diff --git a/apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/domain/herregistratie.machine.ts b/apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/domain/herregistratie.machine.ts
index f603a84..507780d 100644
--- a/apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/domain/herregistratie.machine.ts
+++ b/apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/domain/herregistratie.machine.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   reduceUpload,
   requiredCategoriesSatisfied,
   deliveryRefs,
+  digitalDocumentIds,
 } from '@shared/domain/upload.machine';
 
 /** What the user is typing (raw, possibly invalid). */
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export function hasProgress(s: Extract<WizardState, { tag: 'Editing' }>): boolea
     !!s.draft.uren ||
     !!s.draft.jaren ||
     !!s.draft.punten ||
-    deliveryRefs(s.upload).some((r) => r.channel === 'digital' && !!r.documentId)
+    digitalDocumentIds(s.upload).length > 0
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/ui/herregistratie-wizard/herregistratie-wizard.component.ts b/apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/ui/herregistratie-wizard/herregistratie-wizard.component.ts
index 77f9701..254da49 100644
--- a/apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/ui/herregistratie-wizard/herregistratie-wizard.component.ts
+++ b/apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/ui/herregistratie-wizard/herregistratie-wizard.component.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
 import { createDraftSync } from '@registratie/application/draft-sync';
 import { DocumentUploadComponent } from '@shared/ui/organisms/upload/document-upload/document-upload.component';
 import { createUploadController } from '@shared/application/upload-controller';
-import { UploadState, initialUpload, deliveryRefs } from '@shared/domain/upload.machine';
+import { UploadState, initialUpload, digitalDocumentIds } from '@shared/domain/upload.machine';
 
 /** Organism: multi-step herregistratie wizard. ALL state lives in one signal
     driven by the pure `reduce` function (see herregistratie.machine.ts) via an
@@ -148,8 +148,14 @@ import { UploadState, initialUpload, deliveryRefs } from '@shared/domain/upload.
 })
 export class HerregistratieWizardComponent {
   private profile = inject(BigProfileStore);
-  // Effect fires once, on Editing -> Submitting (RD-05's tag-transition rule; `Seed` is
-  // exempt, so a story mounting straight into `Submitting` does not call the network).
+
+  /** Optional seed so Storybook / the showcase can mount any state directly. */
+  seed = input<WizardState>(initial);
+
+  // --- The store: all state in one signal, changed only by a pure reduce -----
+  // The effect fires once, on the `Editing -> Submitting` transition. `Seed` is exempt,
+  // so a story that mounts straight into `Submitting` does not call the network.
+  // `draftSync` is declared below (both callbacks are deferred, so the cycle is safe).
   private store = createStore<WizardState, WizardMsg>(initial, reduce, {
     Submitting: async (s, store) => {
       this.profile.beginHerregistratie();
@@ -163,36 +169,10 @@ export class HerregistratieWizardComponent {
       }
     },
   });
-
-  /** Preview/download link for a completed upload; delegates to the upload
-      controller (application layer), which knows the dev-simulation `demo-*` ids
-      have no stored bytes and returns no link for them. */
-  protected previewUrlFor = (documentId: string): string | undefined =>
-    this.uploadCtl.previewUrlFor(documentId);
-
-  /** Optional seed so Storybook / the showcase can mount any state directly. */
-  seed = input<WizardState>(initial);
-
   readonly state = this.store.model; // public so the showcase can highlight the live state
   protected dispatch = this.store.dispatch;
 
-  // Backend draft-sync (new persistence for this wizard): create a Concept on first
-  // progress, debounced-sync the snapshot, resume by `?aanvraag=<id>`.
-  private draftSync = createDraftSync({
-    type: 'herregistratie',
-    snapshot: () => {
-      const s = this.state();
-      if (s.tag !== 'Editing' || !hasProgress(s)) return null;
-      const documentIds = deliveryRefs(s.upload)
-        .filter((r) => r.channel === 'digital' && r.documentId)
-        .map((r) => r.documentId!);
-      return { draft: s, stepIndex: s.step - 1, stepCount: this.stepLabels.length, documentIds };
-    },
-    onResume: (draft) => this.dispatch({ tag: 'Seed', state: draft as WizardState }),
-    enabled: () => this.seed() === initial,
-  });
-
-  // Stepper labels + per-step heading titles (presentational only).
+  // --- Static copy: stepper labels and per-step headings ---------------------
   readonly stepLabels = [
     $localize`:@@herregWizard.step.werkervaring:Werkervaring`,
     $localize`:@@herregWizard.step.nascholing:Nascholing`,
@@ -204,6 +184,7 @@ export class HerregistratieWizardComponent {
     $localize`:@@herregWizard.title.documenten:Documenten aanleveren`,
   ];
 
