OF SURFACE PREPARATION & PAINTING

PROSPECTUS

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The BLASTLINE India (P) Ltd.

Blastline India (P) Ltd is the pioneer and leader in the Anti-Corrosion industry in India.

It consists of a group of business entities catering to every need of the anti-corrosion industry in the country with overseas presence in various countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Quatar, Bahrain, UK and USA through their Associate Companies.

Led by a dynamic management team, it has been able to adopt to changing needs of the Industry and has forayed into all related niche areas like production and export of Machines , Accessories, Abrasives other specialized equipments and instruments used in the Anti-corrosion industry. It is also involved in major contract works in India and abroad as well as imports and distribution of high quality coating equipments and systems of foreign manufacturers.

Being passionate about the need for excellence in this Industry, having recognized the lack of facilities to train qualified professionals in this field, and as part of fulfilling their social commitment to the Industry, Blastline india has established a state-of-the-art training center in Cochin backed by various International Certification Bodies.

The Institute

The Blastline Institute of Surface Preparation and Painting (BISP),

1. SSPC2. NACE3. ASNT4. TWI

was originally established in 2006 to mould professionals in industrial grade anti-corrosion applications. However, its gamut of training programs was later expanded to include International Grading programs in Welding and Coating Inspection as well as Certification programs in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT).

We have corporate partnerships or grading compatability with renowned international organizations such as :

Training programs conducted by BISP are executed by highly experienced Engineers and Instructors with the help of latest machineries and tools in addition to a state-of-the art simulation facility which is getting ready.

The training and certification is so complete and up-to-date that those who pass out from BISP and enter the industry shall not be found wanting in their skills, capabilities or qualification.

( Society for Protective Coatings, USA)

( National Association of Corrosion Engineers, USA )

( American Society for Non-Destructive Testing, USA )

( The Welding Institute, UK )

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Why Certification?

Indian Education system, is highly knowledge-centric, the consequence of which is that we have a large pool of talent having ample scientific knowledge but little skill in practically applying it in the real world.

This is where we step in. Having acquired many years of experience in the Protective Coating Industry, engineers of Blastline India (Pvt) Ltd know the exact requirements of the industry and what kind of training is required for personnel working in various levels of project execution.

Accordingly we have formulated a number of training programs suitable for the Industry as detailed in following pages.

Training Technique

BISP follows internationally approved training seminar methodology. The batch size is limited to 20 students wherein there is ample room for togetherness, friendship, mutual respect and close interaction between faculty and students.

Personal attention is provided in a highly comfortable air-conditioned classroom and excellent results are ensured by : 1. Highly experienced professional Trainers2. Continuous up-gradation of training methods. 3. High quality course materials and handouts.4. Optimum use of electronic media presentations.5. Industry visits and hands-on practical Classes 6. Study of cut-away sectional models 7. State-of- the- art simulation facility from U.S.A.

Training Programs Conducted and Certified by BISP

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The Potential

It is estimated that approximately 20 million tons of industrial paint is produced annually world-wide. Such large amount of paint requires a proportionately large number of personnel for its application, supervision and quality control.

Structural work and fabrication is another multi-billion industry in which there is a huge demand for personnel with Quality Control certifications related to welding.

There is a tremendous shortage of qualified persons in the above mentioned areas. To fill the huge gap between demand and supply of such personnel, BISP offers Internationally recognized certificate courses right at your doorstep - in Cochin. And the demand is ever-increasing for qualified Blasters, Painters, Painting Supervisors, Painting Inspectors, Welders, Welding Inspectors and Non-Destructive Test (NDT) Personnel - especially in Middle East, Europe, Far East and within the Country.

“Non-Destrutive Testing” is another field which offers a great career opportunity in a wide group of analysis techniques used in science and industry to evaluate properties of a material, component or system without causing damage to the object getting tested. Because NDT does not permanently alter the article being inspected, it is a highly valuable technique that can save both money and time in product evaluation, troubleshooting and research.

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Courses in Anti-Corrosion Technologies

Certified Protective Coating Applicator - Industrial Grade

Duration : 1 month Class time: 9 am to 5 pm

This certification program is designed for project workers employed by the contractor, who wish to obtain knowledge and skills about mechanical as well as abrasive blast cleaning and protective coating application. The training includes the operation of airless spray equipment incorporating the use of a paint simulator and actual hands-on spraying. While using the simulator you will learn the proper technique for airless spray painting by using a program that simulates real life situations and equipment used in the field.

