Witnessing Process for ECHs

The ECH Witnessing process.

The Witnessing process for Schedules also applies for the Condition History records (ECHs) (see the flow diagram above). Note: It is not necessary to mark for both Supervision and Authority. The one can be selected without the other. In this case, the steps that are not applicable (Supervision or Authority) can just be skipped.

Mark Equipment Condition History (ECH) Records for Witnessing

It is advised that an ECH, which has Schedules marked for Witnessing, should be marked for Witnessing as well. However, Witnessing is not automatically applied to an ECH that is credited with a ‘Witness Schedule’.

Each user that have privileges to edit an ECH can mark the ECH for Witnessing. The steps are the same as for Schedules.

To set Witnessing Supervision and/or Authority for an ECH:

• Create a new ECH or Edit an existing ECH.
• Check the boxes for Supervision and/or Authority. Note: On already final Approved ECHs, the checkboxes cannot be checked. Supervision and/or Authority can only be checked when there is a pending event.
• Fill in the rest and click Save.

Mark ECH for Witnessing. 

Final Approve the ECH 

Before the Witnessing process can commence, the ECH must be Final Approved.

The ECH must be Final Approved for Witnessing to commence.

Supervision - Review the ECH

The Supervision review process for ECHs is similar to the Supervision review of Schedules.

Do Authorized ECH Witnessing

Once the ECH is reviewed successfully (Supervised), the next step is for the Authority to Approve the ECH. This is similar to Schedule Witnessing. Additionally there is a field for the Legal/local Inspection date (see the Table below).

Authority record options for ECHs:

For Shell this means:

• Include RIG Pdf in ECH.
• Submit RIG Pdf to DocData for archiving in AIM.
• Store a hardcopy of the report in STW.kmr archive.