This Engineering Disclaimer forms part of, and should be read with, the OpsPilot Terms of Service. By using OpsPilot you accept this Disclaimer.
1. What OpsPilot is — and is not
OpsPilot is an AI-assisted drafting and decision-support tool. It helps qualified professionals structure their thinking and produce draft engineering and operational documents that reference recognised standards and good practice.
OpsPilot is not:
- a firm of engineers, and it does not provide professional engineering services;
- a substitute for the judgement of a competent, suitably qualified and (where required) registered or chartered engineer;
- a certifying authority — it does not certify, approve, or warrant the adequacy of any design, calculation, safeguard, risk ranking, inspection interval, or compliance position;
- a source of legal, safety, or regulatory advice.
Every document OpsPilot produces is a starting point that requires independent verification before it is relied upon.
2. No engineer–client relationship
Using OpsPilot does not create an engineer–client, consultant, or other professional advisory relationship between you and OpsPilot. OpsPilot does not accept and does not carry professional liability for any output, determination, or decision. Professional responsibility remains, at all times, with you and your organisation (the duty-holder).
3. You are responsible — competence and verification
You are responsible for ensuring that:
- you (or the person relying on an output) are competent and suitably qualified for the task;
- every output is independently reviewed and verified by a competent person before use — including all inputs, assumptions, calculations, standards references, risk rankings, and conclusions;
- outputs are not used for safety-critical decisions, design, operation, regulatory compliance, or risk acceptance without that independent verification and, where applicable, formal endorsement;
- any changes flowing from an output are managed through your organisation’s proper processes (for example, Management of Change).
If you are not in a position to verify an output, do not rely on it.
4. AI limitations
Outputs are generated by an AI model and may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong — including standards citations, numerical values, regulatory requirements, and conclusions. The model can produce plausible-looking content that is incorrect. Confidence indicators, assumption flags, and “verification required” markers in outputs are aids to your review — they are not assurances of accuracy. Treat every output as a draft to be checked, not as a finished or authoritative work.
5. Standards references are aids, not guarantees
OpsPilot references international and national standards and codes (for example ISO, IEC, API, ASME, AS/NZS, OSHA/WHS and others) to help structure your work. A reference to a standard:
- does not guarantee that an output complies with that standard or with any current edition of it;
- does not confirm the standard is the correct or current one for your application or jurisdiction;
- does not replace your obligation to obtain and apply the authoritative published standard.
You are responsible for confirming the applicable standards, their current versions, and correct application.
6. Regulatory submissions and safety-critical use
Outputs must not be submitted to any regulator (for example WorkSafe, SafeWork, EPA, a pressure-equipment or major-hazard-facility authority, or any equivalent body), nor used as the basis for safety-critical decisions, without independent verification and the formal endorsement of a suitably qualified competent person — for example a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), RPEQ, PE, CEng, or EurIng, as relevant to the discipline and jurisdiction.
For risk and safety analyses in particular (including ALARP demonstrations, HAZOP/HAZID, FMEA, risk assessments, integrity and remaining-life assessments, and structural assessments), the duty-holder retains the legal responsibility to verify that credited controls actually work, that assumptions are valid, and that the analysis is fit for its intended use. OpsPilot does not carry that responsibility, and an OpsPilot output is a draft only until a competent person has verified and endorsed it.
7. No warranty; limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, and subject to any rights you have under the Australian Consumer Law that cannot be excluded:
- outputs are provided “as is”, with no warranty of accuracy, completeness, fitness for purpose, or compliance with any standard or law;
- OpsPilot is not liable for any loss, damage, injury, cost, or liability arising from your use of, or reliance on, any output, or from any decision, design, submission, or action taken using OpsPilot — including any failure to independently verify an output.
The limitations and consumer-law provisions in the Terms of Service apply to this Disclaimer.
8. Acknowledgement
By using OpsPilot, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Disclaimer, that you will treat all outputs as drafts requiring independent verification by a competent person, and that professional and legal responsibility for any reliance on an output rests with you and your organisation, not with OpsPilot.
End of draft — for legal review.