination of classes, audit performances and a test.

There is at least one company that claims their students are "certified". This is not approved by the API though. It's more of a tracking network that you completed the class. Please note, when you take an API-U approved course the API can always be contacted to verify if someone took the course. They track the students.

I am biased as to who the best training provider is since I work for Qualified Specialists, Intl. We are located in Houston and Bud Weightman, our President, teaches many of the courses. He's been involved with API since 1989.