+  // --- State projections: one narrow, then read-only views of it -------------
   private editing = computed(() => whenTag(this.state(), 'Editing'));
   protected step = computed(() => this.editing()?.step ?? 1);
   protected draft = computed<Draft>(
@@ -214,11 +195,35 @@ export class HerregistratieWizardComponent {
   protected errJaren = computed(() => this.editing()?.errors.jaren ?? '');
   protected errPunten = computed(() => this.editing()?.errors.punten ?? '');
   protected errDocumenten = computed(() => this.editing()?.errors.documenten ?? '');
+
+  // --- Controllers: persistence and uploads ----------------------------------
+  // Create a Concept on first progress, then debounced-sync the snapshot.
+  // `?aanvraag=<id>` resumes it.
+  private draftSync = createDraftSync({
+    type: 'herregistratie',
+    snapshot: () => {
+      const s = this.state();
+      if (s.tag !== 'Editing' || !hasProgress(s)) return null;
+      return {
+        draft: s,
+        stepIndex: s.step - 1,
+        stepCount: this.stepLabels.length,
+        documentIds: digitalDocumentIds(s.upload),
+      };
+    },
+    onResume: (draft) => this.dispatch({ tag: 'Seed', state: draft as WizardState }),
+    enabled: () => this.seed() === initial,
+  });
   protected uploadCtl = createUploadController({
     wizardId: 'herregistratie',
     getUpload: () => this.upload(),
     dispatch: (msg) => this.dispatch({ tag: 'Upload', msg }),
   });
+  /** Preview/download link for a completed upload; delegates to the upload
+      controller (application layer), which knows the dev-simulation `demo-*` ids
+      have no stored bytes and returns no link for them. */
+  protected previewUrlFor = (documentId: string): string | undefined =>
+    this.uploadCtl.previewUrlFor(documentId);
 
   // --- Presentational wiring for the shared wizard shell ---------------------
   protected stepTitle = computed(() => this.stepTitles[this.step() - 1]);
@@ -228,11 +233,6 @@ export class HerregistratieWizardComponent {
       ? naarStapLabel(step + 1, this.stepLabels[step])
       : $localize`:@@herregWizard.indienen:Herregistratie aanvragen`;
   });
-
-  /** Stepper emits a 0-based index for an earlier (visited) step. */
-  protected goToStep(index: number) {
-    this.dispatch({ tag: 'GaNaarStap', step: (index + 1) as 1 | 2 | 3 });
-  }
   /** Maps this machine's own tags onto the shell's `WizardPhase` vocabulary,
       composing the localized failure prefix so the `Failed` message arrives intact. */
   protected phase = computed<WizardPhase>(() => {
@@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ export class HerregistratieWizardComponent {
   /** Current step's field errors, flattened for the shell's error summary. */
   protected errorList = computed<WizardError[]>(() => toWizardErrors(this.editing()?.errors ?? {}));
 
+  // --- Event handlers: narrow a child event into a message -------------------
+  /** Stepper emits a 0-based index for an earlier (visited) step. */
+  protected goToStep(index: number) {
+    this.dispatch({ tag: 'GaNaarStap', step: (index + 1) as 1 | 2 | 3 });
+  }
+
   constructor() {
     // An explicit seed (stories/tests) wins; otherwise resume the backend draft
     // (`?aanvraag=<id>`) or start fresh. Persistence is the draftSync controller's job.
diff --git a/apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/ui/intake-wizard/intake-wizard.component.ts b/apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/ui/intake-wizard/intake-wizard.component.ts
index f58565e..bfe20b9 100644
--- a/apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/ui/intake-wizard/intake-wizard.component.ts
+++ b/apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/ui/intake-wizard/intake-wizard.component.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ import { ReviewStep } from './review.step';
 /** Organism: a BRANCHING intake questionnaire. All state lives in one signal
     driven by the pure `reduce` (intake.machine.ts). Which step renders is derived
     from the answers via `visibleSteps`, never stored — so editing an earlier
-    answer immediately changes the remaining steps. Answers are persisted to
-    sessionStorage so a page reload keeps the user's progress (cleared on tab close). */
+    answer immediately changes the remaining steps. The draft persists to the
+    backend as a Concept aanvraag (createDraftSync), so a reload — or a "Verder
+    gaan" from the dashboard via `?aanvraag=<id>` — resumes progress. */
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-intake-wizard',
   imports: [
@@ -106,8 +107,14 @@ export class IntakeWizardComponent {
   // Server-owned policy (scholing threshold): fetched from the backend via the
   // application facade, not hardcoded. The backend stays the authority on submit.
   private policyStore = inject(IntakePolicyStore);
-  // Effect fires once, on Answering -> Submitting (RD-05's tag-transition rule; `Seed` is
-  // exempt, so a story mounting straight into `Submitting` does not call the network).
+
+  /** Optional seed so Storybook / the showcase can mount any state directly. */
+  seed = input<IntakeState>(initial);
+
+  // --- The store: all state in one signal, changed only by a pure reduce -----
+  // The effect fires once, on the `Answering -> Submitting` transition. `Seed` is exempt,
+  // so a story that mounts straight into `Submitting` does not call the network.
+  // `draftSync` is declared below (both callbacks are deferred, so the cycle is safe).
   private store = createStore<IntakeState, IntakeMsg>(initial, reduce, {
     Submitting: async (s, store) => {
       this.profile.beginHerregistratie();
@@ -129,24 +136,22 @@ export class IntakeWizardComponent {
     },
   });
 
