THE BASIC PIPELINE COURSE
An introductory course in the fundamentals of corrosion and corrosion control, designed for the newcomer in the field and those with less than a year of experience.
Students are urged to take the complete course.
Each Basic Course is taught simultaneously in two different classrooms by instructors utilizing the same outline. Each instructor will be teaching from a professionally prepared lesson plan.
The objective of the Basic Course is for each student to understand the basic fundamentals of electricity, galvanic and stray current, corrosion control methods, and field testing procedures, so the student will have a technical foundation on which to build corrosion expertise.

Course Name:

B-1 -- BASIC ELECTRICITY - 2 CLASSES

Course Level:

Basic

Day:

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Time:

9:45 to 10:45am & 11:00 to Noon

Sub-Chairman:

M. Linville

Description:

A basic discussion of the kinds of electricity encountered in corrosion control work.

Instructor:

T. Jenkins, Columbia Gas of Ohio , J. Bushman

Venue/Room:

Law Building 153 & 154

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Course Name:

B-3 -- CORROSION FUNDAMENTALS - 2 CLASSES

Course Level:

Basic

Day:

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Time:

1:30 to 2:30pm & 2:45 to 3:45pm

Sub-Chairman:

M. Linville

Description:

A discussion and demonstration of how corrosion works, and the various forms of galvanic corrosion and how they apply to the corrosion of underground structures.

Instructor:

J. Fitzgerald, Corrpro Co. & D. Krause

Venue/Room:

Law Building 153 & 154

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Course Name:

B-5 -- CORROSION CONTROL METHODS - 2 CLASSES

Course Level:

Basic

Day:

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Time:

4:00 to 5:00pm

Sub-Chairman:

M. Linville

Description:

Instructor:

J. Bushman, Bushman & Associates, Inc.& M. Roberts

Venue/Room:

Law Building 153 & 154

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Course Name:

B-6 -- INTRODUCTION TO COATINGS - 2 CLASSES

Course Level:

Basic

Day:

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Time:

8:30 to 9:30am

Sub-Chairman:

M. Linville

Description:

Instructor:

B. Donald, Columbia Gas Transmission & J. Utley

Venue/Room:

Law Building 153 & 154

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Course Name:

B-7 -- POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS - 2 CLASSES

Course Level:

Basic

Day:

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Time:

9:45 to 10:45am & 11:00 to Noon

Sub-Chairman:

M. Linville

Description:

An introduction to basic components necessary to obtain potential measurements with emphasis on care and proper procedures. Also, review of instrumentation and it's requirements, types of reference electrodes, types of potential measurements, potential measurement techniques, polarization effects, the criteria for cathodic protection and monitoring of cathodic protection systems.

Instructor:

K. Parker & J. Peek

Venue/Room:

Law Building 153 & 154

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Course Name:

B-9 -- RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS - 2 CLASSES

Course Level:

Basic

Day:

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Time:

1:30 to 2:30pm

Sub-Chairman:

M. Linville

Description:

The measurement of simple, isolated resistances (e.g. resistors, shunts, and bonds); non-isolated resistances (e.g. pip-to-casing, insulated joints, anodes or groundbed-to-earth, and pipeline-to-earth); and soil resistivity.

Instructor:

K. Parker, Mears & Geoff Rhodes

Venue/Room:

Law Building 153 & 154

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Course Name:

B-10 -- CURRENT FLOW MEASUREMENTS - 2 CLASSES

Course Level:

Basic

Day:

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Time:

2:45 to 3:45pm

Sub-Chairman:

M. Linville

Description:

Measurement required to determine the current flowing on pipelines or piping in industrial applications or on other long metallic structures when an ammeter cannot be inserted into the circuit in the conventional manner. A discussion of the application of these techniques to pipeline currents surveys and the use of zero-resistance ammeters.

Instructor:

J. Pajak & M. Linville

Venue/Room:

Law Building 153 & 154

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Course Name:

B-11 -- WORKSHOP - 2 CLASSES

Course Level:

Basic

Day:

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Time:

4:00 to 5:00pm

Sub-Chairman:

M. Linville

Description:

Workshop.

Instructors:

Pinto - Warner - Linville Arrigo-Mayfield-Quirk, DeNicola-McWilliams

Venue/Room:

Law Building 153 & 154

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Course Name:

B-12 -- RECORD KEEPING - 2 CLASSES

Course Level:

Basic

Day:

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Time:

8:30 to 9:30am

Sub-Chairman:

M. Linville

Description:

The importance of record keeping with emphasis on the general characteristics of records, various types of records and reports and their relative importance to government regulating agencies, and the advantages and uses of computerized records and manual field data records.

Instructor:

R. Graeser, PA Public Utility Commission & J. Otto

Venue/Room:

Law Building 153 & 154

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Course Name:

B-13 -- REVIEW AND VOLUNTARY TEST - 2 CLASSES

Course Level:

Basic

Day:

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Time:

9:45 to 10:45 & 11:00 to Noon

Sub-Chairman:

M. Linville

Description:

For students interested in receiving a certificate of achievement (recognition of completing and passing the Basic Course). If taken and passed, a certificate from West Virginia University and the AUCSC will be issued.

Instructors:

R. Graeser, PA Public Utility Commission & M. Linville

Venue/Room:

Law Building 153 & 154

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