Certifications & standards
Certifications, standards applied and training
The qualifications the inspection work rests on, with certificate number, period of validity and the body that issued them. Below, the standards applied in the field and the renewals that keep them current.
The four certifications
Who issued them, under which number and until when.
Coating inspector certifications are not acquired once and for all: they carry an expiry date and are renewed by evidencing work carried out and training credits over the reference period.
FROSIO
Certified Surface Treatment Inspector — Level III
- Issuing body
- FROSIO, Norway
- Standard
- NS 476 — Level 3
- Certificate
- n° 3549
- First certification
- 2007
- Renewals
- 2012 · 2017
- Current certification
- 2022
- Valid until
- 2027
Level III is the highest grade in the Norwegian NS 476 scheme. It authorises the holder to plan and direct surface treatment inspection work, not only to carry it out: defining the checks, assessing the results against the acceptance criteria and taking responsibility for the final judgement of conformity.
AMPP
Certified Coating Inspector — Level 2
- Issuing body
- AMPP, United States
- Programme
- Coating Inspector Program
- Certificate
- n° N-44128
- First certification
- 2013
- Renewals
- 2019 · 2025
- Membership
- active
AMPP — Association for Materials Protection and Performance — was formed in 2021 from the merger of NACE International and SSPC. The Coating Inspector Program is the most widely used certification scheme in Oil & Gas and Marine internationally.
NACE
Coating Inspector — Level 2
- Issuing body
- NACE International
- Certificate
- n° 44128
- Latest renewal
- October 2025
- Outcome
- passed, with training credits
- Programme
- merged into AMPP
NACE and AMPP identify the same certification: since 2021 the NACE Coating Inspector Program is the AMPP Coating Inspector Program. The certificate number is the same — 44128 on the NACE badge, N-44128 with the prefix on the AMPP one. Both designations are given because both remain in use in specifications and in qualification requests.
Collegio
Collegio Ligure Periti ed Esperti (Ligurian Association of Surveyors and Experts)
- Registration
- n° 692
- Scope
- technical surveys
Registration with the Collegio covers survey work: it is the professional reference for technical surveys, for proceedings held with both parties in attendance and for the assessments required where a dispute has arisen between the parties.
The certificate numbers are published so that they can be verified with the bodies that issued them. Copies of the certificates are available on request.
The certifications are issued personally to Capt. Marco Galano, Technical Director of DO.G.MA. Service. The FROSIO, AMPP, NACE and Collegio Ligure Periti ed Esperti marks belong to their respective bodies and are reproduced for the sole purpose of identifying the certifications obtained; this does not imply any relationship of affiliation, sponsorship or accreditation.
Standards and specifications
The standards applied in the field.
The reference is always the Client's project specification. Where the specification does not name a standard, the standards in current use in corrosion protection apply.
Reference standards
- NORSOK M-501 — protective coatings on offshore installations
- ISO — surface preparation, film thickness, ambient conditions
- ASTM — test methods and evaluation criteria
- SSPC — steel preparation and protective systems
Specifications applied on the projects covered
- NORSOK M-501 rev. 5
- TOTAL GS EP COR 220 rev. 9
- TOTAL GS EP COR 354 rev. 3
- Functional specification 20000.VAR.PAI.FUN rev. 3
The list of specifications refers to documents applied on projects actually carried out. See the project register →
Training & site access
What is needed to enter a site.
Beyond the technical certifications, access to an industrial site calls for specific safety qualifications, all of which have to be kept current.
Technical areas
- Ship construction techniques
- Steel and surface preparation
- Anticorrosion treatments
- Thermal spray metallising — Metal Spray / Thermal Spray
- Piping coating: FBE, polyethylene, polypropylene
- Concrete Weight Coating
- Testing and disputes on hot dip galvanising
- Qualification of coating procedures and coating systems
- Drafting of technical specifications and document control
Operational and safety qualifications
- 1982 — Istituto Tecnico Nautico, Captain's qualification
- 1986 — ENDAS course, Regione Liguria: construction technique, welding, corrosion protection
- 1988 — Course on anticorrosion treatments, Boero Colori Genova
- 2002 — Safety training, Fincantieri Monfalcone
- 2011 — STCW'95 Personal Survival Techniques (IMO), CFO Ravenna
- 2015 — LNG Terminal safety training, Adriatic LNG
- 2016 — BOSIET — OPITO, for offshore platforms
- 2016 · 2019 — Confined spaces
- 2020 — Work at height and category III PPE
- Use of mobile elevating work platforms, with approved harness
- Coating Inspector certification renewed in October 2025, with a pass
- Renewal requires training credits and work carried out over the reference period to be documented
- Instrument calibration certificate renewed every two years by a third-party body
The full professional record, from 1983 to today, and the projects covered.
Verification of qualifications
Need a copy of the certificates?
Many specifications require the inspector's qualifications to be attached to the tender documents. Copies of the certificates and the professional profile are sent on request.