AMPP SICT Senior Internal Corrosion TechnologistExam Guide & Preparation
AMPP SICT Senior Internal Corrosion Technologist is the senior tier of AMPP's internal corrosion certification ladder, sitting above the Internal Corrosion Technologist (ICT) and below the Internal Corrosion Specialist (ICS). It certifies that you can do more than recognise internal corrosion: that you can design, direct and defend an internal corrosion control programme across a pipeline system.
AMPP SICT Senior Internal Corrosion Technologist is the senior tier of AMPP's internal corrosion certification ladder, sitting above the Internal Corrosion Technologist (ICT) and below the Internal Corrosion Specialist (ICS). It certifies that you can do more than recognise internal corrosion: that you can design, direct and defend an internal corrosion control programme across a pipeline system.
AMPP's own exam preparation guide sets the bar plainly. A Senior Internal Corrosion Technologist is expected to have a thorough understanding of electrochemical and corrosion principles, field testing, laboratory analysis, monitoring techniques and mitigation strategies; to be capable of the comprehensive environment assessments needed to develop and manage internal corrosion control programmes; to determine corrective action for high-level internal corrosion problems within a pipeline system; and to conduct and direct all phases of ICDA.
The credential is assessed by a single closed-book theory exam of 75 multiple-choice questions in 2½ hours, weighted heavily towards assessment work - 60% of the paper is Assessment of Internal Corrosion alone. Certification also requires verifiable pipeline internal-corrosion experience, an ethics course, and an approved application. Passing the exam on its own does not certify you.
SICT vs ICT vs Internal Corrosion Specialist (ICS)
The three internal corrosion credentials are a genuine ladder, not variants of one exam. Each requires the one below it or a degree-plus-experience route around it.
Internal Corrosion Technologist (ICT) is the foundational credential, built on the Internal Corrosion for Pipelines Basic (Level 1) course. It certifies working-level competence: recognising mechanisms, applying assessment methods, and carrying out monitoring under direction.
Senior Internal Corrosion Technologist (SICT) is built on the Advanced (Level 2) course. The shift is from performing the work to directing it - selecting between indirect and direct assessment, interpreting ILI data, running all four phases of ICDA, designing monitoring strategy, and judging whether a mitigation programme is actually working.
Internal Corrosion Specialist (ICS) is the top rung and requires an active SICT certification to pursue. AMPP relaunched ICS in August 2026.
One practical difference worth knowing: ICT requires a separate practical exam in addition to its theory paper. SICT's published requirements list a single core exam - the Senior Internal Corrosion Technologist Theory Exam - alongside the experience, ethics and application requirements.
Qualification & Prerequisites
What the Exam Actually Tests
Four domains, weighted by question share. This is the map the question bank is built directly against.
Composition of a basic corrosion cell and its electrochemical reactions; forms of corrosion, corrosion mechanisms and corrosive species; operating conditions, environments and facilities and how each affects the internal corrosion process.
Indirect versus direct assessment methods and when each applies; gas, liquid and solid analysis; corrosion coupons and electronic probes and their limitations; hydrostatic testing; ILI compatibility, design factors and data interpretation; the four-step ICDA process from pre-assessment to reassessment intervals; system evaluation strategy; monitoring strategy and data interpretation.
Design and operational parameters as mitigation, including materials selection; maintenance pigging; corrosion inhibitors and biocides; conditions influencing chemical selection; selecting the appropriate method for a given internal pipeline environment; operating regimes and pig selection; implementation timing and training; determining programme effectiveness.
