Fabrication, quality, inspection and safety

Inspection and test plan

The Inspection and Test Plan links product requirements to manufacturing stages, responsibilities, intervention points and records. A sound ITP verifies a critical characteristic while it is still visible and correctable.

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Topic overview

The Inspection and Test Plan links product requirements to manufacturing stages, responsibilities, intervention points and records. A sound ITP verifies a critical characteristic while it is still visible and correctable.

Does every significant risk have a specific check, acceptance criterion, competent owner, correct timing and required record?

Inspect before the feature is hidden, covered by another pass or dispatched.

Agree hold/witness points and notification periods before production.

What the module covers

  • ITP – Inspection and Test Plan
  • 1. An ITP is a control map, not a standards list
  • 2. Intervention-point meaning
  • 3. Typical welding ITP sequence
  • 4. Example ITP row logic
  • ITP quality checklist
  • Practical rule
Educational content does not replace current standards, approved WPS/WPQR documentation or decisions by competent welding coordination personnel.