Private API RP 578 PMI Training
Train your PMI team.
Build consistent practice.
Give inspectors, technicians, and material verification teams a common foundation in API RP 578, XRF, LIBS, sample preparation, and practical testing decisions.
ATC has trained more than 3,000 students since 2007. Tell us about your team and we will help you choose a training format and prepare a quote.
Buying training for your company?
Request a quote for multiple online seats, a private class, or scheduled Houston training. Include your student count, deadline, and any invoice or purchase-order requirements. ATC will confirm pricing, payment arrangements, and enrollment instructions before access is activated.
Online enrollment
Self-paced learning for individual team members, with 90-day course access, narrated modules, training videos, and the required exams. Ask ATC to coordinate multiple enrollments. Each student receives an individual account, progress record, and completion certificate after meeting course requirements.
Private group training
Discuss a dedicated class for your company, your training objectives, preferred dates, location, and the instruments your team uses. Format, availability, and pricing are confirmed in your quote.
Scheduled classroom training
Send team members to a scheduled two-day API RP 578 class in Houston for classroom instruction and practical material verification applications.
Request a team training quote
Use the team quote form below. Helpful details include:
- Company name and your contact information
- Estimated number of students and their roles
- Preferred format: online, private group, or scheduled classroom
- Location, preferred start date, and any deadline
- Instrument models and the material verification topics you want to address
Prefer to speak with ATC? 281-702-6245 · info@atc578.com
Plan your team’s enrollment
How do multiple online seats work?
Each student uses an individual account and email address for course access, exams, and private certificate downloads. Ask ATC to coordinate the student roster and payment arrangements. Online course access lasts 90 days from first login; each student’s dashboard shows their access expiration.
Can our purchasing department request an invoice?
Yes. Include your invoice requirements and purchase-order process in the quote request. An inquiry or purchase order does not activate access; ATC must confirm payment or approved eligibility.
What are the classroom options?
Scheduled Houston and private two-day API RP 578 training are $1,695 per student. Private offsite classes within the United States require a minimum of six students. Dates and availability are confirmed by ATC.
Can teams outside the United States inquire?
Yes. Include the students’ country and preferred start date. ATC will confirm payment and enrollment arrangements. Online students receive access to their personalized digital manual.
What earns the completion certificate?
Students complete the required curriculum and pass both exams. The Main Exam contains 100 questions and requires 80 correct answers (80%); the Weld Dilution Exam requires 54 of 60 (90%). Each exam includes one attempt. Any retake requires evaluation and approval by Brian Wilson, ATC. The certificate title is API RP 578 Comprehensive PMI Training and documents 16.0 CPD Hours.
Completion and operator training
Each API RP 578 student must complete the required curriculum and pass the required exams to earn ATC’s Certificate of Completion documenting 16.0 CPD hours. Employer and credentialing-body acceptance is subject to their requirements.
X-550 and Z-900 operator courses are included with API RP 578 enrollment as separate, optional resources. Each operator course issues its own certificate upon successful completion. Standalone operator training is also available.
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Tell us about your team.
Share your training requirements. ATC will review your request and help you choose a format. Submitting this form does not enroll students or commit you to a purchase.
Brian Wilson
Owner & Course Director
The experience behind the instruction
Meet Brian Wilson.
Practical PMI experience. Technical instruction you can apply.
Brian is the owner and course director of Analytical Training Consultants. His background connects PMI field work, training program development, and handheld analytical technology across energy and industrial applications.
- API RP 578 committee co-chair — contributing to material verification guidance.
- PMI field experience since 1999 — including analytical methods, application procedures, and technical training.
- Navy Nuclear Power Program graduate — with a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering Technology from Thomas Edison State University.
His instruction connects method selection, sample preparation, chemistry interpretation, instrument limitations, and documentation with practical material verification decisions.
ATC’s training record: more than 3,000 students trained since 2007.
ATC is an independent training provider. Committee service does not imply API approval or endorsement of ATC training.
Participant perspectives
What ATC participants say.
Feedback from participants in ATC’s training programs.
“ATC’s 578 course is full stop the place you need to be if you want to really understand PMI. What appears to be a qualified technique quickly turns into a realization it should be certified, and you can trust that ATC will send your personnel with the knowledge they need!”
Corporate Level III / General Manager of Advanced NDT
Superior Integrity Services
“This course is everything advertised, plus more. You have the opportunity to learn from and interact with the leading subject matter expert in PMI. Brian helped me build a solid foundation and provided a comprehensive look at what PMI as a whole can offer, strengthening my ability to support my team and clients.”
Asset Integrity Manager
“Ferguson Industrial has utilized the ATC API RP 578 training for certification of our PMI techs for years. Recent improvements to the curriculum have taken the course to another level. We now consider ATC a partner in our training program rather than just a "rubber stamp" certification. The course provides valuable insight into all aspects of PMI so that participants leave with an understanding of proper technique and the science behind it.”
Quality Manager
Ferguson Industrial
“Our company enrolled several students specifically to understand more about carbon equivalency, instrument performance and their application to pipeline integrity services. My colleagues and I were very encouraged by the capabilities of handheld LIBS.”