Internal Corrosion Specialist Certification — Requirements & Free Practice
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Internal Corrosion Specialist Certification
Professional certification validating advanced capability to manage or supervise the design, implementation and evaluation of internal corrosion programs across industries.
Licensing authority: AMPP · Application information
Initial by examination
- All Of
- ["Active Senior Internal Corrosion Technologist certification",{"anyOf":[{"allOf":["Bachelor’s degree in physical science or engineering","8 years of verifiable internal corrosion-related work experience in pipeline and associated facilities"]},"12 years of verifiable internal corrosion-related work experience in pipeline and associated facilities"]},{"anyOf":["Successful completion of the Ethics for the Corrosion Professional course","Equivalent training"]},"Approved certification application documenting the required experience and education","Successful completion of the Internal Corrosion Specialist Exam","Complete all certification requirements within four years"]
- Evidence Claim Ids
- ["ics-route-adoption-fresh-01"]
Internal Corrosion Specialist Exam
- Provider
- Pearson testing centers
- Format
- Computer Based Testing (CBT); multiple-choice questions; reference material is supplied where needed and the course manual is not provided.
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 80; Scored questions: 75; Unscored questions: 5; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
- Time limit
- 300 minutes, including 4 minutes for the non-disclosure agreement and 6 minutes for the system tutorial.
Examination outline
Corrosion Mechanisms
- Electrochemistry
- Types of Corrosion and Morphology
Assessment
- Threat Pre-Assessment
- Sampling, Testing, Data Collection
- Analysis and Interpretation
- Risk Assessment and Evaluation
Mitigation of Internal Corrosion
- Operational Factors
- Chemical Treatment
- Cleaning and Other Mitigations
Management of Internal Corrosion Programs
- Data Integration and Reliability
- Management and Documentation
- Communications and Collaboration
Safety, Standards, and Compliance
- Safety, Standards, and Compliance
Examination sources
- AMPP ICS Exam Preparation Guide
pp.6–11, Exam Blueprint; pp.17–21, reference formulas and conversion appendix
- AMPP Exam Preparation Guides directory
Certification / Exam Type / Language table, Internal Corrosion Specialist row; Download anchor targets submitted ICS EPG
- AMPP Internal Corrosion Specialist certification
Step 3, Prep Materials, direct guide link
- AMPP ICS Exam Preparation Guide
p.4, opening paragraph, examination table, Note and footnotes 1–2
- AMPP ICS Exam Preparation Guide
p.4, Note, first bullet
- AMPP ICS Exam Preparation Guide
p.4, Time row and footnote 1
- AMPP ICS Exam Preparation Guide
p.4, Time through Format rows
- AMPP ICS Exam Preparation Guide
p.5, Exam row
- AMPP Internal Corrosion Specialist certification
Step 2, Submit your application
- AMPP Computer Based Exams
Scheduling exams with a Pearson Testing Center, steps 3–4