-  /** Optional seed so Storybook / the showcase can mount any state directly. */
-  seed = input<IntakeState>(initial);
-
   readonly state = this.store.model;
   readonly dispatch = this.store.dispatch;
 
-  // Backend draft-sync (replaces sessionStorage); the intake has no uploads.
-  private draftSync = createDraftSync({
-    type: 'intake',
-    snapshot: () => {
-      const s = this.state();
-      if (s.tag !== 'Answering' || !hasProgress(s)) return null;
-      return { draft: s, stepIndex: s.cursor, stepCount: STEPS.length, documentIds: [] };
-    },
-    onResume: (draft) => this.dispatch({ tag: 'Seed', state: draft as IntakeState }),
-    enabled: () => this.seed() === initial,
-  });
+  // --- Static copy: stepper labels and per-step headings ---------------------
+  readonly stepLabels = [
+    $localize`:@@intake.step.buitenland:Buitenland`,
+    $localize`:@@intake.step.werk:Werk`,
+    $localize`:@@intake.step.controle:Controle`,
+  ];
+  private stepTitles: Record<StepId, string> = {
+    buitenland: $localize`:@@intake.title.buitenland:Werken in het buitenland`,
+    werk: $localize`:@@intake.title.werk:Werkervaring in Nederland`,
+    review: $localize`:@@intake.title.review:Controleren en indienen`,
+  };
 
+  // --- State projections: one narrow, then read-only views of it -------------
   private answering = computed(() => whenTag(this.state(), 'Answering'));
   /** Public so the showcase can render the (fixed) step list next to the wizard. */
   readonly steps = STEPS;
@@ -159,17 +164,21 @@ export class IntakeWizardComponent {
   );
   protected errors = computed<Errors>(() => this.answering()?.errors ?? {});
 
+  // --- Controllers: persistence and uploads ----------------------------------
+  // Create a Concept on first progress, then debounced-sync the snapshot.
+  // `?aanvraag=<id>` resumes it. The intake has no uploads.
+  private draftSync = createDraftSync({
+    type: 'intake',
+    snapshot: () => {
+      const s = this.state();
+      if (s.tag !== 'Answering' || !hasProgress(s)) return null;
+      return { draft: s, stepIndex: s.cursor, stepCount: STEPS.length, documentIds: [] };
+    },
+    onResume: (draft) => this.dispatch({ tag: 'Seed', state: draft as IntakeState }),
+    enabled: () => this.seed() === initial,
+  });
+
   // --- Presentational wiring for the shared wizard shell ---------------------
-  readonly stepLabels = [
-    $localize`:@@intake.step.buitenland:Buitenland`,
-    $localize`:@@intake.step.werk:Werk`,
-    $localize`:@@intake.step.controle:Controle`,
-  ];
-  private stepTitles: Record<StepId, string> = {
-    buitenland: $localize`:@@intake.title.buitenland:Werken in het buitenland`,
-    werk: $localize`:@@intake.title.werk:Werkervaring in Nederland`,
-    review: $localize`:@@intake.title.review:Controleren en indienen`,
-  };
   protected stepTitle = computed(() => this.stepTitles[this.step()]);
   protected primaryLabel = computed(() => {
     if (this.step() === 'review') return $localize`:@@intake.indienen:Aanvraag indienen`;
diff --git a/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/domain/registratie-wizard.machine.ts b/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/domain/registratie-wizard.machine.ts
index 67abd47..ed68248 100644
--- a/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/domain/registratie-wizard.machine.ts
+++ b/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/domain/registratie-wizard.machine.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   reduceUpload,
   requiredCategoriesSatisfied,
   deliveryRefs,
+  digitalDocumentIds,
 } from '@shared/domain/upload.machine';
 
