Glossary
How NDT Pilot uses inspection-workflow and platform terminology, in the product and in these guides.
- Work request
- The record of an inspection job: customer, site, asset, NDT method, scope, priority, and status. Every later stage, report, delivery, invoice, traces back to it.
- Inspection
- The physical examination activity performed on site by qualified personnel. NDT Pilot documents and connects it; the inspection itself remains a human, technical responsibility.
- Assignment
- The act of scheduling a work request to a named technician with a scheduled date, producing a job package in the technician portal.
- Evidence
- The recorded observations, readings, and supporting information that back a finding. In NDT Pilot today this is captured in the report's findings field; structured photo and file attachment is planned.
- Finding
- A documented observation from an inspection, what was seen, where, and how it compares to the acceptance basis.
- Technique sheet
- A governed, revision-controlled instruction for performing a specific inspection, recorded with preparer, approver, and approval status (draft, approved, superseded).
- Draft
- A report being written. Drafts are internal: customers never see them, and reviewers do not act on them until submission.
- Submitted
- A report that has been handed to the review queue. It is no longer editable as a draft; corrections happen through the reviewer's return step.
- Under review
- A reviewer has taken the report into active technical examination.
- Returned
- A report the reviewer sent back for correction with a recorded reason. The technician corrects and resubmits, and both events are audited.
- Approved
- A report that passed technical review and carries the recorded approval signature, reviewer, and dates. Eligible for release, but not yet customer-visible until delivered.
- Released
- The point an approved report becomes visible to the customer, the delivery step in the platform. Before release, customers cannot see the report.
- Revised
- A new version of a report created after release, following the same review cycle. The original record is preserved rather than overwritten.
- Superseded
- A technique sheet or document replaced by a newer revision. Superseded items are retained for history, not deleted.
- Withdrawn
- A released document formally pulled back by the issuing company. In NDT Pilot this is handled by status and audit records on the report.
- Calibration
- The periodic verification of an instrument against standards. NDT Pilot records due dates, certificate references, and status, physical calibration remains a laboratory activity.
- Qualification
- A person's certification for a method at a level (I–III), from a certifying body, valid until an expiry date. The personnel register makes qualifications visible at assignment time.
- Tenant
- Your organization's isolated scope within the platform. Business records belong to a tenant, and users see their own tenant's records only.
- Customer portal
- The scoped view where customer contacts track their own requests, released reports, assets, and permitted invoices, with no visibility into drafts, internal comments, or other customers.
- Audit event
- An automatic record of a workflow action, creation, status change, assignment, submission, review, approval, delivery, invitation, with user and timestamp.
- NDT method
- The non-destructive testing technique a job uses, for example UT, RT, MT, PT, ET, VT, PAUT, TOFD, PMI, or hardness testing.
- PO (purchase order)
- The customer's authorization reference for billable work, recorded on quotations and work requests so billing traces to it.