Guidance
Validation Guideline
Validation Guideline
- NOPSEMA
- Guidance
- Management of ChangeRegulation and LegislationStructural and Asset Integrity
- Regulation and legislationStructural and asset integrity
- Independent audit and verificationManagement of changeSafety-case assurance
Summary
Guidance explains NOPSEMA’s validation requirements for proposed facilities and significant changes. It addresses agreement of scope, selection of safety-critical technical systems, validator independence and competence, and written deliverables. Validation is linked to safety-case acceptance, distinguished from verification, and illustrated through diving-system and well-testing applications.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Independent audit and verification.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Safety-case assurance.
Summary
Guides operators and assessors on validating facility design, construction, installation and significant changes.
Themes: management of change, regulation and legislation, structural and asset integrity.