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ASME B31Q Covered Tasks
Operator Qualification

(NOTE: Not all covered tasks are evaluated at each Operator Qualification Workshop)

  Corrosion Control    (Full Day)
0001 Measure Structure - to - Electrolyte Potential
0081 Install Cathodic Protection Electrical Isolation Devices
0071 Inspect or Test Cathodic Protection Electrical Isolation Devices
0101  Inspect Rectifier and Obtain Readings
0141 Visual Inspection for Atmospheric Corrosion
0151 Visual Inspection of Buried Pipe and Components When Exposed
0171 Measure External Corrosion
0191  Measure Atmospheric Corrosion
   
  Valves   (Half Day)
0301 Manually Opening and Closing Valves
0331 Valve - Visual Inspection and Partial Operation
0341 Valve - Preventive Maintenance
   
  Regulating Devices     (Full Day)
0381 Spring Loaded Pressure Regulating Device 
0391 Pilot Operated Pressure Regulating Device 
0411 Spring Loaded Pressure Limiting and Relief Device 
0421 Pilot Operated Pressure Limiting and Relief Device
1181 Installing and Maintaining Customer Pressure Regulating, Limiting and Relief Devices - Large Commercial and Industrial
   
  Pressure Testing   (Half Day)
0561 Pressure Test - Non-liquid Medium - Test Pressure Less Than 100 psi
0571 Pressure Test - Non-liquid Medium - Test Pressure Greater Than or Equal to 100 psi
0591 Leak Test at Operating Pressure
   
  Pipeline Repair   (Full Day)
0201 Visual Inspection of Installed Pipe and Components for Mechanical Damage
0681 Joining of Plastic Pipe - Stab Fittings
0711 Joining of Pipe - Compression Couplings
0991 Coating Application and Repair - Brushed or Rolled
1011 External Coating Application and Repair - Wrapped
1041 Install Mechanical Clamps and Sleeves - Bolted
1141 Squeeze Off Plastic Pipe
   
  Tapping    (Half Day)
1101 Tapping a Pipeline with a Built-in Cutter
   
  Odorization   (Half Day)
1211 Odorization - Periodic Sampling
1221 Odorization - Odorizer Inspection, Testing, Preventive and Corrective Maintenance
   
  Pipeline Installation   (Full Day)
0641 Visually Inspect Pipe and Components Prior to Installation
0861 Installation of Steel Pipe in a Ditch
0871 Installation of Steel Pipe in a Bore
0901 Installation of Plastic Pipe in a Ditch
0911 Installation of Plastic Pipe in a Bore
0921 Installation of Plastic Pipe Plowing/Pull-In
0931 Installation of Plastic Pipe by Plowing/Planting
0941 Install Tracer Wire
0951 Install of Pipe Above Ground
0961 Above Ground Supports and Anchors - Inspection, Preventive and Corrective Maintenance
0971 Installation and Maintenance of Casing Spacers, Vents and Seals
0981 Backfilling
   
  Meter Sets   (Full Day)
1161 Installation of Customer Meters and Regulators - Residential and Commercial
1171 Installing Customer Meters - Large Commercial and Industrial
   
  Leak Investigation   (Full Day)
1231 Inside Gas Leak Investigation
1241 Outside Gas Leak Investigation
1261 Walking Gas Leakage Survey
   
  Damage Prevention   (Full Day)
1291 Locate Underground Pipelines
1301 Install and Maintain Pipeline Markers
1321 Damage Prevention during Excavation Activities By or On Behalf of the Operator
1331 Damage Prevention Inspection during Third Party Excavation or Encroachment Activities as Determined Necessary by Operator
   
  Purging and Abandonment   (Half Day)
1201 Temporary Isolation of Service Lines and Service Discontinuance
1641 Purging with Gas
1651 Purging with Air or Inert Gas
1661 Isolating, Abandoning and Deactivating Pipeline Facilities