AMPP-CIP2 Exam Format | AMPP-CIP2 Course Contents | AMPP-CIP2 Course Outline | AMPP-CIP2 Exam Syllabus | AMPP-CIP2 Exam Objectives

Domain 1 – Safety (2.5%)
- Review of AMPP general safety statement for CIP Inspectors
- Review of sample SDS (Safety Data Sheets)
- How to report safety violations
- Review and expanded explanation of job-specific safety concerns related to specialty areas such as waterjetting, water blasting, and non-liquid coating systems

Domain 2 – Inspection Process (15%)
- Review of AMPP view of the role of the CIP Inspector, including restrictions at each level
- Review purpose of inspection with expanded explanation of cost justification
- Review specifications and their role in the inspection process
- Review product data sheets and their role in the inspection process
- Review standards and their role in the inspection process
- Review codes and their role in the inspection process
- Review inspection and test plans and their role in the inspection process
- Review pre-job conference and its role in the inspection process
- Review visual inspection including class exercises to test the inspector’s ability to perform visual inspection
- Review verification inspections versus hold point inspections
- Review non-destructive instrumentation inspection and its role in the inspection process
- Destructive instrumentation inspection including hands-on use of instruments and their role in the inspection process
- Review documentation and its role in the inspection process
Introduction to coating surveys

Domain 3 – Corrosion (5%)
- Review of corrosion cell including anode and cathode relationships
- Review of galvanic corrosion
- Discussion of factors influencing corrosion rates
- Discussion of types of corrosion including general corrosion, localized corrosion, crevice corrosion, and flow-assisted corrosion
- Discussion of corrosion control methods
- Discussion of basic principles of cathodic protection systems including cathodic disbondment testing

Domain 4 – Environmental Controls and Inspection (5%)
- Review effect of air temperature, surface temperature, dew point temperature, and relative humidity on coating operations
- Explanation of regenerative desiccant and refrigeration dehumidification including equipment types, benefits, and consequences of interruption
- Discussion of enclosures including lighting, ventilation, and air movement
- Introduction to advanced environmental testing equipment and data loggers

Domain 5 – Surface Preparation and Inspection (20%)
- Review of design and fabrication defects
- Review solvent cleaning, hand tool cleaning, power tool cleaning, and abrasive blasting of steel surfaces
- Review and expanded explanation of waterjet cleaning and centrifugal blast cleaning
- Review and expanded explanation of residual soluble salts removal and demonstration of additional test methods
- Review relevant NACE, SSPC, ASTM, and ISO standards for solvent cleaning, hand tool cleaning, power tool cleaning, abrasive blasting, water blasting, waterjetting, and residual salt testing
- General explanation of surface preparation methods used on ferrous, non-ferrous, and cementitious substrates
- Review the use of replica tape, digital surface profile gauges, and ISO comparators
- Explanation and demonstration of CRI comparators for surface profile on concrete associated with ASTM D7682

Domain 6 – Coatings and Inspection (20%)
- Review coating fundamentals including basic constituents and modes of protection
- Review and expanded explanation of coating classifications including generic types
- Review polymerization, curing mechanisms, and potential defects associated with each mechanism
- Explanation of linings and special coatings including anti-fouling coatings, fireproof coatings, and flow coatings
- Explanation of thick barrier linings such as rubber linings and sheet membranes
- Review coating specifications
- Explanation of non-liquid coatings and galvanizing
- Review magnetic dry film thickness gauges
- Review holiday detection instruments
- Explanation and demonstration of eddy current and ultrasonic gauges
- Explanation and demonstration of destructive tests and instruments such as hardness testers, adhesion testers, and cure testing
- Explanation of specialized tests and test equipment such as cathodic disbondment tests and laboratory analysis
- Review coating failure modes and relevant inspection criteria

Domain 7 – Coating Application (7.5%)
- Review brush, mitt, roller, conventional air spray, airless spray, and air-assisted spray application methods including troubleshooting
- Review stripe coating
- Review importance of surface preparation and mixing on coating quality
- Basic explanation of electrostatic spray, flow coating, flood coating, fluidized bed coating, centrifugal spray, flame spray, and rotolining application methods
- Detailed explanation of plural component spray and troubleshooting

Domain 8 – Documentation (10%)
- Review importance of documentation and reporting in the inspection process
- Review coating specifications, inspection reports, product data sheets, and safety data sheets
- Explanation, demonstration, and use of inspection and test plans
- Development of final inspection reports
- Explanation of coating surveys

Domain 9 – Standards (10%)
- Review, interpretation, and use of all relevant standards referenced in Level 2

Domain 10 – Teamwork (2.5%)
- Intermediate understanding of teamwork concepts including DISC behavioral model

Domain 11 – Ethics (2.5%)
- Intermediate understanding of ethics required of an AMPP Certified Inspector according to the attestation requirements