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API (American Petroleum Institute) represents all segments of the oil and natural gas industry.
API was formed in 1919 as a standards-setting organization. In its first 100 years, it has developed more than 700 standards with the support of more than 600 members to improve operational and environmental safety, efficiency and sustainability for organizations that manufacture products or provide services to the oil and natural gas industry.
API is recognized around the world for its wide range of programs.
API certifications develop standards to improve and establish more consistent and standardized processes.
Companies that hold these certifications demonstrate their ability to provide products and services that meet legal and regulatory requirements, making them trustworthy and increasing the credibility of your business.
There are also individual certifications for each type of service. API has specific techniques for each sector, developing and improving high-level methods.
It is a certifiable Quality Management standard for companies that manufacture products for the oil field.
It is a certifiable Quality Management standard for companies providing services or selling products to the oil and gas industry.
Esta norma é especifica para os requisitos de rosqueamento e medição de conexões de ombro rotativas para uso em indústrias de petróleo e gás natural.
It is an individual certification and is directed to the Inspection of Atmospheric Storage Tanks, based on the requirements of the main standard for inspection, repair, alteration and reconstruction of tanks.
It is an individual certification and is directed to the Inspection of Piping and its associated pressure relief devices that have been put into service.
It is an individual certification and is directed to Pressure Vessel Inspection based on knowledge related to the maintenance, inspection, repair and alteration of pressure vessels.
This standard is specific to the threading and measurement requirements of rotating shoulder connections for use in the oil and natural gas industries.
The certifications for companies are for three years, but it can be renewed in new cycles for the same period.
Yes. Companies of any size that provide services or manufacture products for the oil and natural gas industry can be API certified.
API standards standardize best practices for the oil and gas industries. They are the basis and reference in this specific sector to consistently manufacture and provide quality services to ensure market quality for businesses and consumers and to promote worldwide acceptance of products and practices.
It depends a lot on the training, but it varies on average between 20h to 48h.
Individual certifications are valid for three years, but they can be renewed in new cycles for the same period.
At first, anyone who is already involved or wants to enter the oil and gas sector and has completed high school, however the prerequisite may vary according to the training.
Yes. The person needs to have a basic understanding of the product or service that will be dealt during the training.
At first, complete high school and some experience in the course field.
No. Only if the student wants to do a renovation. When the standards are renewed, new trainings are issued and its important to redo it.
Company – Compliance with the requirements of API standards seeks benefits such as standardizing services and products, reducing losses, minimizing risks, among others. Consequently, certified companies increase the reliability and credibility of their businesses, in addition to meeting the highest standards in the oil and natural gas industry.
Individual certification – The first advantage is to act in quality management systems for organizations that manufacture products or provide services to the oil and gas industry. The professional with the approved API training will be able to contribute, establishing more consistent and standardized processes.
Technical and management system training, API Spec Q1 and Q2 trainings.
They are documents created to standardize a set of rules about a branch, sector, subject or operation.
Audit is a verification of the activities carried out by a company or sector. The objective is to verify if the activities developed by the company were implemented effectively and if they are in compliance, analyzing the veracity and consistency of the information.
There are internal and external audits that are dedicated to making a detailed assessment of the organization.
The company that undergoes the audit procedure guarantees its efficiency, becoming transparent and trustworthy in the eyes of investors and partners, guaranteeing the sustainability of an organization in the long term.
One of Global Corps’ main differentials is providing advice to our clients. Which consists of providing counselling on the topics that we are experts in and also acting on the implementation of suggestions. In this way, we actively participate as part of the work team and in the relentless pursuit of achieving the proposed objectives.
We are an advisory company specializing in Management System and Audits.
Many companies are looking for this service model, whether it is a fixed or temporary function. Facing a competitive market, companies are looking to optimize processes and reduce costs. This result is easily achieved with the help of outsourced services.
The benefits are: more experienced professionals, reduced operating costs, managers focused on the organization and its strategy, prioritizing investments; expansion of the business in a structured manner, among others.
Yes, it can be cheaper. By hiring an outsourced service, a company can avoid waste (because it can hire another company that is specialized in that area from start to finish), it can avoid costs of changing employees, vacations, terminations, etc.
The ISO 9001 standard is a Quality Management System standard that can be integrated into any business. It allows you to optimize the performance and quality of service provided by companies. The ISO 9001 standard facilitates the company’s routine and was created for all areas of the market, that is, for industry, commerce and service provision.
This certification brings numerous benefits and aims at the continuous improvement of the organization, minimizing possible impacts, eliminating waste and satisfying its customers.
It is an international organization for the standardization of various themes and industries. Through its members, it brings together experts to share knowledge and develop voluntary, consensus-based International standards that are relevant to the market, supporting innovation and providing solutions to global challenges.
