UFC 4-390-01
23 July 2003
QA and personnel safety are inseparable. QA considerations are
required in all areas that affect the safety of the system
operators. These areas include, for example, initial forming,
fabrication, assembly, cleaning, testing, inspection and
preparation for delivery of all SOC items. The authority and
responsibility of QA personnel in each of these areas should be
clearly delineated. Manufacturing, fabrication, and assembly
work conducted within the builder's plant, system maintenance
facility or industrial activity should be carefully controlled.
Such control should include a formal review and an engineering
evaluation of all manufacturing processes, tolerances and
deviations. An equally effective control over purchased
materials and subcontracted work should be provided.
It is incumbent upon the applicant to conduct periodic internal
QA audits during the course of production work. Internal audits
often uncover deficiencies that, if left uncorrected, could cause
extensive rework with associated cost and schedule overruns. The
applicant should submit and retain copies of information relative
to the quality provisions in sufficient depth, detail and
organization to permit audit and evaluation by the SCA. QA
documentation should be legible, accurate and complete. Each
document should be dated and signed and should indicate, by the
signature, that the work or procedure meets the requirements of
the approved QA Plan. Such data is vital in the effort to
sustain/continue certification. The applicant is responsible to
make arrangements for the retention, storage and retrieval of all
QA documents. The applicant should advise the SCA prior to
disposing of such records.
3.4.1
Configuration Management and Drawing Control. The
applicant is responsible for establishing configuration control
of the unmanned pressure test facility design and documentation.
The applicant must ensure that only current drawings are used and
that obsolete drawings are removed from all points of issue and
use. The applicant should maintain the technical data and
drawings that reflect as-built conditions of the system.
Material Control. The applicant should show that the
3.4.2
program for material control is effective for new construction
and during overhaul or repair of existing systems. The program
should ensure that materials used conform to the applicable
technical requirements. A system of documenting the identity of
tested and approved materials should be implemented. Controls
should be established to prevent the inadvertent use of other
than specified material. See Appendix C for material OQE
requirements.
Fabrication and Manufacturing Control. The applicant
3.4.3
should show how the QA program ensures that the system has been
manufactured in accordance with the approved drawings,
specifications and manufacturing processes. All production
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