Two ways to file a visit
Live at the institute, or on paper and transcribed later
The official form is a printed form completed at the institute. The portal accepts the same form
either way, and records which way it was captured, so that a reviewer and NAVTTC can tell a contemporaneous
record from a transcription.
Mode A
Live capture
The officer has connectivity at the institute and completes the form on the phone as the visit happens.
- Answers are entered as each observation is made.
- Photos are captured at the point of observation, against the category they evidence.
- Drafts are saved to the server incrementally, with revision checks on every save.
- Interruption and reconnection are handled: the server revision is re-read and a conflicting edit is
shown rather than overwritten.
Mode B
Paper form, transcribed
The officer has no connectivity at the institute, completes the printed form by hand, and enters it into
the portal afterwards.
- A blank form is printed for the visit before travelling, with identity pre-filled and an accession strip
carrying the visit reference, the officer and the criteria version.
- The completed form is uploaded as the original record for the visit.
- The portal entry is the transcription of that original, and records who transcribed it, on what
date, and against which accession id.
- Photos taken at the institute are imported afterwards, and each is linked to its institute, visit,
trade and parameter.
How the two are recorded
| Aspect | Live capture | Paper and transcribe |
| Original record | The portal entry, with its evidence files | The scanned paper form; the portal entry is the transcription of it |
| Marker | Captured live | Transcribed from paper form — shown in the report, the packet and the audit trail |
| Attestation | Field declaration that observed facts and missing items are recorded honestly | Field declaration, plus the transcription date, transcribing officer and paper accession id |
| Before approval | Supervisor review, then independent programme approval | Same, and the transcription is compared against the uploaded paper original |
| Evidence | Photos uploaded as taken | Photos imported afterwards; every category must still be met |
| Validation | Identical. Both modes write to the same visit, the same scopes, the same evidence rules and the same approval chain; the mode is the only difference. |
Why the distinction is recorded. The official SOP places responsibility for the accuracy, completeness and
timely approval of M&E forms on the firm, and states that NAVTTC's M&E Section is not expected to complete
missing documentation, rectify avoidable errors, or perform the firm's basic quality assurance checks. Where a
record was made on paper and entered afterwards, the report says so, and a reviewer compares the two before
approval. The evidence chain is then the firm's own.
The printable form
In paper mode the officer prints the form for each assigned visit before
travelling. Identity fields are pre-filled so the wrong institute cannot be transcribed; observational fields are
left blank for completion at the institute; and the accession strip travels with the form so it can be matched back
to its visit.
PrintedIdentity pre-filled
Institute code, name, address, district, package, trade codes, batch and capacity reference are filled from
the visit record. Everything observational is blank.
CarriedAccession strip
Visit accession id, visit id, officer name and the criteria and form version in force on the visit date.
ReturnedUploaded as the original
The completed form is scanned and uploaded, and the portal entry is compared against it before approval.
Photos are required in both modes. The official form carries 18 image boxes, and the SOP requires every
observation to be supported by documentary or pictorial evidence. An uploaded original is quarantined until the
security scan clears it, and only a clean original counts as evidence — so in both modes the visit cannot be
submitted until each required category holds clean, correctly-scoped photographs.