NDT Inspection Management Software for Inspection Companies in Western Australia

Short answer: The Atlantis ERP solution is a fully customized ERP for NDT and inspection companies working in Western Australia. It keeps AINDT (ISO 9712) certificates next to ASNT SNT-TC-1A and CP-189 records with automatic expiry status, tracks every flaw detector, probe and radiography source container by serial number with calibration status from your NATA-accredited lab, dispatches fly-in fly-out crews to the Pilbara, the Goldfields and Kwinana, captures reports offline where there is no signal, and runs quoting through invoicing on one system. Implementation is remote and typically takes 2 to 4 weeks from kickoff, depending on how clean your existing records are. Affordable. Accessible. Fully customizable. Ask for a Western Australia demo.

Running an NDT company in Western Australia is a logistics business as much as an inspection business. Much of the work sits more than 1,500 km north of Perth by road, on LNG trains and iron ore plant, out in the Goldfields on processing plant and pipelines, offshore on platforms and floating facilities, and close to home in the Kwinana industrial strip and the Henderson shipyards. Technicians rotate on swings, flights and site inductions have to line up, and a single expired certificate or an instrument that slipped past its calibration date can stop a crew at the gate after the company has paid to fly them there. The software you run the business on has to know who is certified for what, which equipment is fit to go, where everyone is, and what each day on site should be billed at. This page covers where the work is in WA, what operators and principal contractors ask for, what the Atlantis ERP actually does, and what to check before you choose any system.

The Western Australia inspection market: where NDT companies find work

Direct answer: NDT demand in Western Australia clusters in the Pilbara (LNG, iron ore, ports), offshore in the Carnarvon and Browse basins, in the Goldfields and Wheatbelt (gold, nickel, lithium and processing plant), along the Kwinana and Rockingham industrial strip south of Perth, at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, and across the South West alumina and lithium belt. Each area brings different clients, codes and logistics.

The Pilbara and the North West Shelf. Karratha and Dampier sit beside the North West Shelf project's Karratha Gas Plant and the Pluto LNG facility. Further west, the Wheatstone plant near Onslow and the Gorgon plant on Barrow Island process gas from the Carnarvon Basin. Those plants carry large inventories of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, cryogenic and high-pressure piping and storage tanks, and their shutdowns pull in UT thickness, PAUT, TOFD, radiography, MT, PT and visual teams by the planeload. Port Hedland, the world's largest bulk export port by tonnage, and the iron ore rail and port networks around it generate structural, weld and lifting-equipment inspection work on stackers, reclaimers, ship loaders, conveyors and car dumpers, with mine-site processing plant inland at Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo.

Offshore. Platforms, subsea infrastructure and floating facilities in Commonwealth waters off the north-west coast are regulated by NOPSEMA and are supported from Perth, Karratha, Dampier and Broome. Offshore campaigns bring rope access NDT, coating and corrosion surveys, and tight requirements on who goes offshore with which tickets.

The Goldfields and the lithium belt. Kalgoorlie-Boulder anchors the gold industry, with processing plants, tanks, pipelines and mobile plant that need regular inspection. Nickel operations in the region were placed in care and maintenance in late 2024, and lithium processing at Kwinana and Kemerton has been through curtailments as prices fell. For an NDT company this means demand that swings from site to site, which is exactly where clean scheduling and quick re-quoting matter.

Kwinana, Rockingham and Henderson. The Kwinana Industrial Area south of Perth holds a fuel import terminal on the site of the former refinery, alumina, chemical and fertiliser plants, power generation and port facilities. Next door, the Australian Marine Complex at Henderson hosts shipbuilding, naval sustainment and heavy fabrication yards, where weld inspection to class-society rules and defence quality requirements is routine. Perth's own metropolitan workshops supply skids, pressure vessels, structural steel and modules for the north.

The South West. Alumina refineries around Pinjarra and Wagerup, power stations near Collie, and the port of Bunbury add another cluster of shutdown and in-service inspection work within driving distance of Perth.

