Quality Control
Introduction
All work done in your shop reflects upon the shop, its workers, and its
leadership; whether you or a coworker did the work is immaterial. It does
not matter if you are the supervisor or the worker; the reputation of the shop
is your reputation. The work produced by the shop must be professional in
appearance and meet professional standards. A shop should have someone to
review completed jobs to ensure that they are, in fact, completed as the
customer requested and that they meet prescribed standards of execution and
presentation.
Quality control
inspectors
What to look
for
Individuals with a keen eye for detail and a thorough knowledge of drafting
standards and practices should review completed jobs before the originators
are called to pick them up. LPOs may assign these individuals and should
rotate the assignment occasionally to cross train other workers.
Before a product is reviewed for quality, the inspector must have a copy of
the original to mark corrections on. When a copy is unavailable, then cover
the original with an overlay to protect it. Do not markup an original
drawing. The inspector is looking to see if the artwork satisfies the
customer’s request. The inspectors have a set of standards or guidelines for
format, size, lettering, and standard drafting practices. If the job requires
support from other shops, they check to see if those shops will have problems
handling the job.
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