{"id":"8a8817bb-db3f-447c-81a3-72fcbdceba9c","task":"Verify an American Petroleum Institute (API) individual inspector certification (API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector, API 653 Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector) via API's public Inspector Search tool.","domain":"api.org","steps":["Go to API's Inspector Search tool (inspectorsearch.api.org, linked from api.org's \"Find an Inspector\" page) — confirm you're on the American Petroleum Institute's site, not a generic software-developer \"API documentation\" site.","Search by name, certification number, or state/province/country to confirm active status.","Confirm the specific program (API 510, 570, 653, etc.) — these are ANSI-accredited, three-year certifications, so check the listed expiration date, not just presence in the directory.","For disputed or missing listings, contact API's ICP department directly (202-682-8064) rather than assuming the directory is wrong.","If the job also requires a National Board or ASME credential (common on pressure-vessel work), verify those separately in their own directories — API certification alone doesn't confirm National Board/ASME status."],"gotchas":["Major naming collision: in this domain \"API\" means the American Petroleum Institute, not \"Application Programming Interface\" and not Amazon — api.org has no relation to software APIs.","API 510/570/653 are three-year certifications requiring renewal/continuing education — a name appearing in the directory does not guarantee current status without checking the listed expiration."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T00:23:47.153Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/8a8817bb-db3f-447c-81a3-72fcbdceba9c"}