NACE International and the NACE Foundation recently opened the NACE International Training Center. Located in Houston, TX, the $2.4 million, 15,000-square-foot facility is dedicated exclusively to advancing corrosion education.
“This training center will help develop the next generation of skilled workers,” said Tony Keane, executive director, NACE International. “We will prepare them for a comprehensive career in corrosion and help open the doors for job opportunities and greater earning potential.”
The new training center, along with two existing NACE classrooms, can accommodate more than 3,000 students annually attending more than 125 courses in corrosion identification, prevention and mitigation technologies. The facility features tools such as cathodic protection test field with buried, electrified pipelines; a coatings lab with a flash and spray booth; a virtual spray booth for classroom-based applicator training; an equipment preparation area; and the nation’s only marine ballast tank immersion tent, which simulates a ship’s ballast tank for shipboard corrosion assessment training.