07 Mar API SIFE Source Inspector Certification: Training, course fee, examination and renewal details

The API SIFE Source Inspector Fixed Equipment certification is for candidates who have experience in the petroleum and petrochemical industry, as well as for those who want to gain industry experience.

The API Source Inspector certification program was created for the surveillance of supplier quality. SIFE certification course comes under the API family and it qualifies individuals to efficiently carry out supplier quality surveillance.

The responsibilities of a source inspector are:

• Examining fabricated and manufactured equipment and materials at a supplier’s facility
• Ensuring that the supplier’s quality management system is being used effectively

SIFE stands for Source Inspector Fixed Equipment and it mainly focuses on industrial equipment used to contain pressure. SIFE equipment includes towers, vessels, heat exchangers, pressure relief devices, valves, piping, tubulars and related structural fabrications.

The API SIFE certification is valid for a three-year term.

Other Source Inspector Certifications:

1. The API SIRE – Source Inspector Rotating Equipment certification focuses primarily on Rotating Equipments like pumps, gears, compressors, and turbines
2. The SIEE – Source Inspector Electrical Equipment certification focuses on electrical material and equipment.

Qualification to Appear for API SIFE Exam

Anyone with experience in petrochemical industries or those who wants to gain petrochemical industry experience can apply for API SIFE Source Inspector Fixed Equipment certification

API SIFE certification is provided for the candidates who attend the preparatory courses and clears the Source Inspector Fixed Equipment examination. Gamma NDT Academy in Kerala, India provides online and direct training to the qualified candidates.

SIFE Exam and Course Content Details

The API SIFE Source Inspector Fixed Equipment certification exam evaluates the knowledge of applicants in relevant standards/codes, inspection reference documents, source inspection practices, manufacturing processes, and inspection tools and methods

The questions for SIFE examination is more about the source inspection issues and activities rather than design or engineering knowledge contained in the reference standards.

The API SIFE Source Inspector Fixed Equipment certification exam tests the applicant’s core knowledge in relevant standards/codes, inspection reference documents, source inspection practices, manufacturing processes, and inspection tools and methods. The focus of the exam is on source inspection issues and activities rather than design or engineering knowledge contained in the reference standards.

 Exam Structure

• 3.25 hours long.
• There will be 110 questions,  of which only 100 are scored. The remaining 10 are pretest, which won’t be scored. 
• All questions are multiple-choice and closed-book. Paper and reference materials are not allowed into the examinations.
• This exam has a set passing scaled score. 

Re-Certification

1. API SIFE Source Inspector Fixed Equipment certification is valid for only three years.
2. Employment verification is not required during re-certification process
3. Certified people must apply for re-certification 90 days prior to the certification expiration date. 
4. API also allows a 90-day grace period for submitting a re-certification application. But there will be a nominal fee for late applicants.

If you fail to submit the application for re-certification during the 90-day grace period, the certification will expire. In such instance, you have to remit the full application fees and go through all the procedures for acquiring SIFE certification as if it is for the first time.

We at Gamma NDT academy is the leading institute in India providing API certification courses. We will intimate our students at the right time for re-certification and initiate the application procedure before their certification period ends. Contact us for availing the preparatory courses for API SIFE exam and initiating the application procedures for SIFE.