The digital twin page for Australia covers how inspection results from these plants can be shown on a 3D model; this page is about running the inspection company itself.

What WA operators and principal contractors ask NDT vendors for

Direct answer: Western Australian clients expect proof of personnel certification (usually AINDT under ISO 9712, sometimes ASNT-based employer certification for US-owned or US-code projects), current radiation licences, NATA-traceable calibration certificates, approved procedures, site-specific inductions and medicals, and inspection reports in the client's format on time. A vendor who cannot produce these quickly loses the gate or the next tender.

The requirement lists look similar across the big LNG operators, the iron ore majors and the EPC and maintenance contractors who manage shutdowns for them:

• Personnel competence. Certificates by method and level, usually AINDT certification under ISO 9712. Projects built or owned by US-linked operators, US OEM equipment packages and some offshore scopes may instead ask for qualification under an employer written practice based on ASNT SNT-TC-1A or CP-189. Many WA technicians hold both.
• Radiation. Industrial radiographers in WA must be licensed by the Radiological Council under the Radiation Safety Act 1975, and the company needs registration of its sources and apparatus. Clients ask to see licences, dosimetry arrangements and transport documentation before a source comes on site.
• Calibration. Certificates for flaw detectors, thickness gauges, yokes, light meters and reference blocks, typically from NATA-accredited laboratories, with a visible next-due date.
• Procedures and techniques. Approved, revision-controlled procedures referencing the applicable Australian standards (for example AS 3978 for NDT of pressure equipment, AS/NZS 1554 for structural welding, AS 2885 for pipelines) or ASME Section V for US-code equipment.
• Site readiness. Inductions, medicals, drug and alcohol testing and site access cards, plus the contractor management and prequalification systems each principal uses.
• Reporting. Reports in the client's template, signed off by the right level, delivered fast enough for the shutdown schedule, with a clear acceptable or not-acceptable result.

Plant registration and in-service inspection of pressure equipment in WA is regulated by WorkSafe WA under the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022, with AS/NZS 3788 the normal reference for in-service inspection. Your NDT results feed those programmes; the inspection planning itself sits with the owner and its registered inspectors.

What the Atlantis ERP does for NDT companies in Western Australia

Direct answer: The Atlantis ERP brings technician certificates, equipment and calibration, procedures, crew dispatch, field reports, timesheets, quotations and invoices into one system, so an office in Perth can see who is certified, what equipment is fit to fly north, where every crew is and what every job should be billed. The table maps typical WA needs to built-in features.

The modules are described in more detail on the Atlantis ERP page and the ERP apps overview.

Certification tracking for AINDT, ISO 9712 and ASNT side by side

Direct answer: Each technician can hold any number of certificate records. An AINDT certificate is recorded under the ISO 9712 scheme with AINDT as certifying body; an employer certification under an SNT-TC-1A or CP-189 written practice is recorded under its own scheme. Each record carries method, level, sector, dates, hours and attachments, and its status is computed automatically.

That matters in WA because the same person often works under both systems. A Level 2 UT technician might hold AINDT certification for most of the year, then join a crew on an offshore or US-code package where the client wants qualification under the contractor's ASNT-based written practice. Without a single record per certificate, the office ends up checking two spreadsheets and a pile of scanned cards every time a crew list is sent.

In the Atlantis ERP each certificate record holds:

• Scheme (SNT-TC-1A, CP-189, ISO 9712, PCN, CSWIP or other), level (trainee, I, II, III), method and industry sector.
• Certifying body, issue, expiry and renewal dates, OJT hours, training hours, exam passed and attached copies.
• Status computed automatically: active, expiring soon (90 days), expired or revoked.

Vision tests are tracked separately, with near vision (Jaeger J1/J2), far vision, colour perception, contrast, examiner, clinic, certificate file and expiry. Examination sheets hold general, specific and practical scores against a passing score, which is useful if you run in-house employer qualification under a written practice. Certificate templates per scheme set validity in months, whether a vision test or exam is required, and minimum OJT and training hours.