• Principles of surface preparations • Hand and tool cleaning methods • Abrasive blast cleaning• High pressure water jet cleaning • Proper spray techniques • Proper mixing techniques• Different methods of painting such as by brush, rollers, conventional and airless spray guns. • A general understanding of corrosion, its causes and remedies. • Different types of paints, their compositions and protective action. • Safety and safe working conditions as well as health hazards and their preventive measures. • The course will be inclusive of a week of extensive practical training. • Basic mathematics for fundamental calculations, conversions and quantity survey will also be covered.• Common painting faults & remedies

Contractors, project supervisors and project workers involved in application of protective coatings.

The candidate should have cleared at least 10th standard education of any approved examination board in India.

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Certified Protective Coating Supervisor / QC Inspectors - Industrial Grade

Duration: 7 days Class time: 9 am to 5pm

This program is designed to present the basic technology of coating application and inspection. It provides both technical and practical fundamentals for coating inspection works on various structures. The services of a supervisor or Inspector having this knowledge is vital in preventing incorrect coating applications leading to coating failures.

• Role of the Inspector • Mechanism of corrosion and its effects on metals.• The different grades of surface preparation• Abrasive used in blast cleaning and the surface profiles obtained• The various equipments and test instruments and their uses. • Different types of paints in use and their ingredients• Selection of paint • Quantity survey • Climatic conditions to be checked. • Calculation and measurement of paint film thickness•Adhesion to the substrate • Paint life and storage etc.•Coating specifications • Occupational safety and health hazards • Inspection procedures •Coating failures • MSDS and product data sheet review

The course progresses through classroom lectures interspersed with hands-on practical on various equipments and instruments associated with quality control of surface preparation and coating applications.

Quality Assurance and Control inspectors, contractors, inspection company employees, coating manufactures and distributor sales personnel, paint company employees, surface prepares and coating applicators.

• ITI diploma holders • Engineers • Science Graduates.

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Basic course for Painting Inspectors. ( Course Code : BGP )

BISP Courses in Welding Inspection

Basic Course for Welding Inspectors. ( Course Code : CSP )

Duration: 10 Days Class time: 10 am to 1pm 2 pm to 5pm

This course prepares the candidate for higher levels of Coating Inspector certifications that are recognized around the world. It covers most of the topics mentioned in previous courses, but in more depth.

• Experienced coating industry personnel who are aspiring for higher levels of Inspection Grading examinations. • Diploma holders or graduates preparing for Inspector Grade exams. • Engineers or graduates preparing for Inspector Grade exams.

• ITI Diploma Holder • University Science graduates • Engineer • Experienced Personnel in Anti-Corrosion Industry

Duration: 10 Days Class time: 10 am to 1pm

This course prepares the candidate for higher levels of Welding Inspector certifications that are recognized around the world. It covers all subjects required to pass welding inspector examinations at global standards.

• Experienced welding industry personnel who are aspiring for higher levels of Inspection Grading examinations. • Diploma holders or graduates preparing for Inspector Grade exams. • Engineers or graduates preparing for Inspector Grade exams.

• ITI Diploma Holders / University Science graduates / Engineers -Experienced Personnel in welding industry.

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How can Certifications accelerate my career growth?

The global job market is a highly competitive world where specialization is the order of the day. The job roles have become so complex that an employee with “Generic” skills is not in very high demand.

Also, unlike olden times, the personal safety at the work place, and protection of environment is being given paramount importance leading to an increased demand for Quality Control personnel.

New Rules, regulation and standards are getting created across the world and countries and organizations are mandated to enforce these. It has reached such epic proportions that any one with a reputed QC Inspector’s Certificate immediately finds a new employment or faster promotions in his current workplace.

Why do these certifications seem to be expensive ?

Fact of the matter is that, in certain industries, by virtue of their long standing tradition of quality and integrity, skill certification by some European or US based organizations enjoy a lot of credibility in the worldwide job market. Inculcation of global standards by affiliating with these entities sometimes results in some additional costs as follows:

• Highly paid professionals as faculties.• Indian Rupee Exchange rate with USD and EURO .• High Cost of equipments and training facilities.• Exacting standards of student comforts. • Global standards of class room ambience.

