Dubai, U.A.E.Est. 2016ISO 9712 · AWS · AMPP · API

Trained to see what others miss.

Duantes Training & Consultancy LLC prepares inspectors, welding engineers and QA/QC staff for the work a certificate only hints at — reading a radiograph, defending a weld procedure, closing a punch list on a live shutdown.

W-01 ACCEPT W-02 ACCEPT W-03 REPAIR · POROSITY W-04 ACCEPT SPOOL 14-P-0326 · 4 JOINTS · RT 100%
Fig. 01 — Butt weld 14-P-0326 · 1 indication at 640 mm Scroll to develop
ASNT NDT Level IICSWIP 3.1AMPP CIP API 510 · 570 · 653AWS CWIISO 9712 BGAS Grade 2PCN RT InterpretationIOSH Managing Safely
02The practice

Inspection is a discipline, not a certificate. We run small cohorts under instructors who still sign reports, so a candidate leaves able to defend a call in front of a client, a contractor and a regulator.

Accepted — 96% first attempt
Cohort size

Capped at 14 per class so every candidate handles film, gauges and calibration blocks personally.

Instructors

Eleven practising inspectors, each with live third-party assignments across the Gulf.

After the exam

CV clinics, mock client interviews and introductions to our own inspection clients.

Delivery

Al Quoz classrooms, client sites across the U.A.E., and evening remote sessions.

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03What the work looks like

Six plates from a normal week

CAP WIDTH WALL 12.7 MACRO · V-GROOVE 60° · ROOT GAP 3 MM
Plate 01Weld macro
LINEAR · 14 MM FILM 04/12 · DENSITY 2.4 · IQI 2-2T VISIBLE
Plate 02Film interpretation
FLAW ECHO A-SCAN · GATE B · 62 MM · 4 MHz SHEAR
Plate 03Ultrasonic testing
TOTAL 320 µm HOLIDAY COATING SYSTEM · ZINC PRIMER / EPOXY / PU TOPCOAT · 6 OF 7 READINGS PASS
Plate 04Coating & DFT survey
ACTIVITYDTCCONTTPI ITP REV C · H = HOLD W = WITNESS R = REVIEW
Plate 05ITP & documentation
V-2201 · 45 CMLs · MIN 9.8 MM AT CML-23
Plate 06Vessel thickness survey
04Programmes

Seven routes into inspection work

P—01Flagship

QA/QC Mechanical with NDT

  • Six NDT methods on real defective coupons
  • Piping, static equipment and structural inspection
  • Client-format reporting and punch-list closure
Duration6 weeks
AwardISO 9712 prep
P—02Documentation

Welding & Piping Documentation

  • ITPs, checklists, NCRs and traceability packs
  • Weld maps, joint registers, heat-number control
  • A dossier that survives a client audit
Duration3 weeks
ModeClassroom
P—03Coating

Painting & Coating Inspection

  • Surface prep grades, salt tests, climate readings
  • DFT, holiday and adhesion testing
  • Written to the AMPP CIP Level 1 syllabus
Duration2 weeks
AwardAMPP prep
P—04Interpretation

Radiographic Film Interpretation

  • Density, sensitivity and IQI assessment on real film
  • Defect recognition across pipe, plate and casting
  • Two hundred graded films in the viewing room
Duration2 weeks
AwardPCN RTFI prep
P—05Procedures

WPS · PQR · WPQ Preparation

  • ASME IX and AWS D1.1 essential variables
  • Drafting, qualifying and defending a procedure
  • Welder qualification ranges and continuity
Duration10 days
ModeWorkshop
P—06Certification

API 510 · 570 · 653 Prep

  • Body-of-knowledge drilling with timed mocks
  • Open-book code navigation practice
  • Calculation clinics for thickness and remaining life
Duration4 weeks
AwardAPI prep
P—07Building services

HVAC & MEP Quality Control

  • Duct, chilled water and firefighting inspection
  • Testing, commissioning and TAB witness
  • Handover documentation for U.A.E. authorities
Duration4 weeks
ModeClassroom + site
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05Consultancy

We inspect for clients, then teach from it

Third-party inspection

Independent witness and hold-point attendance at fabrication yards and vendor works, reported in your format within twenty-four hours of the visit.

Vendor surveillanceHold pointsRelease notes

Welding procedure development

Drafting and qualifying WPS and PQR packages to ASME IX, AWS D1.1 and ISO 15614, including witnessing the coupons through destructive test.

ASME IXAWS D1.1ISO 15614

Coating survey & DFT audit

Condition surveys on tanks, structures and buried lines, with holiday testing, adhesion pull-off and a remedial specification you can put out to tender.

Condition surveyHoliday testRemedial spec

NDT subcontract management

Selecting, auditing and supervising NDT subcontractors so technique sheets, operator certification and coverage actually match what the contract asked for.

Technique reviewOperator auditCoverage check

QA systems & ITP design

Building the inspection and test plans, checklists and traceability structure for a project, then training the site team who have to run them daily.

ITPTraceabilityHandover dossier

In-house cohort training

Programmes rewritten around your specification, your equipment and your recurring non-conformances, delivered at your site over evenings or shutdown windows.

Client siteCustom syllabusShutdown windows
06The route

Five stages from enquiry to site

Stage 01

Assess

A thirty-minute call to place you honestly: what you have worked on, what the certificate you want actually requires, and whether the gap is months or years.

Stage 02

Enrol

Cohort dates, payment plan and pre-reading issued in one document. Codes and standards you will need are provided; you do not buy them separately.

Stage 03

Train

Classroom mornings, practical afternoons. Every candidate handles equipment, writes real reports, and gets them marked back with a red pen.

Stage 04

Certify

Mock examinations under time, then registration and scheduling with the awarding body. Re-sit coaching is included if the first attempt falls short.

Stage 05

Place

CV rewritten to the language contractors screen for, interview rehearsal, and direct introduction to the inspection clients we already work with.

Duantes sent us two coating inspectors mid-shutdown. Both could read our spec on day one and neither needed a supervisor standing behind them.
QA Manager Fabrication contractor · Jebel Ali

Why candidates come

Instructors still on live assignments, so the examples in class are last month's problems rather than a decade-old textbook case.

Why clients come back

The same team that trains your staff also inspects your work, which means one standard applied consistently on both sides.

What we will not do

Guarantee a pass, or promise a job. We publish our pass rate and our placement figures, and we would rather turn a candidate away than sell them the wrong course.

07Enquiry

Tell us where you are and we will place you

Demo form — no data is sent anywhere.

Office

Duantes Training & Consultancy LLC
Al Quoz Industrial 3
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Classroom hours

Saturday – Thursday, 08:00 – 21:00
Evening cohorts start 18:30

Site work

U.A.E., Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province