 /**
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ export function hasProgress(s: Extract<RegistratieState, { tag: 'Invullen' }>):
     !!d.email ||
     !!d.diplomaId ||
     !!d.beroep ||
-    deliveryRefs(s.upload).some((r) => r.channel === 'digital' && !!r.documentId)
+    digitalDocumentIds(s.upload).length > 0
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/ui/registratie-wizard/diploma-msg.spec.ts b/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/ui/registratie-wizard/diploma-msg.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1543be0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/ui/registratie-wizard/diploma-msg.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { DuoLookupDto } from '@registratie/contracts/duo-diplomas.dto';
+import { diplomaMsg } from './diploma-msg';
+import { HANDMATIG } from './beroep.step';
+
+const data: DuoLookupDto = {
+  diplomas: [
+    {
+      id: 'd1',
+      naam: 'Verpleegkunde',
+      instelling: 'Hogeschool Utrecht',
+      jaar: 2019,
+      beroep: 'Verpleegkundige',
+      policyQuestions: [
+        { id: 'q1', vraag: 'Vraag 1', type: 'ja-nee' },
+        { id: 'q2', vraag: 'Vraag 2', type: 'tekst' },
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+  handmatig: {
+    beroepen: ['Verpleegkundige', 'Arts'],
+    policyQuestions: [{ id: 'm1', vraag: 'Handmatige vraag', type: 'ja-nee' }],
+  },
+};
+
+describe('diplomaMsg', () => {
+  it('resolves a known diploma into KiesDiploma with the server-derived beroep', () => {
+    expect(diplomaMsg(data, 'd1')).toEqual({
+      tag: 'KiesDiploma',
+      diplomaId: 'd1',
+      beroep: 'Verpleegkundige',
+      vraagIds: ['q1', 'q2'],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('resolves the manual sentinel into KiesHandmatig with the maximal question set', () => {
+    expect(diplomaMsg(data, HANDMATIG)).toEqual({ tag: 'KiesHandmatig', vraagIds: ['m1'] });
+  });
+
+  it('returns null for an unknown diploma id', () => {
+    expect(diplomaMsg(data, 'onbekend')).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/ui/registratie-wizard/diploma-msg.ts b/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/ui/registratie-wizard/diploma-msg.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71e53cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/ui/registratie-wizard/diploma-msg.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { DuoLookupDto } from '@registratie/contracts/duo-diplomas.dto';
+import { RegistratieMsg } from '@registratie/domain/registratie-wizard.machine';
+import { HANDMATIG } from './beroep.step';
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the diploma that the user picked into the machine message it implies.
+ *
+ * The DUO payload maps a diploma id onto a server-derived beroep and the policy
+ * questions that apply to it. Reading that map is message construction, so it
+ * belongs beside the container, not in the beroep step. The backend stays the
+ * authority on both values (ADR-0001) — this function only selects them.
+ *
+ * Returns null when the id matches no known diploma. The caller then dispatches
+ * nothing and the wizard keeps its current state.
+ */
+export function diplomaMsg(data: DuoLookupDto, id: string): RegistratieMsg | null {
+  if (id === HANDMATIG) {
+    return { tag: 'KiesHandmatig', vraagIds: data.handmatig.policyQuestions.map((q) => q.id) };
+  }
+  const diploma = data.diplomas.find((d) => d.id === id);
+  if (!diploma) return null;
+  return {
+    tag: 'KiesDiploma',
+    diplomaId: diploma.id,
+    beroep: diploma.beroep,
+    vraagIds: diploma.policyQuestions.map((q) => q.id),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/ui/registratie-wizard/registratie-wizard.component.ts b/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/ui/registratie-wizard/registratie-wizard.component.ts
index 3ca2c36..4f8241d 100644
--- a/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/ui/registratie-wizard/registratie-wizard.component.ts
+++ b/apps/ssp/src/app/registratie/ui/registratie-wizard/registratie-wizard.component.ts
@@ -26,17 +26,18 @@ import {
   STEPS,
 } from '@registratie/domain/registratie-wizard.machine';
 import { createDraftSync } from '@registratie/application/draft-sync';
-import { UploadState, initialUpload, deliveryRefs } from '@shared/domain/upload.machine';
+import { UploadState, initialUpload, digitalDocumentIds } from '@shared/domain/upload.machine';
 import { AdresStep } from './adres.step';
-import { BeroepStep, HANDMATIG } from './beroep.step';
+import { BeroepStep } from './beroep.step';
 import { ControleStep } from './controle.step';
+import { diplomaMsg } from './diploma-msg';
 
