Pre-op inspection
The routine that decides the day
A code scanned on the machine, the form for the right equipment and the right trade, and the anomaly on its way to maintenance before it turns into a breakdown.
Today
Every shift starts with the same check: do the equipment and the workplace allow the planned work to be done? The answer to that question shapes the rest of the day.
The check
The pre-operational inspection is mandatory and it's done every day. On paper, the format doesn't lend itself to a detailed answer, and the information recorded is often minimal.
The anomaly's path
What gets noted in the morning travels on paper, passes through several hands and reaches maintenance late. Some of those anomalies turn into breakdowns before they've been dealt with.
The history
Without a log per machine, maintenance planning relies on crews' memory rather than on what was actually observed, shift after shift.
One code, and the right form opens
The operator scans their machine. The rest follows on its own
A QR code or NFC tag affixed to the equipment, and the matching form opens: the one for that machine, for that trade. The equipment ID, date, time and location fill themselves in. The operator has nothing to look for, nothing to transcribe and nothing to memorize.
Then they answer item by item. Yes, no, a photo when the situation calls for it, a voice note when it's quicker to say than to write. The form also carries the readings that matter for maintenance: service hours, mileage, quantities consumed, levels checked. Those numbers are what trigger preventive maintenance at the right time rather than by the calendar.
The digital format changes the nature of the answer. An unanswered item stays visible, a reported anomaly requires details, and what was checked was checked item by item, with the name of the person who did it.
From anomaly to work order
The morning's anomaly reaches maintenance in the morning
As soon as it's sent, the anomaly is available with everything needed to deal with it: the equipment ID, the photo, the voice note, the time and the place. The supervisor assesses its scope and prioritizes it. Maintenance receives structured information in its own system, without anyone having had to re-enter it or piece it together over the phone.
Behind every anomaly, the machine's history is at hand. A hose flagged for the third time in a month no longer reads as an isolated incident. That's what lets you order the part, book the labor and schedule the repair while the equipment is still running.
The same engine for every inspection
The equipment pre-op is one inspection among many. The same form engine handles the workplace inspection, the face inspection, the dike inspection, the health and safety round and the daily mill inspection. Each trade finds its own, and there's only one tool to deploy, teach and support across the whole site.
Production
- Mobile equipment pre-op
- Workplace inspection
- Face inspection
Maintenance
- Vehicle and equipment pre-op
- Periodic mechanical inspection
- Anomaly tracking by machine
Health and safety
- Health and safety round
- Inspection of the workplace
- Hazardous condition report
Environment
- Dike inspection
- Environmental compliance points
- Discharge and threshold monitoring
Technical services
- Ground support inspection
- Field readings and checks
- Quality control in the drift
Mill
- Daily mill inspection
- Area rounds
- Pre-start checks
What changes
| Paper form to find and fill out | Code scanned on the machine, the right form opens |
| Minimal answers, hard to verify | Item-by-item answers, with photo, voice and signature |
| Hour and quantity readings noted separately | Readings entered in the same form, tied to the equipment |
| The anomaly reaches maintenance late | It's available as soon as it's sent, with its evidence |
| No history per machine | A searchable log that supports maintenance planning |
What makes the scenario work
Code-based identification
A QR code or NFC tag on the equipment, and the form for the matching trade opens.
Evidence and readings attached
Photo, video, voice note, service hours and quantities, with automatic positioning.
Routing to maintenance
The anomaly lands in the maintenance system, with the history per piece of equipment.
Who it's for
- The operator
- The supervisor
- The planner and maintenance
- The fleet manager
- Technical services
Looking ahead
As pre-ops accumulate, the state of the fleet can be read as a by-product, shift after shift: in service, stopped, out of service, condition to watch.
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