Maintaining stocks of resources, equipment and consumables for NDT (Non Destructive Testing) technical use
Overview
This standard covers the competences you need to maintain stocks of resources, equipment and consumables for Non-Destructive Testing. Stocks may include, but are not restricted to, analysers, equipment, instruments, electrical or electronic components, technical consumables or chemicals.
You will select and use relevant knowledge, ideas and skills to complete well-defined, and generally routine, tasks and address straightforward problems. Your responsibilities will require you to comply with organisational policy and procedures and to report any problems with activities or equipment that you cannot resolve or which are outside your permitted authority. You will take personal responsibility for your actions and for the quality and accuracy of the work that you carry out.
You will know about the NDT (Non Destructive Testing) technical equipment, materials and consumables in adequate depth to provide a sound background for carrying out the activities to the required specification. You will know how to interpret job instructions and ideas and be aware of the types of resources that are relevant to the technical activities. You will understand the safety precautions required when carrying out the activities and will understand the responsibility you owe to yourself and others in the workplace.
This standard is for anyone who maintains stocks of the resources, equipment and consumables required for Non-Destructive Testing.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- work safely at all times, complying with health and safety legislation and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
- use safe practices and the appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE)
- count stocks and confirm that they are within required maximum/minimum levels
- Carry out checks that critical details of packaging information on individual stock items are within acceptable limits
- identify, record and communicate requirements to replenish stocks at specified re-order levels
- Carry out checks of new stocks received against purchase orders and delivery notes and notify relevant people of any discrepancies or breakages
- label and store items in specified environments and locations according to organisational procedures
- handle and transport stock items using appropriate methods and techniques
- dispose of stock or items that are damaged or outside acceptable limits in the specified manner and locations in line with organisational procedures
- access records for stock levels in organisational information systems in line with organisational procedures
- record accurately stock items in the appropriate format and in line with legislative and organisational requirements and pass to designated people
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
- relevant health and safety and other regulations, directives, national standards and guidelines and your responsibilities to yourself and others including those relating to quality control
- hazards associated with maintaining stock including the use of inflammable, toxic and volatile materials, aerosol containers, sprays and powders
- safe working practice and specific safety precautions to minimise hazards when carrying out maintenance of stock activities, resources consumables and equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE) to be used, and how to obtain it
- techniques and processes you must use in maintaining stock **
- how to obtain and interpret job instructions/techniques and testing specifications
- the types and range of resources, equipment and consumables used for non destructive testing and how they should be checked
- the importance of correct identification, stock items, resources and equipment and any unique organisational coding system
- the lines of communication and responsibilities in your department, and their links with the rest of the organisation
- the limits of your own authority and to whom you should report if you have problems that you cannot resolve
- why it is important to maintain accurate records of resources, equipment and consumables
- how to check the packaging information on stock including batch numbers and expiry dates
- how and why it is important to identify materials or chemicals that should not be stored together
- the range of storage environments used to store technical resources, equipment and consumables for workplace use and where and how stock items should be stored so they remain suitable for technical use
- how to label new stock items correctly, and how to record the information in the workplace information system
- how to monitor and control stock levels for technical use
- how to dispose of waste or damaged stock items, in accordance with workplace procedures.
- how to resolve issues with delivered damaged or incomplete replacement stock
Scope/range
1. Carry out all of the following during maintaining stocks, resources, consumables and equipment activities:
- comply with job instructions/techniques, NDT testing specifications, risk assessments and other relevant safety standards
- ensure resources, consumables and equipment meet maximum or minimum expected levels
- check that the resources, consumables and equipment are in a safe and usable condition and acceptable limits
- ensure that the resources, consumables and equipment is kept free from foreign objects, dirt or other contamination and within
- leave the work area in a safe condition on completion of the activities
- ensure that accurate, complete and legible records are kept of the activities
2. Check stock levels for three of the following:
- analysers, equipment, or instruments
- electrical / electronic components
- consumables
- chemicals
- other specific item
3. Check packaging for five of the following information:
- batch numbers
- safety data sheets
- volumes
- expiry dates
- delivery dates
- weights
- quantities
- hazard labels
- condition received
4. Handle and transport all of the following types of material:
- chemicals
- equipment
- Consumables
5. Check stock items held in four of the following storage environments:
- ambient temperature locations
- zero or low light locations
- equipment locations
- refrigerators/freezers
- hazardous chemical locations
- consumable item locations
6. Access and update information on the information system for all of the following:
- booking items out from stock
- stock check levels
- booking items into stock
- stock usage