ITS Manitoba Compliance for Inspection Service Providers

Any organization or individual that intends to construct, install, alter or repair pressure equipment in Manitoba, or to conduct pressure welding performance tests, and every owner operating a boiler, pressure vessel or refrigeration plant in the province. Personnel certification is central or third-party here, so the firm cannot certify its own technicians internally.

Repairs and alterations may only be performed by a holder of a current and valid Certificate of Authorization that includes the appropriate scope, with prior ITS approval before work begins. Manitoba is the province where a US firm is most likely to assume a third-party route exists and find none. Inspection and Technical Services performs the periodic inspections itself and issues the inspection certificate; the published ITS material does not describe an owner-user self-inspection or accredited third-party inspection agency programme of the kind Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec operate. What a firm can hold is a Certificate of Authorization for construction, installation, alteration, repair or pressure welding performance testing, obtained by registering a written quality control manual with ITS and passing an implementation audit. Since June 8, 2020 ITS has applied a graded interval system rather than fixed annual and biennial inspections.

Source: Manitoba Inspection and Technical Services Quality Control Program, Pressure Equipment Inspections, Repair and Alterations and Boiler & Pressure Vessel pages on gov.mb.ca; ITS Bulletin 22-004 Pressure Equipment Graded Inspections, describing the interval grading system implemented 2020-06-08; ITS Bulletin 20-003 Electronic Submissions Guide; The Steam and Pressure Plants Act and The Steam and Pressure Plants Regulation (Man. Reg. 108/87 R), and The Power Engineers Act. Note a genuine inconsistency in the source material: ITS pages variously cite The Technical Safety Act and The Steam and Pressure Plants Act as the governing statute, and the operative citation should be confirmed with ITS. Verified 2026-08-21.

ITS Manitoba at a glance — authority, scope and what it demands
Item	What applies	Why it matters
Authority	Inspection and Technical Services (ITS), a branch of Manitoba Labour and Immigration — a government department, not a delegated or arm's-length safety authority	The body that issues, audits and can withdraw
Applies to	Any organization or individual that intends to construct, install, alter or repair pressure equipment in Manitoba, or to conduct pressure welding performance.	Whether this binds your firm at all
Personnel certification	Central or third-party certification required	Decides whether an outsourced Level III can sign for you
Renewal	The Certificate of Authorization is valid for a period not to exceed three years and must be renewed prior to the expiry date by submitting an updated manual. Equipment inspection certificates carry their own expiry dates and the next inspection must occur before that date. Since June 8, 2020 inspection intervals have been graded: equipment is first assigned a grade 1 interval and only becomes eligible for the longer grade 2 interval after a minimum of two in-service inspections under grade 1, depending on condition and deficiencies found.	Diarise from the certificate date, not from memory
Methods in scope	UT, UTT, RT, MT, PT, VT	Each method needs its own procedure and qualified personnel
Industries	Agriculture and grain processing, Food and beverage processing, Power generation and hydro, Chemical processing, Mining	Where this regime shows up in contracts

Who does ITS Manitoba apply to?

Any organization or individual that intends to construct, install, alter or repair pressure equipment in Manitoba, or to conduct pressure welding performance tests, and every owner operating a boiler, pressure vessel or refrigeration plant in the province. Repairs and alterations may only be performed by a holder of a current and valid Certificate of Authorization that includes the appropriate scope, with prior ITS approval before work begins.

Can an outsourced Level III sign for ITS Manitoba compliance?

Not for the certification itself. ITS Manitoba requires central or third-party personnel certification, so technicians are certified by the scheme rather than by the employer. A consulting Level III still adds value on procedures, documentation, gap assessment and audit attendance — but cannot substitute for the scheme's own certification.

What documents does a ITS Manitoba audit ask for?

Written quality control manual appropriate to the scope of work, registered with Inspection and Technical Services, Registered welding and brazing procedures, Valid current Manitoba Welder Licences for all welders and brazers, Certificate of Authorization stating the authorized scope of work, ITS ES Form 01 Repair & Alteration Report, submitted for repairs and alterations. Auditors open records before they open manuals, because a manual describes intent while records show practice. The most common failure is a documented system that does not match what the technicians actually do.

