# Acceptance criteria

> Acceptance criteria are the documented limits, taken from a code, standard or client specification, against which inspection results are evaluated to decide whether a component or weld is accepted, repaired or rejected.

- Source: https://amps.global/glossary/acceptance-criteria/
- Type: Glossary
- Published: 2026-09-05
- Tags: quality, NDT

## Key facts

- An indication is anything the method shows; it becomes a defect only when it exceeds the acceptance criteria
- Sources: ASME BPVC Section VIII (for example UW-51 for RT), AWS D1.1 Clause 8, ISO 5817 quality levels, ISO 10675, ISO 23278
- The report must state which criteria were applied and their revision
- Level 2 technicians evaluate against criteria; Level 3s select and interpret them

Also known as: accept/reject criteria, acceptance standard, acceptance levels.

## In practice

The same weld can pass under one code and fail under another, so the criteria are fixed in the procedure or ITP before testing starts. Reports record the criteria, the indications found, their size and position, and the accept/reject decision.

## Acceptance criteria in AMPS

Because AMPS reports come from your own Word templates, the acceptance criteria clause, the procedure reference and the revision block stay exactly where your QA system expects them, with the job data filled in automatically. Every action taken in AMPS is tracked by its history feature, and each job page holds the latest version of its documents with everyone notified when a document is updated.

## Related pages

- [ISO 5817](https://amps.global/glossary/iso-5817/)
- [ISO 10675](https://amps.global/glossary/iso-10675/)
- [Non-conformance report (NCR)](https://amps.global/glossary/non-conformance-report/)

## Sources

- [ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code](https://www.asme.org/codes-standards/bpvc-standards)
- [AWS - American Welding Society](https://www.aws.org/)
- [ISO - International Organization for Standardization](https://www.iso.org/)