However, remuneration earned by successful candidates post-certification still makes it highly worthwhile.

Training Programs Conducted by International Certification Bodies

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Non-Destructive testing consists of a number of non-invasive techniques to determine the integrity of a material, component or a structure or quantitatively measure some characteristic of an object. Or simply put it is “testing without doing harm to the object being tested”. Some typical applications of NDT are:

1. Flaw detection. 2. Leak detection 3. Location determination. 4. Dimensional measurements 5. Structure & micro structure characterization 6. Estimation of mechanical & physical properties.7. Stress and dynamic response measurements8. Material Sorting9. Chemicals Composition Determination etc.,

NDT is used in a variety of settings that covers a wide range of industrial activities in such diverse fields as:

•Automotive • Aviation / Aerospace• Powerplants Construction • Maintenance and repair • Manufacturing•Industrial plants such as Nuclear, Petrochemical, Power, Refineries, Pulp and Paper, Fabrication shops, Mine processing and their Risk Based Inspection programmes. • Pipelines • Railways• Wire Rope Testing for, C r a n e Wires, Rope-way Wires• Medical imaging applications, to name a few.

Successful and consistent application of nondestructive testing techniques depends heavily on appropriate training, experience and integrity. Personnel involved in application of Industrial NDT methods and interpretation of results should be certified, and in some industrial sectors certification is enforced by law or by the applied codes and standards.

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NDT Courses

What is ASNT ?

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ASNT stands for “America Society for Non-Destructive Testing” and it happens to be one of the most reputed and authentic certification bodies in the field of NDT.

Among various certification levels of ASNT, the most sought - after one is ASNT level-2 which enables a person to set up and calibrate testing equipment, conduct the inspection according to codes and standards and compile work instructions for a team of technicians. They are also authorized to report, interpret, evaluate and document testing results. They can also supervise and train Level 1 technicians. In addition to testing methods, they will be familiar with applicable codes and standards and will have some knowledge of the manufacture and service of tested products

Some of the most popular testing methods are:

• Radiographic Testing (RT) • Ultrasonic Testing (UT) • Mangnetic Particle Testing (MT) • Penetrant Testing (PT) • Radiographic Testing Film Interpretation (RTFI)

Follows the NDT Level - 2 Training in accordance with SNT - TC -1A Standards and practices published by ASNT.

Duration of the course : 1 month for any four methods. Minimum qualification: SSLC passed (as per document) .

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Courses certified by TWI

TWI

BGAS

BISP

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stands for “The Welding Institute” (UK) and their training methods are accepted as the Industry standard worldwide and their examinations and certification is considered to be the most authentic in the Coating and Welding industry.

stands for “British Gas Approval Scheme” and it happens to be the most widely accepted standard for Industrial Grade Protective Coating and Welding applications - worldwide. BGAS standards are modeled into training courses by TWI and certification exams are conducted by them and these are popularly known as BGAS-CSWIP Courses (CSWIP stands for “Certification Scheme for Welding Inspection Personnel”)

India has an official corporate training agreement with TWI to organize courses and grading examinations to certify Coating and Welding Inspectors at globally recognized standards in industrial protective coating & welding.

Following are the BGAS - CSWIP courses available at BISP :

From time to time we can arrange for other specialized short term courses, if and when the industry demands, insubjects such as :

• Scaffolding • Insulation, Fire proofing and Refractory linings. • AWS CWI to CSWIP Bridging course. •Welding • Other tailor-made courses as per customer requirements. • Cathodic protection • Pipeline inspection etc., etc.,

• CSWIP 3.1 WELDING INSPECTOR LEVEL-2• CSWIP 3.2 SENIOR WELDING INSPECTOR LEVEL - 3• BGAS-CSWIP PAINTING INSPECTOR GRADE 2/3 • BGAS-CSWIP SITE COATING INSPECTOR (ATC 90)

BRIDGE COURSE FOR CSWIP 3.1

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TWI Certification Scheme for Welding Inspection Personnel ( CSWIP )

CSWIP 3.1 Welding Inspector Level-2

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Inspection engineers and supervisory staff. The course is ideal for inspectors requiring preparation for the CSWIP examinations - Welding Inspector

The duties and responsibilities of a welding inspector; fusion welding processes; typical weld defects; types of steel; carbon-manganese, low alloy and stainless steels; hardening of steels; weldability; heat treatment; parent metal defects; visual inspection; testing parent metals and welds; destructive tests; NDT techniques; welder and procedure approval; codes and standards; outline of safe working practices; practice in examination questions; continuous and end-of-course assessment. In addition, candidates meeting the CSWIP requirements for eligibility complete the relevant CSWIP examination on day 5.

