View IPEIA’s Career Path Pamphlet here.
Training for a PEIM Career
Education & Certification Links
Typical Work Experience Prior to Entering PEIM
Manufacturing–Construction
- Welder/Fitter
- Quality Control Designer/Drafting
- Testing/Mechanical/Destructive Testing
- Materials Laboratory
In-service Facilities
- Junior Inspector/Power Engineer/Operator
- Pipe/Vessel Welder
- Field/Facilities Engineer
Helpful Links
- Canadian Welding Bureau
- American Welding Society
- SAIT – Welding Engineering Technology
- NAIT – Materials Engineering Technology
Engineering/Technical
Inspection, Examination & Consulting Services
Non-Destructive Examination
API Inspection Programs
- 510 Pressure Equipment
- 570 Pressure Piping
- 571 Damage Mechanisms
- 580 FFS
- American Petroleum Institute
- CASTI
National Board
- Pressure Equipment (PE) Manufacture and Installation
- PE Inspection and Repair
- PSV Inspection
- NBBI – Education Center – Aptify e-Business (nationalboard.org)
- NBBI – Credentials
Materials Engineering & Technology
- ASM NACE Corrosion Courses
- Corrosion Technician
- Corrosion Technologist
- Corrosion Specialist
- Coatings Technology
- Cathodic Protection
- AMPP
Administrative
- Technical Writing
- PEIM Administration
- PEIM Data Management Software
- Business Processes
Corrosion Courses
- Corrosion Technician
- Corrosion Technologist
- Corrosion Specialist
- ASME New/Post Construction Codes
Specialty
- Root Cause Analysis Failure Analysis
- Finite Element Analysis
- Fitness for Service/Remaining Life
- Assessment