How often is ITS Manitoba renewed?

The Certificate of Authorization is valid for a period not to exceed three years and must be renewed prior to the expiry date by submitting an updated manual. Equipment inspection certificates carry their own expiry dates and the next inspection must occur before that date. Since June 8, 2020 inspection intervals have been graded: equipment is first assigned a grade 1 interval and only becomes eligible for the longer grade 2 interval after a minimum of two in-service inspections under grade 1, depending on condition and deficiencies found. Firms that diarise renewal from the certificate date rather than from the last audit avoid the lapse that forces a full reapplication.

What are the most common ITS Manitoba findings?

Repair or alteration work started before obtaining prior approval from ITS, which is required in every case., Repairs performed under a Certificate of Authorization whose authorized scope does not actually include alteration and repair., Welders or brazers working without a valid current Manitoba Welder Licence, which the registered quality control programme requires., Certificate of Authorization allowed to lapse because the updated manual was not resubmitted before the three-year expiry.. These recur because they are records problems rather than capability problems — the work is being done correctly and the evidence is not being kept.

Which NDT methods does ITS Manitoba cover?

UT, UTT, RT, MT, PT, VT, PAUT. Each method in scope needs its own approved procedure and personnel qualified in that specific method; a Level III qualified in ultrasonics cannot sign for radiography.

Personnel certification under ITS Manitoba

The ITS publications reviewed do not name an NDT personnel certification scheme, so neither central CGSB certification nor an SNT-TC-1A employer written practice is affirmatively endorsed in Manitoba's own material. Certification requirements reach the province through the adopted code rather than through a provincial rule, and CSA B51 references CAN/CGSB-48.9712. What Manitoba does make explicit is a jurisdictional personal credential for welding: all welders and brazers working under a registered quality control programme must hold valid current Manitoba Welder Licences. Confirm the NDE expectation with ITS in writing before relying on employer-based certification.

The audit sequence

Develop and implement a written quality control manual appropriate for the intended scope of work and meeting the applicable codes and standards.
Register the quality control manual with Inspection and Technical Services, submitting electronically per bulletin ITS 20-003 to QASupport@gov.mb.ca.
Complete the implementation audit conducted by ITS.
ITS issues the Certificate of Authorization detailing the authorized scope of work, valid for a period not to exceed three years.
Carry out all work in accordance with the registered manual, ensuring welders and brazers hold valid current Manitoba Welder Licences.
Review and update the manual and resubmit it before the expiry date to renew the certificate.

Documents an auditor asks for

Written quality control manual appropriate to the scope of work, registered with Inspection and Technical Services
Registered welding and brazing procedures
Valid current Manitoba Welder Licences for all welders and brazers
Certificate of Authorization stating the authorized scope of work
ITS ES Form 01 Repair & Alteration Report, submitted for repairs and alterations
Prior ITS approval for each repair or alteration before work begins
Design registration submissions for pressure equipment used in Manitoba
Inspection certificates carrying the Manitoba Object Number for each unit in service

Findings firms get against ITS Manitoba

Repair or alteration work started before obtaining prior approval from ITS, which is required in every case.
Repairs performed under a Certificate of Authorization whose authorized scope does not actually include alteration and repair.
Welders or brazers working without a valid current Manitoba Welder Licence, which the registered quality control programme requires.
Certificate of Authorization allowed to lapse because the updated manual was not resubmitted before the three-year expiry.
Repair and alteration work not documented on ITS ES Form 01, or submitted without the unit location and Manitoba Unit number in the submission.
Equipment operated without a valid inspection certificate, which The Steam and Pressure Plants Act prohibits.
Assuming a grade 2 interval applies before the equipment has had the minimum two in-service inspections under grade 1.
Alterations made without design registration, including non-physical changes such as re-rating MAWP or design temperature, which Manitoba classifies as alterations.