Areas of responsibility
Areas of responsibilities at manufacturers:
- Quality assurance accompanying production
- Checking of personnel qualifications
- Checking of materials used (material certificates)
- Checking of welding fillers used
- Checking of non-destructive tests
- Acceptance of finished vessel and possibly of the hydraulic pressure test
- Checking of the assembly (in the case of pressure vessels)
- Control of manufacturing authorization of the manufacturer (only if commissioned by the customer)
Areas of responsibility at operators:
- Control of the line-up of components (vessels etc) before start-up
- Recurrent tests on existing components "Inspections" (drums, piping, towers etc) at the required intervals.
- Building supervision activities in the case of replacement of components
- Coordination and test supervision in the field of non-destructive material testing
- Quality assurance (see above under manufacturers)