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Free lessons · 14 in total

Free API & NDT lessons — start before you spend anything.

One opening lesson from every course we run. They cover the part nobody explains properly: how to apply for the exam, what the day itself looks like, how the paper is scored, and how to plan your study. Nine API codes, five ASNT NDT methods.

  • Video and notes
  • No payment
  • Same lesson our students start on
What’s in a lesson

The part nobody explains

These are not teaser clips. They are the real opening lessons, and they answer the questions candidates usually only find out the hard way.

Getting to the exam

How to apply, what the application asks for, booking and fees, and the ID and security rules at the test centre.

The day itself

The closed-book and open-book sequence, how breaks work, and time management that actually survives contact with the paper.

Scoring and study order

How questions are written and scored, the effectivity sheet, and which parts of the body of knowledge to study first.

Do I have to buy anything to open these lessons?

No. Each link opens the free lesson inside its course. Nothing is charged and you are not enrolled in anything by opening it.

How is a free lesson different from a free quiz?

A lesson teaches — video plus notes on the exam and how to prepare for it. A quiz tests: exam-style questions with the answer and the code clause behind it. Most people do the lesson first, then the free quiz for the same code.

Which lesson should I open first?

The one for the certification you intend to sit. If you have not chosen yet, API 510 and API 570 are the usual starting points for fixed-equipment inspectors, and VT Level II is the natural first NDT method.

Do these lessons count towards CPD?

The free lessons themselves do not carry a certificate. CPD hours are issued on completion of a full course — we are a CPD Accredited Provider, and those hours count towards API recertification.

Lesson first, then test yourself

Watch the opening lesson for your code, then sit the free quiz for the same one. Twenty minutes and you will know exactly where you stand.