The employee NDT profile also records radiation safety training and the radiation badge number. A daily check creates warning tasks 90 days before any certificate or vision test expires, and configurable daily email alerts go to the people you choose. Timesheets warn when a technician's certificate is not valid, which catches problems before they reach an invoice. Radiographer licence copies issued by the Radiological Council can be attached to the technician record; a dedicated licence field with its own alert is configured during implementation if you want one.

If your company qualifies technicians under an ASNT-based written practice and needs help writing or auditing it, see written practice development. Atlantis training covers ASNT SNT-TC-1A methods only; it does not train toward AINDT certification.

Equipment, calibration and the long haul north

Direct answer: Every flaw detector, probe, gauge, yoke, source-related item and vehicle is tracked by serial number with lifecycle status, assigned person and calibration status. Calibration certificates from NATA-accredited laboratories are held with certificate number, standard, range, uncertainty and next due date, and expiry alerts go out before anything ships north.

In a WA company the expensive mistake is flying an instrument to the Pilbara and finding on site that its calibration expired last week. The ERP prevents that in three ways: calibration status sits on every equipment record, team assignments warn when assigned equipment is out of calibration, and the calibration certificate register shows valid, expiring and expired certificates with expiry alerts.

• Equipment records: equipment type, assigned person, condition, asset tag, firmware, accessories and lifecycle (new, active, in calibration, in repair, rented out, retired, disposed). Rental rates can be recorded when you hire kit to or from others.
• Calibration records: provider, certificate number, standard, range, uncertainty, accredited-lab flag, pass, fail or conditional result, next due date and the PDF certificate with the lab's accreditation number.
• Maintenance log: preventive, corrective, repair, cleaning, firmware update and probe replacement entries with condition before and after.
• Consumables: couplant, penetrant and magnetic particle chemicals, film or plates, PPE and stationery with reorder levels and low-stock flags, so a crew does not leave Perth short.
• Purchasing: vendor types (OEM, dealer, calibration lab) with an accredited-lab flag, accreditation number and expiry, and order lines linked to a specific equipment serial.
• Fleet: vehicles marked as able to carry radioactive sources, with transport licence number and expiry, and vehicle assignment to a project or driver with dates and mileage.

Company-level accreditations and licences, such as your NATA accreditation, ISO 9001 certificate or radiation registration, can be recorded as company certifications with their own alert days.

Crew dispatch for FIFO rosters, shutdowns and offshore campaigns

Direct answer: Jobs are team assignments with site GPS coordinates and mobilisation and demobilisation dates. The availability calendar blocks overlaps, so a technician on R&R, in training or already on another shutdown cannot be booked twice, and the same applies to equipment serial numbers.

FIFO work makes scheduling harder than in a city practice. Swings are often fixed, so days off are known weeks ahead, while shutdown dates move with the operator's plan. Entering rostered days off as leave or unavailable in the availability calendar means the dispatcher sees who is genuinely free, and the system will not let anyone build a crew list that relies on someone who is flying home that day. Each technician shows status, current assignment, utilisation percentage and next available date, with calendar, kanban and list views for the people who plan the work.

Project records carry the client PO, contract, methods, codes, scope, acceptance criteria, assigned equipment and technicians, plus safety induction and work permit fields. Tasks carry method, technician, component, result, indication and defect counts, and the procedure and WPS references. That gives a shutdown coordinator in Perth a live picture of what has been inspected, what is waiting for review, and what has been sent to the client.

Timesheets record work type (inspection, travel, standby, setup), method, billable flag, rate multiplier, site, client and equipment serial, and they go through approval. Travel days and weather or permit standby are where WA companies quietly lose money; recording them properly and feeding them into invoicing is a simple fix.

Field reporting from sites with no signal

Direct answer: The offline field app is an installable web app that works without signal, stores drafts and photos on the device and syncs when a connection returns. Reports then move through draft, in progress, review, approved and sent, with inspector, reviewer and approver signatures.

