Mechanical Engineering

- Mechanical joints have the potential to cause serious injury and hydrocarbon releases
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Serious incidents and accidents can occur during construction, maintenance, disassembly
and steady-state operations - Competence related failures are one of the main causes of incidents, and may lead to major accidents
As a result of this, there is a strong desire within the Oil and Gas Industry to improve the safety performance of such operations. To achieve this aim, a work group was established to produce this Mechanical Joint Integrity Competence code of practices. To address this ECITB in collaboration with Step Change in Safety in Aberdeen has introduced a new method of training and validating skills in the specialist critical bolting area for the Oil and Gas Industry.
The current TECSkills PF10, 18 and 19 units were phased out from October 2011 and have been replaced with approved training courses derived from the new ECITB Mechanical Joint Integrity technical training standards.
The new technical training standards cover isolations, dismantling techniques, inspection of components, alignment techniques and clamp connectors as well as assembly and tightening techniques in specialist critical bolting.
The new technical training standards are:
- MJI 10 - Hand Torque Bolted Connections - Dismantle, prepare and secure hand torque bolted connections.
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MJI18 - Hydraulically Tension Bolted Connections - Dismantling, assemble and tension bolted connections
using hydraulic tensioning equipment. -
MJI19 - Dismantling, Assembling and Tightening Bolted Connections - Dismantle, assemble and tighten
bolted connections using powered torque equipment.
Atlas' Mechanical Joint Integrity e-learning course has been developed as an intergral part of the new MJI technical training standards by ECITB.
This e-learning training course is a refresher programme that will be used to help refresh knowledge of the training content that will be required in preparation for the MJI Technical Test. The course will help to ensure that the employee is prepared and competent to undertake the task, supporting a higher percentage of test passes for the company and therefore reducing the risk of any down time in operations by personnel.

As an ECITB Approved Training Provider, Atlas has developed the new Mechanical Joint Integrity refresher e-learning course, supporting Stage 3 and 4 of the ECITB Mechanical Joint Integrity training programme. This training course accredited by the ECITB, can be used by member companies as a refresher course, providing employees with the knowledge of the Mechanical Joint Integrity Standards required in preparation for the Technical Test.
Effective and lasting improvement can be achieved where all concerned, from senior management to those carrying out work on the plant, share a genuine commitment to achieving and maintaining mechanical joint operations procedures to a high standard. This course is therefore recommended for all levels of staff to ensure a consistent approach to specialist critical bolting.
Business Benefits
- Supporting employees refresh their knowledge prior to sitting the technical test
- These courses are grant aided for ECITB registered employers
- Higher pass rate of the technical test to ensure their is less employee downtime
- Ensure all employees are trained to the same ECITB and EU standard
- Reducing legislative and operation risk
- Supporting performance improvement
- E-learning will refresh their knowledge against the standard prior to testing
Features
- Matches best practice industry guidelines and Mechanical Joint Integrity Standards developed by ECITB
- Supports MJI 10/18 and 19 testing and certification
- Proven e-learning course used by many leading oil and gas companies
- Final assessment configured for your discipline
- Automatic remediation of incorrectly answered questions
- 100% pass mark
- High quality illustration based animations and animated sequences
- Can be deployed by intranet/internet/LMS portal
- SCORM™ compliant
To confirm the individual’s current skills, knowledge and ability the ECITB technical competence validation test is undertaken every 3 years to prove ongoing performance development. In preparation for the technical test the individual should undertake a short computer based training module to refresh their job knowledge.
What's covered in the course:
Core Content:
- Module 1: Introduction to Mechanical Joint Integrity
- Module 2: Principles of the Equipment and Technology
- Module 3: Methods of Tightening
- Module 4: Torque Tightening Theory
- Module 5: Dismantling and Removing Components
- Module 6: Replacing Components
Discipline specific Content:
- Module 7: Hand Torquing - MJI 10
- Module 8: Hydraulic Torquing - MJI19
- Module 9: Hydraulic Tensioning - MJI18
Duration:
- Hand Torque Bolted Connection Techniques (MJI 10) - Modules 1 - 7: total course duration = 103 minutes
- Hydraulically Torque Bolted Connection Techniques (MJI10/19) - Modules 1 - 8: total course duration = 112 minutes
- Hydraulically Tension Bolted Connection Techniques (MJI10, 18 & 19) - Modules 1 - 9: total course duration = 141 minutes
- Hydraulically Torque and Tension Bolted Connection Techniques (MJI18) - Modules 1 - 6 + 9: total course duration = 121 minutes
Target Audience
Engineering Construction Industry employees responsible for specialist critical bolting.
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