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CheckStation handbook

Record manual inspections against approved methods, retain failures and control quality release separately.

Review edition · 25 October 2026

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CheckStation

Your role

Start here: Owner

Prepare access and site operation without taking quality authority.

Owner
Your role

Start here: Author

Encode approved inspection requirements and independent expected selections.

Author
Your role

Start here: Reviewer

Independently approve exact plans, definitions and instrument references.

Reviewer
Your role

Start here: Supervisor

Manage unit context and make quality decisions on retained inspections.

Supervisor
Your role

Start here: Operator

Confirm the physical unit and record exact manual readings.

Operator
Your role

Start here: Viewer

Read quality records and distinguish completion from release.

Viewer
Reference

Roles and actions: who can do what

Find the authority, authentication and review conditions for a task, with links to the working procedure.

Owner · Author · Reviewer · Supervisor · Operator · Viewer
Reference

Inspection input reference: readings, files and reasons

Use the accepted decimal grammar, attachment bounds and correction-reason limits for an inspection.

Supervisor · Operator
Site administration

Prepare the inspection site

Establish people, stations and approved method responsibilities.

Owner
Authoring

Author an inspection plan

Bind approved checks to exact context and independently expected selections.

Author
Authoring and approval

Review proof and activate independently

Approve exact expert definitions and whole plans through distinct decisions.

Author · Reviewer
Everyday work

Register exact unit context

Review a native record or import without starting an inspection.

Supervisor
Everyday work

Acquire a station and confirm the unit

Review selected requirements before recording any measurement.

Operator · Supervisor
Everyday work

Record exact manual readings

Respect the approved unit, precision, repetitions and instrument.

Operator · Supervisor
Authoring and evidence

Prepare and independently approve an instrument

Retain actual qualification for the exact method, unit, range and validity.

Author · Reviewer · Supervisor · Operator · Viewer
Everyday work

Attach and review required inspection evidence

Inspect exact files and make the required purpose-based human decision.

Operator · Supervisor · Viewer
Quality decisions

Complete failures and release only conforming work

Keep completion, result and disposition separate, with no concession release.

Operator · Supervisor
Exceptions

Request a transcription correction

Retain the original entry and approve an exact correction, not a new measurement.

Operator · Supervisor
Exceptions

Authorise and record a full retest

Repeat every selected check and resolve the earlier finding explicitly.

Supervisor · Operator
Troubleshooting

Resolve station control and uncertain commands

Restore current authority without duplicating an inspection action.

Owner · Operator · Supervisor
Records and evidence

Read result versions and current quality records

Retain original results while checking later corrections, holds and release changes.

Operator · Author · Reviewer · Supervisor · Viewer
Site administration

Retain an archive and review site recovery

Acknowledge a current archive before closure and review quality barriers separately.

Owner · Supervisor
Worked example

Worked example: a failed reading and full retest

Record exact measurements and keep retest and release separate.

Author · Reviewer · Supervisor · Operator · Viewer
Connected work

Permit an exact OrderRun inspection-evidence read

Authorise a receiving site for one exact source context without giving the Owner inspection-release authority.

Owner