 /** Organism: the BIG-registration wizard. All state lives in one signal driven by
     the pure `reduce` (registratie-wizard.machine.ts). The BRP address prefills the
     draft via an effect; the DUO diploma list renders through <app-async>; choosing
-    a diploma reveals its server-derived beroep. The draft is persisted to the
-    backend as a Concept aanvraag (createDraftSync) so a reload — or a"Verder gaan"
-    from the dashboard via `?aanvraag=<id>` — resumes progress. Built from existing
+    a diploma reveals its server-derived beroep. The draft persists to the backend
+    as a Concept aanvraag (createDraftSync), so a reload — or a "Verder gaan" from
+    the dashboard via `?aanvraag=<id>` — resumes progress. Built from existing
     atoms/molecules. */
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-registratie-wizard',
@@ -117,8 +118,14 @@ import { ControleStep } from './controle.step';
 })
 export class RegistratieWizardComponent {
   private lookup = inject(RegistratieLookupStore);
-  // Effect fires once, on Invullen -> Indienen (RD-05's tag-transition rule; `Seed` is
-  // exempt, so a story mounting straight into `Indienen` does not call the network).
+
+  /** Optional seed so Storybook / tests can mount any state directly. */
+  seed = input<RegistratieState>(initial);
+
+  // --- The store: all state in one signal, changed only by a pure reduce -----
+  // The effect fires once, on the `Invullen -> Indienen` transition. `Seed` is exempt,
+  // so a story that mounts straight into `Indienen` does not call the network.
+  // `draftSync` is declared below (both callbacks are deferred, so the cycle is safe).
   private store = createStore<RegistratieState, RegistratieMsg>(initial, reduce, {
     Indienen: async (s, store) => {
       const r = await this.draftSync.submit({
@@ -129,50 +136,56 @@ export class RegistratieWizardComponent {
       else store.dispatch({ tag: 'SubmitFailed', error: r.error });
     },
   });
+  readonly state = this.store.model;
+  readonly dispatch = this.store.dispatch;
 
-  /** Optional seed so Storybook / tests can mount any state directly. */
-  seed = input<RegistratieState>(initial);
-
+  // --- Static copy: stepper labels and per-step headings ---------------------
   readonly stepLabels = [
     $localize`:@@regWizard.step.adres:Adres`,
     $localize`:@@regWizard.step.beroep:Beroep`,
     $localize`:@@regWizard.step.controle:Controle`,
-  ]; // short labels for the stepper
+  ];
   private stepTitles = [
     $localize`:@@regWizard.title.adres:Adres en correspondentievoorkeur`,
     $localize`:@@regWizard.title.beroep:Beroep op basis van uw diploma`,
     $localize`:@@regWizard.title.controle:Controleren en indienen`,
   ];
-  readonly state = this.store.model;
-  readonly dispatch = this.store.dispatch;
 
+  // --- State projections: one narrow, then read-only views of it -------------
   private invullen = computed(() => whenTag(this.state(), 'Invullen'));
   protected cursor = computed(() => this.invullen()?.cursor ?? 0);
   protected draft = computed<Draft>(() => this.invullen()?.draft ?? { antwoorden: {} });
   protected errors = computed<Errors>(() => this.invullen()?.errors ?? {});
   protected upload = computed<UploadState>(() => this.invullen()?.upload ?? initialUpload);
-  // Backend draft-sync (replaces sessionStorage): create a Concept once the user has
-  // made progress, then debounced-sync the whole machine snapshot; resume by `?aanvraag`.
+  protected step = computed<StepId>(() => STEPS[Math.min(this.cursor(), STEPS.length - 1)]);
+  protected referentie = computed(() => whenTag(this.state(), 'Ingediend')?.referentie ?? '');
+  /** From the lookup store, not the machine: the beroep step renders it, and
+      `onDiplomaKeuze` reads it to resolve the picked id into a message. */
+  protected duoData = computed<DuoLookupDto | null>(() => successOr(this.lookup.duoLookup(), null));
+
+  // --- Controllers: persistence and uploads ----------------------------------
+  // Create a Concept once the user has made progress, then debounced-sync the whole
+  // machine snapshot. `?aanvraag=<id>` resumes it.
   private draftSync = createDraftSync({
     type: 'registratie',
     snapshot: () => {
       const s = this.state();
       if (s.tag !== 'Invullen' || !hasProgress(s)) return null;
-      const documentIds = deliveryRefs(s.upload)
-        .filter((r) => r.channel === 'digital' && r.documentId)
-        .map((r) => r.documentId!);
-      return { draft: s, stepIndex: s.cursor, stepCount: STEPS.length, documentIds };
+      return {
+        draft: s,
+        stepIndex: s.cursor,
+        stepCount: STEPS.length,
+        documentIds: digitalDocumentIds(s.upload),
+      };
     },
     onResume: (draft) => this.dispatch({ tag: 'Seed', state: draft as RegistratieState }),
     enabled: () => this.seed() === initial,
   });
-  protected step = computed<StepId>(() => STEPS[Math.min(this.cursor(), STEPS.length - 1)]);
+
+  // --- Presentational wiring for the shared wizard shell ---------------------
   protected stepTitle = computed(
     () => this.stepTitles[Math.min(this.cursor(), this.stepTitles.length - 1)],
   );
-  protected referentie = computed(() => whenTag(this.state(), 'Ingediend')?.referentie ?? '');
-
-  // --- Presentational wiring for the shared wizard shell ---------------------
   protected primaryLabel = computed(() => {
     if (this.step() === 'controle') return $localize`:@@regWizard.indienen:Registratie indienen`;
     const next = this.cursor() + 1;
@@ -203,30 +216,12 @@ export class RegistratieWizardComponent {
     return [...toWizardErrors(e), ...toWizardErrors(e.antwoorden ?? {}, 'vraag-')];
   });
 
