01 / GUIDANCE
Start with the standard
Learn how API RP 578 guidance informs a sound material verification program.
About analytical training consultants
Built on experience.
Driven by purpose.
We help the people responsible for material verification turn technical knowledge into better decisions in the field.
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Training with a field perspective.
Analytical Training Consultants was founded by Don Mears in 2007 to meet a clear industry need: practical instruction in API RP 578 and positive material identification. Its first course was taught that December.
Brian Wilson became owner and course director in 2022. Today, ATC continues that mission through focused classroom instruction, technology demonstrations, and real application discussions for inspection, engineering, quality, maintenance, and materials teams.
Leadership
Meet Brian Wilson.
Owner, course director, and hands-on PMI specialist.
Brian began his career in the U.S. Navy Nuclear Power Program as a submarine operator, training officer, and certified nuclear welder. He holds a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering Technology from Thomas Edison State University.
Since starting an independent PMI business in 1999, he has worked across field applications, program development, technical training, and analytical equipment. His experience includes leadership roles at Acuren, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and SciAps, along with active service on the API RP 578 committee.
More about our instructorWhat guides the course
Technical depth.
Practical application.
02 / METHODS
Know the technology
Examine what handheld XRF and LIBS can measure, where limitations matter, and how to choose a method.
03 / JUDGMENT
Think beyond grade ID
Interpret the chemistry and testing conditions before making a material verification decision.
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