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State of the Art Training Facility

Mears Group, Inc. training & testing facility, located at their corporate headquarters in Rosebush, Michigan, is a state of the art test site which serves as both a training ground for employees as well as an industry research facility for testing the capabilities of cathodic protection testing technology.

This facility covers 2.75 acres and serves as the cornerstone for the training and Operator Qualification (OQ) programs for Mears employees. The site offers field training capabilities for activities including pipe excavation, pipe coating removal, surface preparation, coating application, evaluating casing isolation, External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA) indirect inspection surveys and pipe direct examinations. As part of their training, employees will have an opportunity to hone their survey skills on the test site, which is comprised of over 1,000 feet of pipe, including 10", 12", 20", 24" and 30" diameters. The primary loop of pipe includes over 50 coating flaws that were intentionally created ranging in size, shape and pipe orientation.

The site was approved by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) for CP training and the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER). The new outdoor facility complements the existing indoor training room that seats over 35 people and is used for rectifier training, defensive driver and certified ATSSA flagger training, OSHA Safe Trenching/Shoring, CPR and first aid courses, to name a few.