All organizations can implement this system, no matter the size. The certified company can use it as proof of the credibility of its management, recognized internationally.
Facility management is the task of coordinating companies, spaces, people, infrastructures and organizations. This coordination is done through the management of general services of these companies, which can be buildings, offices, platforms, hotels, among others.
Supplier auditing is a process of verifying the document information described regarding the production or performance of services and analyzing whether it is in accordance with what is carried out in practice.
This method must be carried out periodically by any type of company to check the quality of the product or service provided by a new supplier or to guarantee the maintenance of the quality of an existing supplier.
It is a set of practices that are interconnected to conduct the organization’s routine and meet the quality policy.
With Quality Management, the company can control and standardize all its processes, in addition to reducing errors and failures in operations. The principles are: customer focus; leadership; improvement; cost reduction; evidence-based decision making, among others.
It is the acronym for the management system that integrates the areas of Quality, Occupational Health, Workplace Safety and Environment of a company. It is developed from the needs of the market and the customer.
An ISO 9001 certification guarantees any company an image of organization and trust. Having this certification associated with your services or products adds value to your customers and allows your operation to always have a successful flow internally.
There are auditors for multiple management systems. You can choose a standard that is associated with your company’s needs, for example, or choose more than one to add to your experience. To train an auditor it is necessary to take a course from a certified training institution, such as the Global Corps. Join our courses and training session and choose your next training!
What is it like to be an auditor?
The auditor is a professional responsible for analyzing in detail the processes and
activities of the company and verify that they are being carried out.
As an internal auditor you can assist a company in preparing it to be audited, and as an external auditor you can examine and conclude whether that company has its processes in compliance with the standards. Auditors are essential to keep companies in compliance, whether for an external audit, or for internal maintenance.
Anyone who takes training in an auditing course at a regulated entity.
If it is of your interest to have your company operating for services and/or products with a guaranteed stamp of your processes, increasing your credibility and improving your visibility in the market, you need to hire an auditor. We offer advisory and consulting services on multiple standards. Our auditors are highly experienced and highly qualified professionals.
Find out more in our Services area.
The Lead Auditor is the person designated as responsible for planning, scheduling, directing, executing and controlling an audit. It plays a strategic role in the organization of the audit, as it determines the methodology and techniques used for the good performance of the audit.
The Lead Auditor for the Integrated Management System fulfills the same responsibilities practiced by the Lead Auditor mentioned above, but specifically regarding ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 standards.
Todas as empresas com riscos de ocorrência de vazamentos ou derramamentos de inflamáveis e líquidos combustíveis, incêndio ou explosão, deverão constituir Plano de Resposta a Emergência.
O plano de resposta a emergências das instalações classe I, II e III deve ser elaborado de acordo com normas técnicas nacionais e, na ausência ou omissão destas, nas normas internacionais, bem como nas demais regulamentações pertinentes e considerando as características e a complexidade da instalação.
Já a NBR ISO 45001:2018, em seu requisito 8.2, Preparação e Resposta de Emergências, apresenta que “a organização deve estabelecer, implementar e manter um processo necessário para se preparar para resposta a potenciais situações de emergência”
Every company or institution that admits workers as employees in Brazil, must develop the Occupational Health Medical Control Program – PCMSO, with the objective of promoting and preserving the health of all its workers, privileging the clinical and epidemiological instruments in the approach of the relationship between their health and work The PCMSO should have the character of prevention, tracking and early diagnosis of work-related health problems, including those of a subclinical nature, in addition to the verification of the existence of cases of occupational diseases or irreversible damage to workers’ health.
Every company or institutions that admit workers as employees in Brazil, must prepare the Environmental Risk Prevention Program – PPRA, aiming at the preservation of the health and integrity of workers, through the anticipation, recognition, evaluation and consequent control of the occurrence of existing or that may exist in the work environment, considering the protection of the environment and natural resources. As of August 1, 2021, the PPRA will be replaced by the PGR, which will be a base document that will have a Risk Inventory and an Action Plan attached. Environmental assessments will also be required in accordance with the identified risks.
The GRO (Occupational Risk Management) and the PGR (Risk Management Program) emerged in Brazil with the approval of the new wording of Regulatory Standard No. 01 (NR 01) by the publication of Ordinance 6.730, of March 9, 2020 in the Official Gazette of Unity.
The GRO is in item 1.5 of NR 01 and is nothing more than a simplified Health and Safety Management System, compared to ISO 45001, which all companies will need to comply with.
To meet the GRO, all companies will need:
– Avoid the occupational risks generated in their activities;
– Identify all risks and possible injuries or health problems related to their activities;
– Assess occupational risks indicating the level, quantifying it;
– Classify the risks in order to be able to determine preventive actions;
– Implement preventive actions according to the risk classification;
– Monitor the control of occupational hazards.
