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the activity. This will allow them to determine the scope of the assessment and which applicable

activity policies and procedures to review when developing the assessment plan. Sections 5.4 and

5.8 provide a detailed explanation of assessment planning and the use of assessment techniques.

The elements of the program should be defined by activity administrative procedures and policies.

The most important policy to note is what components require labeling. If the activity chooses

not to have a labeling program, the assessment of this area of conduct of operations becomes a

walkthrough of the activity, to identify all damaged or missing labels.

It should be noted that even if the decision has been made to not have a labeling program, it may

be necessary to assess labeling determine what effect the quality of labeling is having on other

areas, such as use of procedures, emergency actions, control of equipment status, maintenance,

lock and tag, engineering, etc.

6.18.3 Observation. Observations of equipment and piping labeling should be conducted

during walkthroughs of the activity and operations in progress.

During the assessment, assessors should walk through the activity and look for:

Systems and equipment that are required to have labels but are not actually labeled

Components that are missing labels or have damaged labels

Labels that do not correlate with diagrams, schematics, drawings, and procedures

Markings on equipment and components that indicate label deficiencies

Markings or corrections made to labels, indicating deficiencies in the labels themselves

Labels that differ in nomenclature from procedures and drawings

Once an observation has been completed, compare what was observed to the requirements

contained in activity policies and procedures to identify any apparent deviations from

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