-  /** Parsed lookup as a plain value (or null) — needed here only to resolve
-      `onDiplomaKeuze`'s message from an id (the DUO payload maps an id to a
-      beroep and its question ids; that is machine-message construction, and it
-      belongs in the container, not the beroep step). */
-  protected duoData = computed<DuoLookupDto | null>(() => successOr(this.lookup.duoLookup(), null));
-
+  // --- Event handlers: narrow a child event into a message -------------------
   protected onDiplomaKeuze(id: string) {
     const data = this.duoData();
     if (!data) return;
-    if (id === HANDMATIG) {
-      this.dispatch({
-        tag: 'KiesHandmatig',
-        vraagIds: data.handmatig.policyQuestions.map((q) => q.id),
-      });
-      return;
-    }
-    const d = data.diplomas.find((x) => x.id === id);
-    if (d)
-      this.dispatch({
-        tag: 'KiesDiploma',
-        diplomaId: d.id,
-        beroep: d.beroep,
-        vraagIds: d.policyQuestions.map((q) => q.id),
-      });
+    const msg = diplomaMsg(data, id);
+    if (msg) this.dispatch(msg);
   }
 
   /** Narrows the beroep step's plain-string `kanaalChange` into the machine's
@@ -260,12 +255,10 @@ export class RegistratieWizardComponent {
         });
       });
     });
-    // A11y: focus management (step heading on step change, error summary on a
-    // failed submit) now lives in the shared WizardShellComponent.
   }
 
