diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py
index 1600b5e2..ca65b4d5 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # License OPL-1 (Odoo Proprietary License v1.0)
 {
     'name': 'Fusion Plating — Native Jobs',
-    'version': '19.0.10.15.0',
+    'version': '19.0.10.16.0',
     'category': 'Manufacturing/Plating',
     'summary': 'Native plating job model — replaces mrp.production / mrp.workorder bridge.',
     'author': 'Nexa Systems Inc.',
diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/wizards/fp_cert_issue_wizard_views.xml b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/wizards/fp_cert_issue_wizard_views.xml
index 31e1f620..57167198 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/wizards/fp_cert_issue_wizard_views.xml
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/wizards/fp_cert_issue_wizard_views.xml
@@ -24,15 +24,43 @@
                         (Fischerscope file or readings). Fill it in
                         below before confirming.
                     </div>
+                    <!-- 2026-05-20: surface the file upload INLINE in the
+                         list instead of behind a row-click into a sub-form.
+                         Operators kept missing the upload affordance — the
+                         list looked like a status display, not an action
+                         surface. Adding the binary field as a column lets
+                         them drop the Fischerscope file right where they
+                         see "Needs Thickness" turned on. The form behind
+                         the row click stays as a "details" expansion for
+                         per-reading editing after upload. -->
                     <field name="line_ids" nolabel="1">
                         <list editable="bottom" create="false" delete="false">
-                            <field name="cert_name" readonly="1"/>
-                            <field name="cert_type" readonly="1"/>
-                            <field name="partner_id" readonly="1"/>
+                            <field name="cert_name" readonly="1"
+                                   string="Reference"/>
+                            <field name="cert_type" readonly="1"
+                                   string="Type"/>
+                            <field name="partner_id" readonly="1"
+                                   string="Customer"/>
                             <field name="needs_thickness" readonly="1"
-                                   widget="boolean_toggle"/>
+                                   widget="boolean_toggle"
+                                   string="Needs Thickness"/>
+                            <!-- Upload column. Visible/required only when
+                                 the cert needs thickness data. Triggers
+                                 the @onchange-driven .docx parser. -->
+                            <field name="fischer_filename" column_invisible="1"/>
+                            <field name="fischer_file"
+                                   filename="fischer_filename"
+                                   widget="binary"
+                                   string="Fischerscope File (PDF or .docx)"
+                                   invisible="not needs_thickness"
+                                   readonly="not needs_thickness"/>
+                            <field name="parsed_summary" readonly="1"
+                                   string="Parsed"
+                                   optional="show"
+                                   invisible="not needs_thickness or not parsed_summary"/>
                             <field name="is_ready" widget="boolean_toggle"
                                    readonly="1"
+                                   string="Ready"
                                    decoration-success="is_ready"
                                    decoration-danger="not is_ready"/>
                         </list>
@@ -61,13 +89,20 @@
                                     <field name="fischer_filename"
                                            invisible="1"/>
                                 </group>
-                                <div class="text-muted"
+                                <div class="alert alert-info"
+                                     role="alert"
                                      invisible="not needs_thickness or not parsed_summary">
+                                    <i class="fa fa-check-circle me-1"/>
                                     <field name="parsed_summary"
                                            readonly="1" nolabel="1"/>
                                 </div>
                                 <separator string="Thickness Readings"
                                            invisible="not needs_thickness"/>
+                                <p class="text-muted small"
+                                   invisible="not needs_thickness">
+                                    Auto-filled from the .docx upload above.
+                                    Edit/add rows manually as needed.
+                                </p>
                                 <field name="reading_line_ids"
                                        invisible="not needs_thickness">
                                     <list editable="bottom">