Infrared Thermography Training and Certification

Our director, Gary Strahan, is a professional Infrared Thermographer and Instructor with over 30 years experience in this field. Gary Strahan's years of experience in all applications of Infrared Thermography, ensures that your infrared thermography training cannot be surpassed. No matter what your infrared application; from training to program implementation, we have the knowledge, experience, and skills necessary to fully support you in all your thermography needs.

We offer Infrared certification courses in a wide variety of locations and we specialize in on-site courses, focusing on your specific application, camera and infrared program needs. If you have 4 or more trainees, you might consider on site training: it costs less and more beneficial to have the training done at your location.

Benefits of Infrared On Site Thermography Training:

• No travel expenses or overtime costs.
• All thermography training focused towards your infrared applications only.
• Students trained on their own infrared camera.
  
• Hands on infrared camera training (field trips) examining the equipment they will be inspecting.
  
• Reporting procedures that fit your companies specific thermography requirements.
  
• Your companies' needs are the only focus of the entire training course.
  
• Infrared Program evaluation and recommendations.
  
• Certification in accordance with ASNT for those who meet written requirements.

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Infrared Course Certification

Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 Infrared Thermography Certification can be attained through the Infrared Training Institute by students who complete the written requirements for each level. Each course follows the ASNT recommended course curriculum. We conduct our training in accordance with ASNT-TC1A, CP-189 and ISO 9712.

We limit class size to ensure that all students receive the necessary personal attention required to make their training experience a complete success. Each student learns to operate their infrared camera efficiently, making use of all of the infrared camera features and functions available for their specific application.

Courses contain hands on classroom learning to ensure that each student can proficiently perform the infrared thermography tasks required once they return to their place of employment.

Each student receives free telephone, email, and fax support from their instructor years after they have attended a thermography course.

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We have trained thermographers from many fortune 500 companies and specialize in the needs of industrial companies. If you are looking for infrared training, now is the time to join us for a thorough, hands-on, course that provides a clear understanding of infrared physics and applications. We cover a wide range of inspection applications including electrical, mechanical, petrochemical, building envelopes, etc. Our goal is to ensure students are comfortable their camera functions, and help students understand the inspection process and assist in developing a quality infrared program.

Infrared Training Institute offers the following services:

Infrared Thermography Certification Training Courses - Infrared In house On site Training - Camera Operator Training - Infrared Application Courses - Specialized Infrared Seminars - Infrared Program Setup and Evaluation - Research Projects- Infrared Camera Training - Infrared Training Center

We provide hands on infrared camera training with each students particular infrared camera.

Our Infrared thermography training center is located in Beaumont, Texas.

Infrared Thermography is also known as IR (infrared), FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared), Thermal Imaging, and infrared thermal imaging.

Frequently Asked Thermography Questions:

What is Thermal Imaging?

Infrared - thermal imaging, like visual imaging, is the collection, recording, and displaying of light from a scene. However, ‘infrared’ refers to light with longer wavelengths than that of visual light. Infrared imaging is also referred to as thermal imaging; these terms are taken to be identical. Thermal imaging shows the thermal patterns emitted from, or reflected off of a target, and as such, it does not require visual light.

What is Infrared Thermography?

Infrared Thermography is the discipline concerned with the acquisition, storage & analysis of radiated energy using a thermal imaging camera system.

* Infrared Instruments DO NOT Measure Temperature!
* They measure Infrared Radiated Energy only!

Typically you will hear both infrared and thermal imaging. They are really the same thing. Thermography, however, refers to active collection & interpretation of infrared data. Thermography is the measurement of temperature remotely to indicate equipment health and assigning a color based on the temperature.

What is Infrared Radiation?

* Emitted by all objects above absolute zero (-273° C, -459° F)
* Generated by the motion of electrically charged particles.
* Molecular activity increases with energy in an object.
* The temperature of an object is a measure of its molecular exitation.
* Infrared radiation increases with molecular activity.
* Therefore, the higher the temperature the more infrared radiated energy!

Radiation is the transmission of electromagnetic rays through space and like radio waves, is invisible. Each material that has a temperature above absolute zero (-460°F) emits infrared radiation, including the sun, icebergs, stoves or radiators, humans, animals, furniture, ceilings, walls, floors, etc. All infrared cameras and thermometers, detect radiant heat, also known as infrared radiation. As an object becomes warmer, it radiates more energy which the camera detects, creating a thermal image or thermogram.

What is a Thermogram?

A thermogram is a thermal image made by an infrared camera showing temperature differences in varying colors based on the color palette chosen by the thermographer. The dictionary defines thermogram as a photographic record made by thermography.
What are the Benefits of Infrared Thermography?

* Temperature calculations are non-contact
* Process does not have to be shut down - must be running
* Will not deface or destroy the product
* Transient phenomena or moving objects can be studied
* Fast response, milliseconds
* Temperature calculations of irregular shaped objects
* Pattern observation and evaluation
* Collection of large amounts of thermal data
* Measurement through hazardous atmospheres
* Measurement through special IR windows
* Data easily stored for post analysis and trending

What are the ISO standards?

ISO 18436-7-2008 specifies requirements for qualification and assessment of personnel who perform inspections. As with ISO 9712 and ASNT TC1A it is up to the employer to implement these requirements and procedures into their written practice. ISO 18436-7-2008 is more of a procedure that lays out how to inspect equipment and we follow these guidelines. The issue some industries have with this specific procedure is that it does not apply to some specified equipment or specific situations. For instance it is not recognized by U.S. Nuclear Power Plants, Power Generation and Transmission, Petrochemical, or the Aerospace industry.

Our courses meet or exceed the specific requirements of ISO 18436-7.

What are the ASNT standards?

ASNT-TC1A, ASNT CP – 189 and ISO 9712 lay out specific requirements in training hours, eye exams, test questions, hours of experience, specific, general, and practical examinations. Many U.S. Corporations have implemented ISO 9001 but not ISO 9712. Almost all US companies follow ASNT TC1A as it is recognized all over the world when it comes to Qualification and Certification of Non-Destructive Testing Personnel. It was here before ISO and US industry still uses it very specifically. Nothing in 9001 requires industry to change because ASNT TC1A is recognized through ASTM.