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I would like to take this opportunity to offer my cargo tank registered inspector training classes. These on-site classes at your facility, meet the federal DOT mandated three-year recertification training for your registered inspectors. This training is customized to only the types of DOT specification cargo tanks that you test and inspect.

Cargo Tank Registered Inspector Training

Included with the cargo tank registered inspector training

On-Site reviews of your testing facility records

We offer in-depth Registered Inspector Training at your facility. This training includes:

1) External Visual Inspections,

2) Leakage Testing;

a) EPA Method 27 Leakage Tests,

b) Meter Creep Testing (LPG),

c) Delivery hose testing (LPG),

d) Off-truck remote, query, and passive shut down devices (LPG),

3) Pressure testing;

a) Pressure relief device testing,

b) Heating system testing,

c) WFMPE procedures,

4) Internal Inspections;

a) Trinity baffle DOT Special Permit inspection training.

5) Thickness testing:

a) Customize to your device

6) Lining Inspection:

a) Spark tester procedures

7) FRP DOT Special Permit training

These items are included with each training class:

a) A Workbook for each student,

b) A PRD laminated sheet with all the bench testing pressures for each different cargo tank and design pressure,

c) A Shop Manual including:

1) Copies of the superseded cargo tank regulations,

2) DOT cargo tank testing interpretations,

3) Trinity cargo tank baffle DOT Special Permits,

4) Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) current DOT Special Permits

d) Electronic testing forms customized with you name and logo

We offer on-site and off-site reviews of your cargo tank testing operations. Before you are subject to a Federal or State site investigation, we can come to your facility to review your records and equipment for compliance with hazardous materials and safety regulation and make recommendation to bring your operation into compliance.

Cargo tank inspector training

We offer training that is customized to only the types of cargo tank that you test and inspect. This is in-person on-site training that is interactive with your employees who test and inspect DOT cargo tanks, portable tanks, and IBC containers. This class is hands-on to meet the function specific training for testing pressure relief devices, thickness testing devices, and spark testing linings.

Assistance with applying for an additional CT number or just updating your current CT number.

We work with you to ensure your CT number is current and contains all the different cargo tanks that you actually requalify, update the types of tests and inspections that you perform, and update the list of registered inspectors that you employ at each testing facility location.

Testing Equipment

As part of the training, we offer an equipment build list for all the testing equipment needed to perform a leakage and pressure test on DOT 406, DOT 407/412, and MC 331 cargo tanks.

For internal inspections, we offer where to obtain the OSHA confined entry training, the sniffer for entry into the cargo tank, and blowers necessary to purge the air inside the cargo tank.

For Wet Fluorescent Magnetic Particle Examinations (WFMPE), we offer a list of the equipment necessary to perform the WFMPE and where to obtain the ASME Level 5 training that is required in addition to the DOT training.