Chapter 4 The Role of the Inspector Flashcards
- How does NACE define the inspector’s role?
NACE has defined the inspector’s role as that of a quality control technician who is primarily responsible for observing and reporting technical aspects of a coating project and its conformance or deviation from the project specification. Supervision is NOT considered to be part of the inspector’s role.
- What is the inspector’s responsibility when it comes to safety on a project?
Safety enforcement is NOT the responsibility of inspector;
The inspector’s responsibility is to report any safety issues that may affect the project
- Name some tests that may need to be conducted during surface preparation and coating operations.
Check Temperature
Check Relative Humidity and Dew Point parameters
Check air compressor cleanliness
Visually check Surface Cleanliness
Check product data sheets and safety data sheets
Check and document batch numbers
Check blasting equipment
Check for surface contaminants between coatings
- Name some of the documentation/reports that may be required to be maintained on a coating project.
Daily, Weekly Summary, Material Usage Report, Manpower and Equipment, Non-Conformance, and Conformance
- What are the most important characteristics of a good report?
Objective, Accurate, and Detailed
- What is the inspector’s primary responsibility and what should the inspector not do as it pertains to the specification?
An inspector’s primary responsibility is to “verify” the specification. The inspector does not make changes to the specification for any reason.
- What type of information could you expect to find on a product data sheet?
Surface preparation and application information such as recommended level of surface cleanliness
Recommended application methods and equipment such as tip sizes.
Environmental parameters for application such as max and min temperature, curing times, recoat windows.
- What type of information could you expect to find on a safety data sheet?
Toxicity Health effects First aid Reactivity Storage Disposal PPE Spill handling procedures
- Explain the difference between quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC).
QA: A process to Verifie that the quality of work performed is what was reported by the contractors QC. (Owners responsibility)
QC: Manages the quality of work performed in order to meet requirements of the job spec. (Contractors responsibility)
