People in the construct trade still don’t realize that you need your tools and appliances tested and tag at least every three months to meet Australian Standards.
Well the team at Be Smart Electrical has come up with an interesting way to solve this problem.
Be Smart Electrical is a portable appliance testing company, we come to you onsite. The way we have designed it is that this is a business tool for you.
It’s a cost effective way of meeting compliance but also adding value to your tools and asset tracking. For the cost we charge, which is per item, you know exactly what your costs are today and ongoing. It’s not a hit and miss, it’s all verified by a report and we can also do all your repairs onsite.
We basically test to the standards, we make sure that there in safe working condition to meet your compliance for health and safety, for OSH and for Site Safe. The other thing which we do which is probably the most important part of test and tag, is that we actually barcode every single item. So we do make, model, serial number. If an accident happened, you need to protect yourself by having the data accessible. Showing when the test was taken place and with the individual test results. We have to keep that data for seven years, so we have a back up system here and we have servers over seas which keep it intact for us and we update it constantly.
Theft is a major thing in the construction industry, you’re got multiple guys working on a site, contractors, sub-contractors it’s very easy for your tool to walk away. One of the good things is with a tag, we can identify the name of your company on the tag and also the individual name if we need to. If the tool was stolen the database can prove the tool was stolen.
We had guys turn up to sites at 7 o’clock in the morning. Have the keys in the van, turn around, open the gate turn around and someone driven off in the van. What happens is they call us, we need the rego of that van, we supply the data to them of what was in that van. They can then get insurance process, no questions its all verified by a independent party.
The other amazing thing is that we have even picked up stolen tools, where guys have gone and removed the serial number and all information about the tool, but they forgot to take the tag off. Someone walked in and seen the tag, rung us for the number, we have verified the its existence, police are here the next thing you know arrests are made. That is going to happen more and more.
If they see a tool tag by Be Smart Electrical edged and engraved and a tool that is not edged and engraved and tag, which tool do you think they are going to take. Its pretty common sense. So you are protecting yourself on that level as well.
Compliance is not going away, you might as well except it. And if you get it done, get it done right.
