How Gear Works

Introduction

We recommend you set up your gear in PeopleSafe once you have your team up and running telling safety stories etc.

Gear is the name that PeopleSafe gives to equipment, plant, machinery and buildings.  You can add the details of all your gear individually or in bulk and a Gear Profile will automatically be created for each one. 

A record of all the gear you have added to PeopleSafe is stored in your Gear List which is found under your Organisation name > Settings.   A Gear profile gives you one place to hold all the information you have about each piece of Gear. 

When you add your gear PeopleSafe also provides a way for you to keep track of your gear checks, certifications, maintenance etc using 'Gear Checks'.   Expiring gear checks and certifications automatically create tasks so no gear check is forgotten. We have already created a generic list of Gear Checks you can use to record against your gear or you can add your own.

Adding gear checks is done by grouping the needed checks into Gear Types and then allocating a Gear Type to each item of gear. The following are examples of the different Types of Gear a user might upload to PeopleSafe:

Company Vehicles
Safety Equipment (PPE)
Buildings 
Machinery
Furniture
Cleaning Equipment

If for example the Type : Cleaning Equipment  has no checks or certifications needed and you added a piece of gear and said it's Gear Type was Cleaning Equipment you would never be reminded to do anything about it. If  however you edited the gear check for Cleaning Equipment and required a 12 month check &  inspection,  then that would add that requirement to any piece of gear that has the Gear Type of Cleaning Equipment.  

Gear Fields Explained

How Gear Helps

Adding profiles for your Gear, Plant and Buildings in PeopleSafe makes it easy and efficient to collate and organize information; your data is secure and users have access 24/7. Expiring Gear checks and certifications automatically create tasks so no Gear check is forgotten. Safety Plans in PeopleSafe can outline how to manage risks to do with machinery & plant or explain what PPE is used to keep people safe.

The law says:
"The obligation under the law is that the company provides and ensures that any plant or equipment used by workers is safe and isn’t going to cause harm. So...

• Is it safe?
• Does it need to be maintained?
• Is it fit for purpose?
• What risks are associated with the Gear?
• Are we managing the risks?
• Do our people know how to use it?"

- Penny Swarbrick, SBM Legal

For further details see: http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2015/0070/latest/DLM5976660.html

How Gear Works

• Gear items are stored in the Gear Tab and can be accessed by clicking on the Gear, Plant & Buildings box.
• Users with Coordinator or Manage Users security clearance can record maintenance checks and certifications for Gear items. 
• PeopleSafe will send email reminders and task alerts if a Gear item has never had the required checks or certifications recorded in PeopleSafe
• PeopleSafe will send email reminders and task alerts when a Gear item has checks and certifications due to expire.
• Gear Check and Certification Records are added to a Gear item profile when checks are recorded for that Gear item.
• PeopleSafe uses Gear as reporting categories in one-click reports.
• In the Gear dashboard display, the counts are displaying the actual number of Gear Checks that have been recorded that have expired. It will show all expired Gear Checks even if they're not listed against that gear item as being required.
  It will also count each expired check - not collate these as being only for one Gear Item.  eg If one gear item has seven expired checks, then the expired count would say 7. It's about the Checks not the Gear Item. 
  The idea behind showing all the Gear Checks that have expired if not marked as required for the gear item , it is showing you a real world state eg 12 months ladder inspection and this has expired, while it is not listed as required - it is a much worse state to be in thinking that its not required.

Getting Started

Expected Step by Step Process

1. Create profiles for Gear items (Individual)
2. Create profiles for Gear  items (Bulk, via .CSV)
3. Check & Certification records are added for the Gear items
4. PeopleSafe alerts users when the checks or certifications are due to expire
5. Safe operating procedures for the Gear item added to Safety Plans
6. Users send TXT-in alerts about Gear items
7. Users Tell Stories about damage to Gear items
8. Deactivate Gear items as required

Adding, Editing or Deleting Gear 

Adding Gear can be completed two ways, either one by one from the Add New button in the Gear Tab or importing a prepopulated .CSV file. Editing and deleting can be completed from within the Gear items' profile. Click on the Help Articles below for more detail.

How to: Add Gear (Individual)
How to: Import Gear via CSV (Bulk)
How to: Edit/Update Gear
How to: Delete Gear

Access Permissions

Users with Coordinator Security Clearance can:

• Add, view, edit and deactivate Gear items

User with Manage Users Security Clearance can:

• Add Gear
• View complete list of Gear
• Edit and deactivate Gear items if they are the creator of the gear item.

Outcomes

Importing Gear via .CSV

Additional Gear can be imported at anytime, but must have unique name.

Additional information can be added to current Gear profiles by re importing a .CSV with the added data. As long as the name in the .CSV is identical to the name in the Gear profile PeopleSafe will update/rewrite the Gear item fields with the new data in the .CSV file.

Deactivate

Gear can be deactivated at any time. This will remove the Gear item from the list of Gear, Plant and Buildings.

Deactivating a Gear item will delete ALL existing checks and certifications, notes and attachments recorded for the item.

Gear cannot be activated once it has been deactivated. In the context of Gear, “Delete” and “Deactivate” effectively mean the same thing.

Related Processes and Tasks

Where a Gear item has Checks and Certification requirements associated with it, the PeopleSafe application checks each night if each Gear item is up-to-date with these requirements. If not, an email and a Task will be sent to Managers of the staff member and to PeopleSafe Coordinators, as detailed in Training and Skills.

Reports

Required and expired checks and certifications for Gear items are available as a reporting criteria in Gear and Tasks one-click reports. 

Gear name, gear type, location and organisation fields in a Gear item are filters in the Gear smart-list.

Export Data

The Gear list, and directly associated data can be exported in .CSV format at any time. How to: Export Data from PeopleSafe

Related Topics

PeopleSafe features and processes that make use of Gear include:

• Gear Types
• Gear Checks
• Tell Your Story
• PeopleSafe TXT-in
• One-click reports, smart-list filters, and custom reports