API PUBL 1161-2000

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Guidance Document for the Qualification of Liquid Pipeline Personnel

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
API	2000	106

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Description

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT), Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), requires that pipeline operators develop a written qualification program to evaluate personnel and contractor ability to perform covered tasks and to recognize and respond to abnormal operating conditions that may be encountered while performing these covered tasks. This is a performance-based qualification program. The regulations can be found in 49 CFR Part 195 and became effective October 26, 1999. A detailed discussion of the rule is included in this guidance document as Appendix A.

To provide guidance to the liquids pipeline industry, the American Petroleum Institute's Subcommittee on Training developed this guidance document to help pipeline operators comply with the rule. Pipeline operators may choose to use all or part of this document to design a program to comply with the qualification rule or may elect to develop their own program independent of this publication. Pipeline operators may also choose to modify an existing program.

This publication represents the consensus position of the pipeline companies involved in the development of this document and is designed as an aid in developing a qualification program. This is a guidance document and should not be interpreted as astandard or recommended practice. Pipeline operators should continue to exercise independent judgement is determining whether their programs conform to the regulatory requirements.

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