• To understand factors which influence the quality of fusion welds in steels• To recognise characteristics of commonly used welding processes in relation to quality control• To interpret drawing instructions and symbols to ensure that specifications are met• To set up and report on inspection of welds, macrosections and other mechanical tests• To assess and report on welds to acceptance levels• To confirm that incoming material meets stipulated requirements and recognise the effects on weld quality

of departure from specification• To be in a position to pass the Welding Inspector - Level 2 examinations

• Personnel working in welding industry who can produce a certificate of at-least 3years experience

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CSWIP 3.2 Senior Welding Inspector Level - 3

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Experienced welding inspectors and quality control staff, especially those who are proceeding to the CSWIP Senior Welding Inspector examination. It is essential that course members have a knowledge of the subjects covered in the course Welding Inspector before joining this course.

Function and responsibilities of a senior welding inspector; defects in welds; weld symbol interpretation; interpretation of NDT reports; documentation of welding; approval and certification procedures; general principles of supervision; case studies; planning; organisation; interpretation of fractured surfaces; auditing; practice in typical examination questions; course assessments.

• To understand the various facets of welding inspection and quality control• To assess the validity of a welding procedure• To recognise origins of weld defects• To interpret features of a fracture surface and prepare detailed reports• To scrutinise and correct inspection reports• To plan, organise and supervise use of skilled inspectors and NDT personnel• To conduct pre-, during and post welding audits To be in a position to pass the relevant examination

• Certified Welding Inspector Level – 2 with minimum 2 years experience / Overall 5 years experience in welding field with CSWIP Level-2.

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BGAS-CSWIP Painting Inspector Grade 2/3

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Candidates with or without experience in the Painting Inspection Industry. Candidates will be assessed during the course and advised on either grade 3 or 2 exam route dependent on their progress during training.

Corrosion theory; surface preparation; surface contaminants and tests; paint constituents and technology; solutions and dispersions; drying and curing properties and performance; specified painting conditions; cathodic protection; holiday/pinhole detection; paint-application methods; paint/paint film testing; paint identification; metal coatings; paint faults; colour; inspection methods; specification requirements; health and safety and working practices.

• To understand the principles of pipeline coatings• To understand the importance of surface preparation• To appreciate the difficulties associated with pipeline site coating• To understand the practical methods of testing and inspection• To interpret the requirements of standards• To meet the syllabus requirements for the BGAS-CSWIP Site Coatings Inspector examination

Coating Assurance and control inspector & contractors, inspection company employees, paint company employees and sales personnel, surface preparers, & coating applicators.

• ITI diploma holders • Engineers • Science graduates

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BGAS-CSWIP Site Coating Inspector

Candidates with or without previous experience in site coating inspection wishing to attain BGAS-CSWIP approval as a Site Coating Inspector. Suitable for individuals engaged in the inspection and coating of new and existing pipelines. This approval is very useful to welding inspectors as it can extend their working time capability on any given project.

Corrosion, specified coating conditions; surface preparation methods and standards; surface contaminants and tests for detection; coating technology; film thickness; coal tar enamels; special situations; hot applied tapes; cold applied laminate tapes; grease based tapes; self-adhesive overwrap tapes; polyethylene cladding; fillers, mastics and putties; heat shrinkable plastics; powder coatings; urethane MCLs; holiday detection; concrete coatings; internal coatings; cathodic protection; stages of pipeline construction; handling, transport and storage; pipeline surveys, health and safety; coating faults; working practices and quality.

• To understand the principles of pipeline coatings• To understand the importance of surface preparation• To appreciate the difficulties associated with pipeline site coating• To understand the practical methods of testing and inspection• To interpret the requirements of standards• To meet the syllabus requirements for the BGAS-CSWIP Site Coatings Inspector examination

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• ITI Diploma Holder • University Science graduates • Engineer • Experienced Personnel in Anti-Corrosion Industry.

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