PROCEDURE: CALIBRATION
Title:
Calibration Procedure
Document No : TRT_CALISO9001
Document Type: Controlled Rev. No: 0
Systems affected: None Issued Date: 23/10/2024
Dept: Service Department
Procedure: TRT_CALISO9001
1. SUMMARY
1.1. The purpose of this procedure is to define the requirements for calibration or verification of
equipment used to determine the acceptability of product.
1.2. Typically, this is limited to inspection or test equipment used to “buy off” product prior to
movement to a subsequent process or prior to final delivery. However, at the discretion of
management, calibration or verification may also be applied to critical process equipment.
1.3. The TRT Rigging HSE department is responsible for implementation and management of this
procedure.
2. REVISION AND APPROVAL
Rev. Date Nature of Changes Approved By
01 22/01/2024 Original issue. Riaan Geldenhuys
3. PROCEDURE: CALIBRATION
3.1. Devices subject to calibration shall be calibrated by an approved outside service provider, or by
trained TRT Rigging employees.
3.2. Third party calibration laboratories should be accredited to ISO 17025 whenever possible, as this
provides the best control of calibration activities, and traceability to national standards.
3.3. When employees perform in-house calibration, this shall be performed in accordance with
documented procedures for each type of calibration performed.
3.4. Traceability to the national standards will be maintained for all devices where such traceability is
possible by the current state of the art.
3.5. Approved calibration service providers must maintain suitable environmental conditions for
calibration, and report temperature and relative humidity on any calibration test certificates or
other calibration documentation. For in-house calibration, the TRT Rigging will ensure suitable
environmental conditions for calibration.
3.6. The TRT Calibration Log will be maintained by TRT Operations department. This document will
list all devices, their serial number, date of last calibration, and next scheduled calibration date.
The frequency of calibration for each device shall be adjusted based on the history of the device
and its impact on product quality. NOTE: third party calibration providers will not establish
calibration frequencies; this will be determined by TRT Rigging.
3.7. For tools calibrated by third party laboratories, these shall be returned with a certificate of
calibration showing the status of the calibration, as well as the condition the equipment was found
in (e.g., “defective,” “out of tolerance”, “in tolerance”, etc.) Such certificates must have the
identification of any standards used by the calibration house, and their serial numbers, allowing
for traceability to NIST.
3.8. For tools calibrated in-house by TRT Rigging staff, the results and standards used shall be
recorded on the Calibration Record and shall include any standards and/or procedures uses.
3.9. Calibrated devices will be identified with a calibration sticker that includes the current calibration
status, calibration due date, and device identification number. Where the device cannot
accommodate a calibration sticker due to size or frequency of use, the device shall be numbered
and TRT Operation department shall keep a log of those devices and their status. Employees
may only use devices for acceptance testing that are current on calibration.
3.10. Employees shall submit expired tools to TRT Operation department for recalibration, and/or the
Management shall positively recall such expired tools for recalibration.
3.11. An “amnesty window” of 2 weeks allowed beyond the due date marked on the device, to
accommodate arrangement of calibration or verification, or for production capacity purposes.
3.12. Devices in use for noncritical measurements are to be marked REFERENCE ONLY.
3.13. Any device failing to meet calibration standards will immediately be taken out of service. The
device may then be destroyed or sent out for repair. Repaired devices must be calibrated before
being returned to service.
3.14. When a measuring device is found to be out of tolerance, and/or reported on the calibration
certificate of having been found as “defective” or “out of tolerance” by the third party provider, TRT
Operation department shall be notified immediately. TRT Management or designate shall oversee
a study to determine the impact of the out-of-tolerance device on product shipped; if deemed
necessary, a recall may be initiated. The customer possessing the material in question is
immediately notified of the problem. This study and the results shall be recorded and placed in the
calibration file.
3.15. Measuring & monitoring devices must be stored and handled in a manner that does not invalidate
their calibration or ability to function without error.
4. VERFICATION
4.1. Where a device cannot be calibrated against traceable standards, it must be verified against
some known-good object or method. This may be done by comparing the part against another
part or tool which has been evaluated and validated and proven as acceptable.
4.2. Known-good objects must be protected so their status is not altered, either by physical damage or
deterioration.
