Visual Inspection Procedures

Who this course is for:

Individuals that:

• Wish to know more about the visual inspection procedures used in the compressed gas industry, not just scuba
• Wish to know how to properly handle high pressure cylinders
• Will be working with high pressure cylinders as part of their employment

Course prerequisites:

• Minimum age 18

What you can expect to learn:

The International Training VIP Inspector eLearning course serves two main functions:

• Completion of the online portion of this course meets the OSHA regulations for awareness level training for anyone who handles high pressure cylinders as part of their job duties. Any dive center employee handling cylinders should complete this training prior to handling cylinders. Many divers may benefit from this knowledge as well.
• Serves as the academic material for the VIP Inspector course, developing a student’s knowledge base and preparing them for the hands-on training components of the VIP Inspector course with their instructor.

The SDI Visual Inspections Procedures course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:

• Purpose
  • Legal requirements, standards of the community
• Safe handling of cylinders
  • Fill station operator rules and recommendations
  • Identification of the various cylinder markings
  • Legal/illegal filling requirements
  • Filling procedures
• Tools and their uses
• Visual inspection indications
  • Proper identification of the various defect conditions
• Criteria for rejection and condemnation of a cylinder
  • Define the criteria for cylinder rejection
  • Define the criteria for condemning a cylinder
• Other services
  • Valve inspection and cleaning
  • Compressor operations
  • oxygen cleaning
• The basis for cylinder cleaning
• Visual inspection procedures
  • Step by step walk-through of the inspection process