The QCM shall ensure that all inspection, measuring, and test equipment is controlled, calibrated, and maintained, whether owned by DMZC Company, on loan, or provided by the client. Equipment shall be used in a manner which ensures that measurement uncertainty is known and is consistent with the required measurement capability.
The QCM shall:
a) Identify the measurements to be made, the accuracy required, and select the appropriate inspection, measuring, and test equipment;
b) Identify, calibrate, and adjust all inspection, measuring, and test equipment and devices that can affect work quality at set intervals to ensure that certified equipment having a known valid relationship to nationally recognized standards - where no such standards exist, the basis used for calibration shall be documented;
c) Establish, document, and maintain calibration procedures, including details of equipment type, identification number, location, frequency of checks, check method, acceptance criteria, and the action to be taken when results are unsatisfactory.
d) Ensure that the inspection, measuring, and test equipment is capable of the accuracy and precision necessary;
e) Identify inspection, measuring, and test equipment with a suitable indicator or approved identification record to show the calibration status;
f) Maintain calibration records for inspection, measuring, and test equipment.
g) Assess and document the validity of previous inspection and test results when inspection, measuring, and test equipment is found to be out of calibration
h) Ensure that the environmental conditions are suitable for the calibrations, inspections, measurements, and tests being carried out;
i) Ensure that the handling, preservation, and storage of inspection, measuring, and test equipment is such that the accuracy and fitness for use is maintained;
j) Safeguard inspection, measuring, and test facilities, including both test hardware and test software, from adjustments which would invalidate the calibration setting.
Where test hardware (jigs, fixtures, templates, patterns) or test software is used as suitable forms of inspection, they shall be checked to prove that they are capable of verifying the acceptability of the work prior to use during construction. All test hardware shall be rechecked at prescribed intervals. The Project Manager shall establish the extent and frequency of such checks and shall maintain records as evidence of control. Measurement design data shall be made available, when required by the client or his representative, for verification that it is functionally adequate.