   /** Reset the wizard to a fresh start. Reload the BRP lookup so the address
-      re-prefills, keeping the form and the"vooraf ingevuld" note consistent. */
+      re-prefills, keeping the form and the "vooraf ingevuld" note consistent. */
   restart() {
     this.draftSync.reset(); // discard the current Concept; a fresh one starts on next progress
     this.dispatch({ tag: 'Seed', state: initial });
diff --git a/docs/project/readable-codebase/RD-38-wizard-container-readability.md b/docs/project/readable-codebase/RD-38-wizard-container-readability.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7e340d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/project/readable-codebase/RD-38-wizard-container-readability.md
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# RD-38 — One member order for the three wizard containers
+
+Status: done
+Source: user report — "the registratie-wizard component still doesn't look readable"
+
+## Why
+
+RD-22 and RD-23 split the intake and registratie wizards into step components. That brought
+every container under the 250-line budget, so `max-lines` reports nothing. The user read the
+result and still called it unreadable. Line count was never the problem.
+
+Three problems remained, and the user named all three:
+
+1. **The member order is scrambled, and it differs per file.** You bounce up and down to
+   follow one thread, and the three containers cannot be compared side by side.
+2. **Pure logic sits in the container**, where it has no test.
+3. **Comments carry archaeology** — ticket numbers, history, and one comment that describes
+   code which is no longer in the file.
+
+RD-02 measures a file. This ticket is about what a file reads like at a fixed size.
+
+## Evidence, before the change
+
+- `registratie` declared `stepLabels`/`stepTitles` between the `seed` input and
+  `state`/`dispatch`; `intake` declared them near the bottom; `herregistratie` declared them
+  after `draftSync`. Three files, three orders for the same three roles.
+- `registratie` declared `draftSync` in the middle of a run of `computed`s.
+- `herregistratie`'s `snapshot` read `this.stepLabels.length` seven lines before
+  `stepLabels` was declared.
+- `intake`'s class comment claimed answers persist to `sessionStorage`. Thirty lines below,
+  another comment said draft-sync replaced it. The class comment was false.
+- All three cited "RD-05's tag-transition rule" in an identical sentence.
+
+## Decisions (pre-made, don't relitigate)
+
+1. **One nine-section member order, identical in all three files.** Injected stores → inputs
+   → the store (`createStore`, `state`, `dispatch`) → static copy → state projections →
+   controllers → shell wiring → event handlers → constructor and `restart`. Each section
+   carries a `// --- <name> ---` header. Section 7's header already existed in all three
+   files, so it is reused byte for byte.
+
+2. **The store ⇄ `draftSync` cycle stays.** The store's effect map calls `this.draftSync`,
+   and `draftSync`'s `snapshot` calls `this.state()`. Both are arrow functions that run after
+   construction, so there is no temporal-dead-zone hazard; the cycle cannot be removed by
+   reordering. One comment at the effect map names it.
+
+3. **Extract `digitalDocumentIds` into `libs/shared/src/domain/upload.machine.ts`.** The
+   "digital and finished uploading" filter was written out four times, in two shapes: mapped
+   to ids in the two container snapshots, and as `.some(...)` inside two machines'
+   `hasProgress`. One function serves all four, and it removes the `r.documentId!` non-null
+   assertion from both containers. It joins an existing file beside `deliveryRefs`, and its
+   spec joins the existing `deliveryRefs` block.
+
+4. **Extract `diplomaMsg` into a new sibling of the step files.** `onDiplomaKeuze` was the
+   fattest member in the three containers and had no test. It is pure: a `DuoLookupDto` and a
+   selected id in, a machine message or `null` out. `HANDMATIG` does not move — the new file
+   is its sibling and imports it exactly as the container did.
+
+5. **`phase` stays in all three containers.** It maps this machine's tags onto the shell's
+   `WizardPhase` vocabulary and composes a `$localize` failure message. That is a container's
+   job. It cannot move to `domain/`: `WizardPhase` comes from an Angular component, and
+   `domain/` points inward only. Moving it to a per-wizard sibling would add three files and
+   three specs to relocate 17 readable lines each. Decision 1 already fixes what was wrong
+   with it — it belongs in the shell-wiring section, and only two of three files had it there.
+
+6. **The four `err*` computeds in `herregistratie` stay.** They are one-line projections
+   feeding four template bindings. Folding them into one `errors()` would edit the template,
+   which is behaviour-shaped work this ticket does not do.
+
+7. **Comment policy, four rules.** Delete ticket references and keep the sentence (RD-18
+   decision 1 stripped `WP-`/`RB-` for the same reason; `RD-` is the same debt). Delete
+   history — a comment says what the code does now. Delete a comment that describes code
+   which is not in the file. Keep a comment that states a current why: the `untracked`
+   loop-avoidance notes, the `IntakePolicy.RejectIncompleteScholing` seam pointer, and the
+   `demo-*` preview note all stay.
+
+## Traps
+
+- **`messages.en.xlf`.** Every `$localize` id in these files is translated. The reorder moves
+  the copy arrays; it must not touch an id or its source text.
+- **`enabled: () => this.seed() === initial`** is a reference-identity check against the
+  exported `initial` singleton. Never clone or rebuild it — breaking the identity turns
+  draft-sync on inside Storybook and the tests.
+- **Public members are load-bearing.** `showcase/vragenlijst.section.ts` reads
+  `IntakeWizardComponent.steps`; `showcase/form-machine.section.ts` reads
+  `HerregistratieWizardComponent.state`. No `private`/`protected`/`readonly` modifier changes.
+- **`intake.machine.ts` carries `#region showcase:steps` markers** that feed `gen:snippets`.
+  This ticket does not touch them.
+- **New specs change a generated document.** `scripts/ci-local.sh` regenerates
+  `libs/shared/docs/behaviour-spec.mdx` and diffs it. Four new `it()` titles land there, so
+  the regenerated file belongs in the same commit.
+
+## Acceptance
+
+- `npm run ci` passes.
+- Each container's member list and every modifier are unchanged:
+  `diff <(git show HEAD:$f | grep -oE '^  (private|protected|readonly)? ?[a-zA-Z]+ *[=(]' | sort) <(...)`
+  reports no difference for all three files.
+- `git grep -nE "\bRD-[0-9]+" -- 'apps/ssp/src/app/*/ui/*wizard*'` returns nothing.
+- `git grep -n "sessionStorage" -- 'apps/ssp/src/app/herregistratie/ui'` returns nothing.
diff --git a/docs/project/readable-codebase/README.md b/docs/project/readable-codebase/README.md
index 2fe7a41..773b4fd 100644
--- a/docs/project/readable-codebase/README.md
+++ b/docs/project/readable-codebase/README.md
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ two. Note that RD-15 exists because 22 abandoned agent worktrees are still on di
 | RD-35 | _(optional, last, alone)_ upload `type:` discriminant to `tag:`              | 27         |           | todo   |
 | RD-36 | `ui/dashboard/` → `ui/overzicht-secties/` + 2 stale `dashboard.page` paths   | 04         | yes       | todo   |
 | RD-37 | **a11y:** 5 suppressions name a closed ticket — decide the `li[…]` host      | 01         | yes       | todo   |
+| RD-38 | One member order for the 3 wizard containers + 2 pure extractions            | 22, 23     |           | done   |
 
