What QA/QC means for an installer
QA is the written way you work: who does what, with which material, and what you record. QC is the check that the work on a vehicle really followed it. The procedure sheet covers the first. The audit checklist covers the second.
Device steps, fuse values and mounting positions come from the manual of the device you install. This file does not define them, so the procedure points to your installation sheet.
HEMP and JSA
HEMP (hazard and effects management process) and JSA (job safety analysis) both list the steps of a job, the hazard in each step and the controls. Some clients ask for one, some for the other. The sheet works for both. Ask your client which form it wants.
- List the steps. From the drive to the site to the road test.
- Score each hazard. Likelihood and severity, from 1 to 5.
- Write the controls. Then score the hazard again with the controls in place.
- Sign with the team. Everyone who does the job reads it first.
How to run an audit
Audit on a real job, not in the office. Stand with the technician, ask to see the tools and the vehicle wiring information, and check the work against each line. Mark N/A only for things that are not fitted. Log every Fail on the Corrective actions sheet with a person and a date.
Many companies audit each technician every quarter. Choose the interval that fits your risk and your contract.
Critical checks
A critical fail is one that can hurt a person or damage the vehicle: no battery isolation, a wrong fuse, a bare conductor, a cable near an airbag module, a new warning lamp after the job. One critical fail makes the audit result Failed, whatever the pass rate is.
Your client's forms
Some oil and gas operators and programs ask IVMS suppliers and installers for a HEMP and a QA/QC program when they register. Read the current official text of your client, for example the registration form of OPAL in Oman, and use its own form if it has one. The OPAL IVMS vendor registration form (v1.1) asks the supplier to submit a HEMP for IVMS installation and a QA/QC program for devices and the installation procedure. We read the official PDF, last checked 2026-11-03. This pack does not say that any client accepts it, and nothing here states that a Tracom product holds an approval. opaloman.om