An API Training Course
API Specification Q2 Practitioner (2nd Edition)
Specification for Service Supply Organisation
Scheduled Dates
Classroom
| 06-10 Jul 2026 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 28 Dec 2026-01 Jan 2027 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 15-19 Mar 2027 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
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Why Choose this Training Course?
This API Specification Q2 Practitioner (2nd Edition) training course equips service professionals with deep, practical understanding of API Specification Q2 (2nd Edition), the industry’s premier quality management standard for service supply organizations in the petroleum and natural gas industry. This training course is essential for practitioners responsible for developing, implementing, sustaining, and improving service-based Quality Management Systems (QMS) that respond to stringent operational risk, execution, and continual improvement requirements.
API Q2 goes beyond generic QMS concepts by emphasizing risk assessment, contingency planning, service performance control, and verification activities — all central to preventing service failures and ensuring quality outcomes in upstream operations. Participants will work through clause-by-clause interpretations, practical implementation techniques, and real-world application scenarios to better translate the specification into operational practice. The training course also strengthens participants’ ability to support APIQR Q2 certification readiness and internal/external audit preparation.
This API Specification Q2 Practitioner (2nd Edition) training course will highlight:
- API Q2 structure, definitions, and key clauses
- Risk assessment and contingency planning techniques
- Service execution and service quality planning
- Monitoring, measurement, analysis, and improvement requirements
- Practical controls to minimize nonconformity and process variation
What are the Goals?
At the end of this API Specification Q2 Practitioner (2nd Edition) training course, you will learn to:
- Understand the intent and clauses of API Q2
- Apply risk-based service quality controls
- Develop effective service quality plans
- Analyse system performance with KPI insight
- Integrate continual improvement practices
Who is this Training Course for?
This training course is suitable for professionals responsible for quality management, service operations, and certification preparation within service supply organizations implementing API Specification Q2. It is particularly valuable for personnel engaged in service delivery oversight, quality assurance, compliance, and process improvement.
This API Specification Q2 Practitioner (2nd Edition) training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Applicants for APIQR Q2 Registration
- Quality assurance and quality control personnel
- Service delivery and operations supervisory staff
- Supplier evaluation and procurement professionals
- Internal auditors and QMS coordinators
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This training course is delivered through instructor-led presentations, clause interpretations, case examples, interactive discussions, and practical application exercises. Participants will engage in structured activities that reinforce quality management principles, risk handling, and service execution controls while building competence for implementation and certification readiness.
Organisational Impact
Organizations that send employees to this training course will benefit from:
- Stronger implementation of API Q2 requirements
- Systematic risk assessment and mitigation practices
- Improved service execution and performance control
- Enhanced readiness for APIQR certification audits
- Consistency in service delivery and quality assurance
- Reduction in process variation and nonconformities
Personal Impact
Participants attending this training course will gain:
- Confidence interpreting API Q2 clauses
- Practical skills to apply QMS in service environments
- Ability to plan and verify service quality activities
- Insight into risk and contingency planning applications
- Competence in monitoring and improvement systems
- Increased professional credibility in quality roles
Daily Agenda
Day One: API Q2 Foundations and QMS Requirements
- API Q2 scope, purpose, and business drivers
- Key terms, definitions, and normative references
- QMS structure, policies, objectives, and planning
- Leadership, communication, and management responsibility
- Organizational capability and competence requirements
- Documentation and record control expectations
- Risk assessment foundations and contingency concepts
- Permissible exclusions and Q2 applicability guidelines
Day Two: Service Execution and Service Quality Planning
- Contract review and service realization planning
- Risk assessment and risk management techniques
- Contingency planning and risk-based controls
- Execution controls for service delivery activities
- Service quality plan development and elements
- Control of externally provided products/services
- Testing, Measuring, Monitoring & Detection Equipment (TMMDE)
- Control of nonconformities in execution and delivery
Day Three: Monitoring, Measurement, and Performance Controls
- Monitoring and measurement of service outputs
- Customer satisfaction and feedback controls
- Internal audit requirements and audit planning
- Data analysis and performance evaluation
- Root cause determination and corrective action process
- Evaluation of service quality-related indicators
- Identification and traceability requirements
- Preservation and protection of service-related products
Day Four: Risk, MOC, and Quality System Integration
- Advanced risk assessment techniques
- Risk communication and mitigation strategies
- Management of Change (MOC) process requirements
- Integration of risk & contingency into operational controls
- Verification of control effectiveness
- Performance measures and KPI alignment
- Continual improvement framework implementation
- Documentation and record traceability controls
Day Five: Implementation, Audit Readiness, and Improvement
- Preparing for APIQR certification and surveillance audits
- Audit readiness and internal compliance checks
- Best practices in quality monitoring and performance analysis
- Continuous improvement planning and corrective actions
- Service quality plan review and validation techniques
- Management review inputs and outputs
- Aligning Q2 requirements with operational practices
Certificate
- On successful completion of this Training Course / Online Training Course, a PetroKnowledge Certificate / E-Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
