The qualification of the inspection system (procedure of inspection, equipment, data treatment, personnel if necessary) is a solution to the problem. This concept of qualification must however result from a well-established strategy. The historical evolution of inspection attitudes or concepts is showing that from assembling and applying techniques and corrected the industrial practices. Then, from inspection effectiveness assessment, the evolution led to inspection qualification in order to "set" the capability. The use of Risk Informed Assessment is now inducing targets or inspection objectives recognised as guides for inspection qualification and thus for inspection performance to be reached!

As it is now understandable, the logic scheme or strategy steps to follow must be:

• Inspection objectives definition through Risk Informed Assessment

• Use of such objectives to define inspection qualification targets and detailed inspection performance required

• Elaboration of inspection qualification methodologies and procedures

• Identification and assembling of capable NDE techniques in order to offer the necessary performance to be validated by qualification. This identification can require demonstration trials such as PISC, Nordtest and other benchmarking exercises.

Such a logic scheme is now the one to keep in mind for correct industrial inspection and effective structural integrity assessment of industrial components.