Anti-Corrosion Coating Application Course
This course gives you the essential skills and knowledge to protect metal structures against corrosion by applying anti-corrosion products correctly, extending their service life and reducing maintenance costs. You will learn how corrosion develops in the marine environment, which primers, rust converters and sealers are available and how to prepare surfaces and apply each product with brush, roller or spray gun, with a practical focus on boats and other metal structures exposed to the sea.
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What is the Anti-Corrosion Coating Application Course?
This short course focuses on the hands-on side of corrosion protection: choosing the right product and applying it so that it really protects. You will study what corrosion is and how it behaves in seawater, including galvanic corrosion, the most vulnerable materials and its consequences on boats; anti-corrosion products such as epoxy primers, zinc-rich primers, rust converters and sealers, and how to read their technical and safety data sheets; surface preparation by rust removal, sanding, blasting and degreasing, cleanliness grades and environmental conditions; and application with brush, roller and spray gun, recommended film thicknesses, number of coats, drying times and work in difficult areas.
What sets this course apart: whereas a course on corrosion and cathodic protection centers on the electrochemistry and on sacrificial anodes, this one centers on the coating work itself, from bare metal to the last coat; it follows the real sequence of a protection job, so each step is linked to the adhesion and durability of the result; it gives practical criteria for selecting products according to the metal and the exposure; it devotes a full module to personal protection, ventilation, waste management and the most frequent application errors; and it ends with a project in which you draw up the anti-corrosion protection plan for a boat.
Program highlights
- Marine corrosion: how it forms, galvanic corrosion, vulnerable materials and effects on boats.
- Products: epoxy and zinc-rich primers, rust converters, sealers and how to read data sheets.
- Surface preparation: rust removal, sanding, blasting, degreasing and cleanliness grades.
- Application: brush, roller and spray gun, film thicknesses, coats and drying times.
- Safety and quality: PPE, ventilation, waste management and frequent application errors.
- Final project: an anti-corrosion protection plan for a boat.
Syllabus of the Anti-Corrosion Coating Application Course
5 modules. Select a module to see its content.
Fundamentals of corrosion
- 1.1. What corrosion is
- 1.2. Corrosion in the marine environment
- 1.3. Galvanic corrosion
- 1.4. The most vulnerable materials
- 1.5. Consequences of corrosion on boats
Anti-corrosion products
- 2.1. Epoxy primers
- 2.2. Zinc-rich primers
- 2.3. Rust converters
- 2.4. Sealers
- 2.5. Technical and safety data sheets
Surface preparation
- 3.1. Rust removal
- 3.2. Sanding and blasting
- 3.3. Degreasing
- 3.4. Cleanliness grades
- 3.5. Environmental conditions
Application
- 4.1. Tools: brush, roller and spray gun
- 4.2. Recommended film thicknesses
- 4.3. Number of coats
- 4.4. Drying times
- 4.5. Application in difficult areas
Safety and project
- 5.1. Personal protective equipment
- 5.2. Ventilation
- 5.3. Waste management
- 5.4. Frequent errors
- 5.5. Final project: anti-corrosion protection plan for a boat
Duration and format of the Anti-Corrosion Coating Application Course
It is 300 hours. Tell us how many you can study each week and we will tell you when you will really finish.
This is the pace at which most students finish. It fits well with the installment plan.
Academic leadership and faculty
The Navalis teaching team: working professionals who teach and supervise the programs.
Dr. Marina AlcoverAcademic Director and Head of Quality Assurance
Eng. Diego CifuentesSenior Lecturer in Naval Welding and Non-Destructive Testing; Head of QA/QC for Welded Joints
Capt. Javier Abaroa (MCA)Senior Lecturer in Ship Handling, Electronic Navigation (ECDIS/Radar/ARPA) and GMDSS; STCW Compliance and Bridge Resource Management Coordinator
Dr. Pau FerrerSenior Lecturer in Naval Architecture and Simulation; Director of the Hydrodynamics and CFD Laboratory
Dr. Nuria LlobregatSenior Lecturer in Marine Meteorology, SAR and Operational Safety; Navigation Risk Management Coordinator
Eng. Javier BañulsSenior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, Automation and ETO Engineering; Electronic Integration and Engine Alarms Coordinator
Eng. Sofía MarquinaSenior Lecturer in Materials, Composites and Corrosion Protection; Coordinator of the Advanced Paints and Coatings Line
Eng. Tomás RieraSenior Lecturer in Propulsion, Alternative Energy and Hybrid Systems; Energy Performance and Vibration CoordinatorObjectives of the Anti-Corrosion Coating Application Course
Career opportunities after the Anti-Corrosion Coating Application Course
Questions about the Anti-Corrosion Coating Application Course
To isolate metal surfaces from water, oxygen and salts so that corrosion cannot start or progress, extending the life of the structure.
This course focuses on choosing and applying protective coatings step by step, while the cathodic protection course centers on corrosion mechanisms and protection with anodes and impressed current.
Epoxy primers, zinc-rich primers, rust converters and sealers, together with how to interpret their technical and safety data sheets.
Most coating failures come from poor preparation: rust, grease or moisture left on the metal prevent adhesion, so the course covers rust removal, blasting, degreasing and cleanliness grades in detail.
Yes. A full module deals with personal protective equipment, ventilation, waste management and the most frequent mistakes during application.
You draw up the anti-corrosion protection plan for a boat, defining the areas to treat, products, preparation, application sequence, thicknesses and safety measures.
The course comprises 300 hours of study across 5 modules of about 60 hours each and ends with an applied project. You can progress at your own pace within the schedule set when you enroll.
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Admission process
No waiting for a call back. If your documents are in order, you can enroll in the same session.
- Profile: aimed at maritime and shipyard professionals involved in protecting metal structures, maintenance engineers and site supervisors working in marine and industrial environments, coating applicators who want to perfect their surface preparation and application, quality inspectors, boat owners who maintain their own vessels and students of naval, chemical or materials engineering; vocational training in industrial painting, mechanics or chemistry, or experience applying coatings, is helpful but not essential.
- Language: sufficient command of English to follow the classes and the technical documentation.
- Technical resources: a computer with a stable internet connection, an up-to-date browser and software to view PDF documents.
- Admission: online application, review of your profile and a short interview with the academic team.
- 01ApplicationYour details, background and documents.
- 02Instant reviewWe check that everything is complete and in order.
- 03EnrollmentChoose full payment or instalments and reserve your place.
Admission is provisional until the committee validates the documents provided. If you do not meet the requirements, the full amount is refunded.
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