Mine sites, remote pipeline corridors and offshore facilities often have no usable connection where the technician is working. The field app gives a method picker, photo capture, on-screen signature and PDF preview, so the report can be drafted at the component and finished at camp. Report types cover UT, RT, MT, PT, VT, ECT, IRIS, PAUT, MFL, TOFD, PWHT, PMI, hardness, UT thickness, ferrite, holiday and coating, and computed radiography, each with its own numbering sequence. Method-specific fields include the UT probe calibration table, RT source, technique and IQI details, MT technique and particle type, PT method and developer, PAUT focal laws and UT thickness readings by direction.

Marine mode helps the Henderson yards and offshore scopes: a vessel cover page and photo, inspection location and dates, and a PDF that merges the classification-society certificate, the inspector's Level II certificate and the calibration certificate. For the reporting product on its own, see Digital Twin Reporting Software.

Compliance, regulators and data questions in Western Australia

Direct answer: The ERP helps you keep the records WA regulators and clients ask about, but it does not make you compliant on its own. GST and BAS reporting, payroll and e-invoicing settings are configured during implementation. Where your data is hosted and data residency requirements are discussed during scoping.

The regulators an NDT company in WA deals with most:

• Radiological Council of Western Australia: licensing of industrial radiographers and registration of sources and apparatus under the Radiation Safety Act 1975.
• WorkSafe WA: work health and safety, plant and pressure equipment registration under the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022.
• Mines safety: the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 for work on mine sites, administered by the state's mines safety regulator.
• NOPSEMA: offshore petroleum safety in Commonwealth waters.
• NATA: accreditation of testing and inspection bodies to ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 17020, which many clients require of the labs and companies they use.

For an accredited or accreditation-seeking company, the useful parts of the ERP are the controlled procedure register with full revision history, the calibration certificate register with accreditation numbers, the technician competence records, and NCR and CAPA workflows that can be set up during implementation. Australian tax settings, GST on invoices, BAS-ready reporting and Peppol e-invoicing if your clients want it are configured during implementation. Hosting location and data residency, which some operators raise in vendor questionnaires, are discussed during scoping.

Implementation for a Western Australian inspection company

Direct answer: Implementation is remote and typically takes 2 to 4 weeks from kickoff, depending on how clean your existing records are. Technician, certificate, equipment and calibration data is imported first, then report templates, quotation and invoice layouts, and finally users are trained.

A typical sequence:

1. Scoping call. Methods you perform, certificate schemes you track, clients and report formats, how you bill, and which apps you need.
2. Data import. Technicians, certificates and vision tests, equipment by serial number, calibration records, consumables, clients and price lists.
3. Templates. Client report templates (Excel templates mapped to fields), branded quotations and invoices.
4. Workflows. Report review and approval, procedure approval, equipment issue and return approvals, alert recipients and look-ahead days.
5. Training and go-live. Short remote sessions for office staff, dispatchers and field technicians, timed around your rosters.

Time zones are rarely a problem: sessions are scheduled for Perth working hours. Companies whose certificate data lives in many spreadsheets with inconsistent names take longer; companies that already keep one register move faster. Ask how implementation would run for your company.

Integrations with SAP, Maximo, NetSuite and QuickBooks

Direct answer: The Atlantis ERP has an open REST API and integrates with SAP, Maximo, NetSuite, QuickBooks or any system that accepts API connections. Each integration is scoped per implementation, based on what data actually needs to move.

Large WA operators commonly run SAP or Maximo for maintenance work orders. The usual exchange for an NDT contractor is work-order or PO numbers in and report references or status out, rather than full system-to-system automation. Smaller companies that keep their books in an existing accounting package can push invoices or keep the ERP's own invoicing. The field app also uses a REST API for jobs assigned to the technician, equipment issued to them, report submission and sync.