Significance of key data and data relationships; operating conditions that influence data results; components of data interpretation; implementing an internal corrosion integrity plan as directed.
| Domain | Covers | |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Basics: Corrosion Theory | Composition of a basic corrosion cell and its electrochemical reactions; forms of corrosion, corrosion mechanisms and corrosive species; operating conditions, environments and facilities and how each affects the internal corrosion process. |
| 02 | Assessment of Internal Corrosion | Indirect versus direct assessment methods and when each applies; gas, liquid and solid analysis; corrosion coupons and electronic probes and their limitations; hydrostatic testing; ILI compatibility, design factors and data interpretation; the four-step ICDA process from pre-assessment to reassessment intervals; system evaluation strategy; monitoring strategy and data interpretation. |
| 03 | Internal Corrosion Mitigation | Design and operational parameters as mitigation, including materials selection; maintenance pigging; corrosion inhibitors and biocides; conditions influencing chemical selection; selecting the appropriate method for a given internal pipeline environment; operating regimes and pig selection; implementation timing and training; determining programme effectiveness. |
| 04 | Long-Term Integrity Management | Significance of key data and data relationships; operating conditions that influence data results; components of data interpretation; implementing an internal corrosion integrity plan as directed. |
01. Basics: Corrosion Theory
02. Assessment of Internal Corrosion
03. Internal Corrosion Mitigation
04. Long-Term Integrity Management
How to Register and What to Expect on Exam Day
Candidates register directly with AMPP, not through EIM or any third-party training provider. EIM provides exam preparation material only; we do not administer the exam, process applications or issue the credential.
The exam is delivered as computer-based testing. Total seat time is 2½ hours, made up of 10 minutes for a tutorial and non-disclosure agreement plus 140 minutes for the exam itself. It is closed-book: the course manual is not available to you during the exam, though a reference PDF of conversions and applicable standards is provided on screen.
You will have access to a TI standard or TI scientific calculator within the exam software. A Pass/Fail result is given at the end of the exam, together with a bar chart showing your strengths and weaknesses against each of the four knowledge domains - which is worth reading carefully if you need to resit.
Certification is awarded only once every requirement is met: the work experience route, the ethics course, the core exam and an approved application. Completing a training course does not by itself entitle you to the certification.
How to Prepare for AMPP NACE SICT Theory Exam
Self-paced by default. Add live instruction if you want structured guidance.
AMPP NACE SICT Theory Exam Question Bank
1000 practice questions across 4 modules, mapped to every BOK domain. Study at your own pace, no fixed schedule required.
Sample Practice Questions
A dry gas pipeline shows intermittent water ingress at a single upstream inlet. Which ICDA methodology is the appropriate starting point?
Corrosion coupon results in an inhibited liquid line show no improvement six months after an inhibitor programme began. Which is the most defensible first step?
What's Included in the Self-Prep Package
NACE SP 0206, SP 0110, SP 0116 and SP 0208
The four ICDA methodologies: dry gas, wet gas, multiphase flow and liquid petroleum. Together these carry most of the weight inside the 60% assessment domain.
NACE SP 0102 - In-Line Inspection of Pipelines
Underpins the ILI compatibility, design-factor and data-interpretation objectives in Locating Internal Corrosion Damage.
NACE SP 0775, TM 0194 and 3T199
Corrosion coupons in oilfield operations; field monitoring of bacterial growth; techniques for monitoring corrosion and related parameters in field applications.
AMPP Internal Corrosion for Pipelines - Advanced Course
AMPP's recommended training and study material for this exam. Recommended, not mandatory - the exam draws on references beyond the course manual.
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Common Questions
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In Depth
The single most important number on this exam is 60%. Assessment of Internal Corrosion is not merely the largest domain - it is larger than the other three combined, and it is the domain where candidates with real field experience but no structured study most often come unstuck.
Within it, ICDA carries disproportionate weight. AMPP's guide expects you to be familiar with the four-step ICDA process, pre-assessment objectives, feasibility assessment factors, indirect inspection objectives, the application of flow models for system analysis, the detailed examination process, and the post-assessment factors that set reassessment intervals. That is seven separate competencies inside a single sub-domain, and they map directly onto the SP 0110, SP 0116, SP 0206 and SP 0208 methodologies.
The rest of the domain covers choosing between indirect and direct methods and knowing why; gas, liquid and solid analysis; corrosion coupons and electronic probes and the limitations of each; hydrostatic testing parameters and limits; ILI compatibility, design factors and data interpretation; system evaluation strategy; and monitoring strategy including when to recommend corrective action.
By contrast, Long-Term Integrity Management is only 5% - one domain, one sub-area, data integration. Candidates who spend equal study time across the four domains are spending twelve times too long on the smallest one.
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