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AUDITOR NOTE: 9001 F45.25.1

February 07

Client Report Date

Name Number

INSTALLATIONANDMAINTENANCEOFHIGHWAY LIGHTING
AUDITORNOTES Checked/ Not
Checked/Not
General Applicable
6.2 Human Resources
Are training records maintained for all staff whose activities have C Not C N/A
an effect on the services provided, in particular:
Cable jointers?
Personnel terminating cables and making earth connections?
7.1 Planning of Product Realisation
No Special Requirements
7.2 Customer related Processes
Does contract review establish the following? C Not C N/A
Position and identification of lighting units/feeder pillars?
Customer specified/preferred equipment?
Protection (eg IP rating) of equipment?
Positioning of PECU’s/Shorting Plugs/Time Switches?
Requirements for “spare” capacity of supply/circuits?
Special earthing requirements?
Signs and labels, including warnings?
Minimum cable sizes?
Minimum trench depths?
Other services (eg telecoms) that may be affected?
Special certification requirements?
7.3 Design and Development
Not Applicable for Installation and Maintenance
7.4 Purchasing
No Special Requirements
7.5 Production and Service Provision
Are adequate controls in place to identify: C Not C N/A
Equipment with type, manufacturer, model, rating etc?
Terminals/conductors with circuit, phase, etc?
Ends of ducts?
Location of underground cable joints?
Columns and brackets?
Access points for inspection/test/maintenance?
Is traceability of critical materials/equipment maintained, eg: C Not C N/A
Cables?
Columns?
Are method statements available for: C Not C N/A
Temporary lighting?
Excavation?
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AUDITOR NOTE: 9001 F45.25.1
February 07

Client Report Date

Name Number

 Treatment of buried portion of metal columns?

 Protection of cable entry slots prior to back
 filling/concreting? Provision of cable ducts through
 concrete to columns?
 Column erection?
 Laying armoured cables?
 Segregation/separation of underground
 cables? Marking and protection of
 underground cables? Cable jointing?
 Back Filling/concreting?
 Protection of external cable
 runs? Termination of armoured
 cables? Finishing unused cable
 cores?
Have precautions been taken for erecting columns near overhead power C Not C N/A
Joining dissimilar metals to avoid galvanic
lines?
Arecorrosion?
restrictionsUnsupported vertical
imposed in the cable
case of runs? weather (eg cold
by adverse C Not C N/A
conditions cause PVC insulation to become brittle, certain equipment
must remain dry)?
Are columns checked for vertical alignment prior to back filling? C Not C N/A
Are anchorages checked? C Not C N/A
Are columns checked for vertical alignment after erection? C Not C N/A
Prior to energising, is each circuit checked for: C Not C N/A
Cable sheath insulation resistance?
Earth loop impedance?
Earth electrode resistance?
Insulation resistance phase to phase and phase to earth?
Polarity?
After energising, are the following checked: C Not C N/A
Operation of RCD’s?
Voltages at feeder pillars and “last current using equipment”?
Are procedures adequate to describe methods of handling material C Not C N/A
and equipment at head office and site locations, in particular:
Cable stored out of doors to prevent ingress?
Cable ends awaiting connection?
Columns and brackets awaiting transport/erection?
Columns during erection?
Equipment, hardware, etc requiring dry storage?
Shelf lifed items, eg cable jointing compounds, bitumen, cement?
Are site controls adequate to protect work in process and completed C Not C N/A
from
work damage by other activities, eg power rammers used away from
buried cables?
Are “as installed” records produced to include: C Not C N/A
Positions of connection points/joints?
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AUDITOR NOTE: 9001 F45.25.1
February 07

Client Report Date

Name Number

 Underground cable runs and their

 depths? Cable types, sizes, drum
Arenumbers?
arrangements made, where specified, for witnessed tests by the C Not C N/A
client?
Are completion certificates/test results available at handover? C Not C N/A
7.6 Monitoring and Measuring Devices
Is all inspection and test equipment used where actual pass/fail values C Not C N/A
are specified of current valid calibration status, in particular:
Torque wrenches used on anchor bolts?
Megohm meters?
Earth loop impedance meters?
Voltmeters?
I have recorded the objective evidence that answers the questions on this checklist on the PAAW
and/or audit notes.

Lead Auditor………………………………… Date …………..