What to compare when choosing NDT software in Western Australia

Direct answer: Compare how each option handles mixed AINDT and ASNT certificates, calibration control, FIFO scheduling, offline reporting and quote-to-invoice. Spreadsheets cost nothing to start but break at scale; generic ERPs need heavy configuration for NDT; NDT-specific systems differ in whether they are built around laboratories or field crews.

Australian buyers will also look at local NDT and laboratory software, such as OMS, and at other NDT-specific systems such as SPA Innovision's InspectO. They are credible products and worth a demo. Questions that separate the options in WA: is the system built around a laboratory or around field crews; does it track ASNT and AINDT certificates in the same way; does it work offline; and can it bill a FIFO job properly. Our NDT ERP software comparison and reporting software guide go further.

Atlantis ERP across Western Australian cities

Direct answer: The ERP is delivered remotely, so it serves companies anywhere in the state. City pages cover local detail for Perth, the Pilbara ports and the Kwinana strip.

• NDT ERP in Perth: head offices, workshops and the Henderson and Kwinana fringe.
• NDT ERP in Karratha: LNG and the Burrup Peninsula.
• NDT ERP in Port Hedland: iron ore port and rail infrastructure.
• NDT ERP in Kwinana: fuel, alumina, chemical and lithium processing.

For the national picture, see NDT ERP in Australia. Atlantis does not have an office in Western Australia; demos, implementation and support are all delivered online.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best NDT ERP for inspection companies in Western Australia?

The best fit is the system that tracks your mix of AINDT and ASNT certificates, controls calibration, schedules FIFO crews and reports offline without extra tools. The Atlantis ERP does all four on one system and is fully customizable.

Can the ERP track AINDT certificates?

Yes. AINDT certificates are recorded under the ISO 9712 scheme with AINDT as the certifying body, with method, level, sector, dates and attachments, and status is computed automatically.

Can it hold ASNT and AINDT certificates for the same technician?

Yes. Each certificate is its own record, so one technician can hold AINDT, SNT-TC-1A, CP-189 or PCN records side by side, each with its own expiry alerts.

Does it work on remote Pilbara and Goldfields sites without signal?

Yes. The installable field app works offline, keeps drafts and photos on the device and syncs when a connection is available.

Does it record NATA-accredited calibration certificates?

Yes. Calibration records carry provider, certificate number, standard, range, uncertainty, an accredited-lab flag and the lab's accreditation number, with next due date and expiry alerts.

Can it help with radiography licences and source transport?

Radiation safety training and badge numbers sit on the employee NDT profile, licence copies can be attached, and fleet records mark vehicles that can carry radioactive sources with transport licence number and expiry. A dedicated licence alert is configured during implementation if needed.

How long does implementation take?

Typically 2 to 4 weeks from kickoff, delivered remotely. It depends on how clean your existing records are.

Does it handle GST, BAS and Peppol e-invoicing?

Australian tax settings, GST on invoices, BAS-ready reporting and Peppol e-invoicing are configured during implementation.

Where is the data hosted?

Hosting location and data residency are discussed during scoping, so they can match what your clients ask for in vendor questionnaires.

Can it connect to an operator's SAP or Maximo?

Yes, through the open REST API, scoped per implementation. Typical exchanges are work-order numbers in and report references out.

Does the ERP plan in-service inspection for the plant owner?

No. It runs the NDT company: people, certificates, equipment, procedures, jobs, reports and billing. In-service inspection planning under AS/NZS 3788 stays with the owner and its inspectors; your reports feed it.

How much does the ERP cost?

Quote on request. Scope depends on the apps you need, users and integrations. The Atlantis ERP is affordable, accessible and fully customizable.

Get a Western Australia NDT ERP demo

Tell us how your company runs today: how many technicians, which certificate schemes, which clients, which sites and which report formats. We will show the Atlantis ERP doing that work and send a written quote. Book a demo for your WA inspection company, request a quote, or ask about moving your certificate and calibration records. If you also need Level III procedure or audit support, see NDT consulting.

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