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1 General: Pre-Contract - Identification of The Job Requirements, Recruiting and
1 General: Pre-Contract - Identification of The Job Requirements, Recruiting and
1 General: Pre-Contract - Identification of The Job Requirements, Recruiting and
General
The Senior Welding Inspector would almost certainly be involved in planning
for inspection at one or more of the following stages of a project;
Gantt Charts
Gantt charts define stages of production and estimated work time for each
stage.
A Gantt chart is a popular type of bar chart/graph that illustrates a project
schedule ie list of a project's terminal elements. Terminal elements comprise
the work breakdown structure (WBS) of the project and are the lowest
activity or deliverable, with intended start and finish dates. Terminal
elements are not further subdivided,
Terminal elements are the items that are estimated in terms of resource
requirements, budget and duration linked by dependencies and schedules.
An example of a typical Gantt chart that could be used to plan inspection
activities for either manufacturing or construction is shown below.
The WBS/task elements are listed on the left hand side and the start and
completion of each activity is represented by a bar to the right of the activity.
The time period in this example is represented in months, both planned and
actual. Some Gantt charts may show time in weeks, which can also be
broken down into days.
(WBS)
2010
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
Recruit &
allocate
inspection staff
Review
fabrication
drawings
Review WPSs,
WPQRs&
WATCs
Prepare quality
plans
Witness welder
qualification
tests
Visual
inspection of
first
production
welds
LEGEND
Planned duration
Planned milestone
Actual duration
Actual milestone
MAY
JUNE
4
2
4 Wks
Recruit & allocate
inspection
staff
This shows the start event (circle 1), and the completion of the Recruit &
allocate inspection staff task (circle 2). The arrow between the two circles
shows the activity of carrying out Recruit & allocate inspection staff. The
time allocated for this activity is 4 weeks.
Rev 1 January 2010
Planning.
Copyright TWI Ltd 2010
In the example above, the numbers above the circles show the earliest
possible time that this stage of the project will be reached.
Where one activity cannot start until another has been completed and when
other activities need to be scheduled it is useful to tabulate the terminal
elements and allocate time against each activity. For example the inspection
activities for a project could be shown as:
TERMINAL ELEMENT /
ACTIVITY
SCHEDULED
COMPLETION
TIME
ALLOCATED
To be completed first
4 weeks
Review fabrication
drawings, material &
consumable certificates
Start when A is
completed
2 weeks
Start when A is
completed
2 weeks
Start when B is
completed
Start when C is
completed
Start when F is
completed
IDENTIFICATIO
N
3 weeks
2 weeks
2 weeks
9 weeks
24 weeks
6
4
C
0
2
Wks
A
START
B
2
4 Wks
2
Wks
D
3
2 Wks
11
13
F
5
3 Wks
G
6
2 Wks
22
7
9 Wks
FINISH
In the example, the activities of B & C' cannot be started until 'A' has been
completed.
This diagram also brings out a number of other important points:
An effective CPA can make the difference between success and failure on
complex projects. It can be very useful for assessing the importance of
problems faced during the implementation of the plan.
Summary
The Senior Welding Inspector doe not need to have an in-depth knowledge
of planning and would not be responsible for the planning of inspection
activities on a large project or contract, this would be the responsibility of
the planning team or planning department.
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However the SWI does need to have a basic understanding of project
planning as inspection tasks must link in with other terminal activities to
ensure that inspection tasks are carried out on a timely and cost effective
basis, in accordance with the planning system being used on a particular
project or contract.