 The ID order already respects every dependency, so it is the recommended running order.
 
diff --git a/libs/shared/docs/behaviour-spec.mdx b/libs/shared/docs/behaviour-spec.mdx
index a967796..632bb84 100644
--- a/libs/shared/docs/behaviour-spec.mdx
+++ b/libs/shared/docs/behaviour-spec.mdx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ tested where._
 
 Every bullet below is a real test name from the suite — an `it()` title (frontend) or a test
 method name (backend), read as a sentence. Nothing here is hand-written prose: this page
-**is** the suite, reshaped for a business reader. 556 frontend behaviours across
+**is** the suite, reshaped for a business reader. 562 frontend behaviours across
 9 contexts; 261 backend behaviours across 42 test
 classes.
 
@@ -545,6 +545,12 @@ classes.
 - lists soort/waarvoor/status/referentie/ingediend, plus reason when rejected
 - reference falls back to em dash for a Concept
 
+#### diplomaMsg
+
+- resolves a known diploma into KiesDiploma with the server-derived beroep
+- resolves the manual sentinel into KiesHandmatig with the maximal question set
+- returns null for an unknown diploma id
+
 #### findConcept
 
 - returns the id of the existing Concept of the given type
@@ -857,6 +863,12 @@ classes.
 - emits documentId for completed digital uploads and channel for post
 - omits digital categories with no completed upload
 
+#### digitalDocumentIds
+
+- returns the id of a completed digital upload
+- omits an upload that is still in flight
+- omits a category that the user delivers by post
+
 #### flushPendingGuard
 
 - flushes then allows navigation when a write is pending
diff --git a/libs/shared/src/domain/upload.machine.spec.ts b/libs/shared/src/domain/upload.machine.spec.ts
index c81f811..947d710 100644
--- a/libs/shared/src/domain/upload.machine.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/src/domain/upload.machine.spec.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   categorySatisfied,
   requiredCategoriesSatisfied,
   deliveryRefs,
+  digitalDocumentIds,
   inFlight,
   rejectReason,
   planFileSelection,
@@ -284,6 +285,28 @@ describe('deliveryRefs', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('digitalDocumentIds', () => {
+  it('returns the id of a completed digital upload', () => {
+    let s = select(stateWith([cat({ categoryId: 'a' })]), 'a', 'u1');
+    s = reduceUpload(s, { type: 'UploadComplete', localId: 'u1', documentId: 'doc1' });
+    expect(digitalDocumentIds(s)).toEqual(['doc1']);
+  });
+
+  it('omits an upload that is still in flight', () => {
+    const s = select(stateWith([cat({ categoryId: 'a' })]), 'a', 'u1'); // still queued
+    expect(digitalDocumentIds(s)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('omits a category that the user delivers by post', () => {
+    let s = stateWith([cat({ categoryId: 'a' }), cat({ categoryId: 'b' })], {
+      deliveryChannel: { b: 'post' },
+    });
+    s = select(s, 'a', 'u1');
+    s = reduceUpload(s, { type: 'UploadComplete', localId: 'u1', documentId: 'doc1' });
+    expect(digitalDocumentIds(s)).toEqual(['doc1']);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('rejectReason', () => {
   it('rejects a disallowed type', () => {
     expect(
diff --git a/libs/shared/src/domain/upload.machine.ts b/libs/shared/src/domain/upload.machine.ts
index 90d2898..ff046d2 100644
--- a/libs/shared/src/domain/upload.machine.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/src/domain/upload.machine.ts
@@ -312,6 +312,14 @@ export function deliveryRefs(
   return refs;
 }
 
+/** Ids of the documents that the user delivers digitally and that finished uploading.
+    A category set to post, or one whose upload is still in flight, contributes nothing. */
+export function digitalDocumentIds(s: UploadState): string[] {
+  return deliveryRefs(s)
+    .filter((r) => r.channel === 'digital' && r.documentId)
+    .map((r) => r.documentId as string);
+}
+
 /** Used by the shell to find what to poll on return: still-in-flight uploads. */
 export const inFlight = (s: UploadState): Upload[] =>
   s.uploads.filter((u) => u.status.type === 'queued' || u.status.type === 'uploading');