Cathodic Protection Design and Monitoring Course

Name: Advanced Cathodic Protection Design and Monitoring Training Course
Availability: InStock

Calculate, specify, commission, and assess galvanic and impressed-current systems for buried and submerged assets.

Cathodic Protection Design and Monitoring Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Prague, Seoul, Cape town, Johannesburg, Frankfurt, Kuala Lumpur and more
Next session: 9 – 13 November 2026, Prague
Average fee: 7,500 €

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Advanced Cathodic Protection Design and Monitoring Training Course

Overview

Advanced Cathodic Protection Design and Monitoring Training Course is a one-week course for corrosion, pipeline, electrical, integrity, inspection, and technical-authority functions who leave with a Cathodic Protection Design and Monitoring File. Participants convert asset, coating, soil, water, electrical, and service data into galvanic-anode or impressed-current designs, commissioning tests, survey plans, and performance decisions. The course uses traceable calculations, system drawings, measurement controls, and fault diagnosis. Agile Leaders Training Center presents cathodic protection design and monitoring.

Who Should Attend

Corrosion functions responsible for cathodic protection criteria, calculations, and technical assurance
Pipeline and tank functions responsible for buried or submerged metallic assets
Electrical functions responsible for rectifiers, groundbeds, cables, bonds, and isolation
Integrity and inspection functions responsible for surveys, monitoring evidence, and remediation
Technical-authority functions responsible for design review, commissioning, and lifecycle records

The course assumes participants interpret engineering drawings, electrical measurements, and corrosion data at work, and it leaves out corrosion fundamentals, port-specific asset management, regulated electrical installation, diving, and professional certification.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that design or monitor cathodic protection for buried and submerged assets.

Oil and gas pipeline transportation and terminal engineering
Storage-tank, refinery, and petrochemical integrity
Water, wastewater, and industrial utility networks
Marine, offshore, coastal, and buried infrastructure
Corrosion consulting, engineering design, and inspection services

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze asset, environment, coating, and electrical design inputs
Calculate current demand, anode quantity, capacity, and design life
Compare galvanic and impressed-current system configurations
Build commissioning, potential-survey, and monitoring plans
Diagnose isolation, continuity, interference, and distribution problems
Evaluate design and monitoring evidence against specified criteria

Course Agenda

Day 1: Establish the Protection Design Basis

ISO 15589-1 Asset Boundary and Requirement Review
Structure, Coating, Electrolyte, and Service Data Register
Soil Resistivity and Water Environment Characterization Method
Electrical Continuity, Isolation, Bond, and Crossing Map
Cathodic Protection Criteria and Design-Basis Sheet

Day 2: Design Galvanic Anode Systems

Protected Surface Area and Coating Breakdown Calculation
Current Density and Total Current Demand Worksheet
Anode Material, Driving Voltage, and Resistance Selection Matrix
Anode Mass, Utilization, Quantity, Spacing, and Life Calculation
Galvanic Anode Layout and Cable Schedule Drawing

Day 3: Design Impressed Current Systems

Rectifier Voltage, Current, Capacity, and Control Sizing Sheet
Groundbed Type, Anode Resistance, and Distribution Model
Cable, Junction Box, Test Station, and Connection Schedule
Touch Voltage, Fault, Surge, and Personnel-Safety Review
Impressed Current Single-Line and Installation Specification

Day 4: Commission and Monitor Performance

Reference Electrode, Meter, Contact, and Measurement Control Checklist
Native, On, Instant-Off, and Polarized Potential Survey Method
Close-Interval Potential and Coating-Anomaly Survey Plan
ISO 21857 Stray-Current and Interference Evaluation Matrix
Commissioning, Baseline, Remote Monitoring, and Record Plan

Day 5: Practice Design and Diagnosis

Suggested Exercise: Calculate Galvanic Anode Quantity and Life
Suggested Exercise: Size a Rectifier and Distributed Groundbed
Suggested Exercise: Interpret Potential and Interference Survey Evidence
Suggested Exercise: Diagnose Underprotection and Distribution Faults
Capstone Exercise: Complete the Cathodic Protection Design and Monitoring File

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to convert asset and electrical evidence into auditable protection decisions.

Suggested activity: define system boundaries, coating condition, environment, continuity, isolation, crossings, and protection criteria.
Suggested activity: calculate current demand and compare galvanic-anode and impressed-current configurations for pipelines, tanks, and water assets.
Suggested activity: prepare commissioning and monitoring points, measurement controls, potential surveys, acceptance records, and trend rules.
Suggested activity: diagnose shielding, shorts, reference-electrode error, interference, coating change, anode depletion, rectifier faults, and poor distribution.

FAQs

Who suits cathodic protection design and monitoring training, and what does it assume?

Cathodic protection design and monitoring training suits corrosion, pipeline, electrical, integrity, inspection, and technical-assurance personnel. It assumes participants can interpret drawings, basic electrical quantities, coating information, and field measurements.

How does cathodic protection design training differ from corrosion-control fundamentals?

Cathodic protection design training develops current-demand, anode, rectifier, groundbed, circuit, commissioning, and monitoring decisions. Corrosion-control fundamentals compare mechanisms and a wider set of material, coating, chemical, environmental, and inspection controls.

How is cathodic protection current demand calculated?

Cathodic protection current demand combines protected surface area, coating condition or breakdown, environment, specified current density, allowances, asset geometry, continuity, isolation, and lifecycle assumptions in a traceable calculation.

What evidence is used to monitor cathodic protection performance?

Cathodic protection monitoring uses controlled potential measurements, reference-electrode records, current and rectifier outputs, continuity and isolation tests, close-interval surveys, interference evidence, coating information, asset changes, trends, and corrective-action records.

How are cathodic protection interference problems diagnosed?

Cathodic protection interference diagnosis compares synchronized source cycling, structure potentials, current direction, bonds, crossings, isolation, foreign structures, alternating-current exposure, and spatial survey patterns before selecting mitigation and verification actions.

Conclusion

Participants take back a Cathodic Protection Design and Monitoring File linking design inputs, criteria, calculations, drawings, commissioning tests, surveys, interference evidence, monitoring rules, and actions. It changes separate electrical and corrosion data into a traceable lifecycle decision record. The file supports design review, procurement, installation assurance, commissioning, operation, and integrity management.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Prague	Week 46, 2026 9 – 13 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Seoul	Week 46, 2026 9 – 13 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€12,000
Cape town	Week 46, 2026 15 – 19 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Johannesburg	Week 47, 2026 22 – 26 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Frankfurt	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Kuala Lumpur	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Abu Dhabi	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Berlin	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Madrid	Week 51, 2026 14 – 18 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Trabzon	Week 51, 2026 20 – 24 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Jakarta	Week 53, 2026 28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Amman	Week 53, 2027 3 – 7 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
London	Week 02, 2027 11 – 15 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Porto	Week 02, 2027 11 – 15 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Barcelona	Week 03, 2027 18 – 22 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Milan	Week 04, 2027 25 – 29 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,000
Dubai	Week 05, 2027 1 – 5 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Nairobi	Week 05, 2027 7 – 11 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Zoom	Week 07, 2027 15 – 19 February 2027	1 Week	Online	€3,000
Toronto	Week 07, 2027 21 – 25 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€16,000

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OverviewAdvanced Cathodic Protection Design and Monitoring Training Course is a one-week course for corrosion, pipeline, electrical, integrity, inspection, and technical-authority functions who leave with a Cathodic Protection Design and Monitoring File. Participants convert asset, coating, soil, water, electrical, and service data into galvanic-anode or…

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Cathodic Protection Design and Monitoring Course