Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine information required from tests
- Analyse relevant documents for any test information requirements
- Liaise with relevant stakeholders to determine test information requirements
- Confirm the end use conditions for the refractory
- Identify discrepancies or conflicts in requirements
- Negotiate a consistent set of test information requirements
- Specify required tests
- Determine data required to yield the required information
- Determine range of tests and test methods which will yield that data the set of requirements
- Make a preliminary selection of tests which will provide required data
- Identify health, safety and environment (HSE) risks of possible tests
- Estimate the cost of possible tests
- Confirm test data will yield information required by stakeholders
- Specify preferred range of tests and test methods to provide required data
- Specify sampling regime
- Identify sample requirements of specified tests
- Determine sampling frequency required to meet information requirements
- Draft sampling regime
- Liaise with relevant stakeholders in relation to sampling regime
- Negotiate changes to sampling regime and/or information requirements as required.
- Finalise testing and sampling regime
- Interpret test data