In addition to the items mentioned above, companies will also need to implement and maintain procedures for investigating work-related accidents and illnesses, as well as a procedure for responding to emergency scenarios, according to the risks, characteristics and circumstances of the activities. And where does the PGR come in?
The PGR requires that companies have at a minimum: risk inventory and risk action plan. The risk inventory that needs to be prepared to comply with the PGR is more specific and detailed. NR 01, in this case, asks for the characterization of processes, work environments and activities. So, the production process needs to be studied at all stages, the hazards need to be identified and the risks assessed and classified, to later define the actions that will make up the action plan.
The acronym LTCAT stands for Technical Report on Environmental Working Conditions.
It was established and adopted by the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) in Brazil, it is extremely important for companies that follow the CLT regime and aims, above all, to register agents that are harmful to the health or physical integrity of workers.
This is proof that the employee was exposed to certain environmental risks during the period of staying in the company. In this sense, it is based on it that the need for special retirement by the INSS is determined.
If Social Security determines that that worker is entitled to special retirement, the company must collect all contribution rates intended to finance the benefit.
According to § 1 of art. 58 of Law 8213/91, the LTCAT must be issued by the occupational physician or occupational safety engineer, duly qualified.
The Emergency Response Plan (EAP) establishes the strategies and procedures that must be adopted to control emergency situations that may happen during work activities, to preserve lives, as well as reduce possible damage, protect the community, minimize environmental impacts and property losses.
The Emergency Plan must clearly define the roles and responsibilities of those involved. Predicting which resources, human and material, will be used and which procedures will be triggered.
All companies with risks of leaks or spills of flammable and combustible liquids, fire or explosion, must create an Emergency Response Plan.
The emergency response plan for Class I, II and III installations must be prepared in accordance with national technical standards and, in the absence or omission of these, in international standards, as well as other relevant regulations and considering the characteristics and complexity of the installation.
ISO 45001:2018, in its requirement 8.2, Emergency Preparedness and Response, states that “the organization must establish, implement and maintain a process necessary to prepare for response to potential emergency situations.”
It is an acronym in English that stands for Health, Safety and Environment, a methodology that studies and implements the practical aspects of protecting the environment and maintaining health and safety at work.
In simple terms, this is what organizations must do to ensure that their activities do no harm to anyone.
The term is used to address the department that must exist in companies and that oversees managing the risks related to occupational health and safety, to which their workers are exposed in daily operations, in addition to following established practices for the preservation of the environment.
It is an acronym in English that stands for Quality, Health, Safety and Environment and is defined by each company, according to the activity involved. This standard is intended to promote actions to prevent accidents at work.
Health, Safety and Environment training is carried out by all companies, without exception.
Many trainings are imposed by regulation and some are proactively provided by companies.
All employees involved in the company’s activities must be trained in accordance with their competence and training plan.
It is a set of internal mechanisms for alerting of any irregularities in the company. It consists of applying a code of ethics and conducts and aims to identify any deviation, fraud and unethical behavior.
It is a complex and constantly changing process, but it is worth the effort, the investment and it gives results. It is essential to implement compliance in your company. After all, being ethical is a key factor for success.
It is a set of internal procedures aimed at detecting and combating fraud, irregularities, bribery and illegal acts. It is related to the implementation of Anti-Corruption Laws.
The method is to guide the company’s managers and employees so that the laws are complied with.
Yes. And we can act as an agent of transformation and improvement in your company’s internal processes. We can act advising essential routine activities of the organization defining necessary standards, controls and monitoring, being an excellent support to management.
Both for management system certifications and for technical certifications, it is necessary to make a robust and consistent preparation. We recommend an initial evaluation to identify the adjustment points followed by their implementation, internal audit and corrective actions. We are specialists in this type of preparation.
The trainings are valid as long as the studied standard is in the same version. When the standard is updated, an update is required, which is also called an upgrade.
It depends a lot on the training, but it varies on average between 20h to 48h.
ISO 9001 is a more general certification for companies in a wide range of businesses as it addresses the company’s Quality Management with its own processes; however, the more standards that cover your company’s niches, the more it is guaranteed that you operate with a high standard, demonstrating that the business is serious and concerned about its results.
Some of the ISO standards we work with are:
ISO 9001 – Quality Management System
ISO 14001 – Environmental Management System
ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety Management System
ISO 27001 – Information Security Management System
ISO 50001 – Energy Management System
Usually, the certification is valid for three years, and can be renewed for new three-year cycles.
It is an integration of processes from the different management systems of a company, thus being able to start operating with all of them at the same time and obtain certification for each one of them. It is common for the IMS to have the Quality Management System, the Environmental Management System and the Occupational Health and Safety Management System, for example.
