Guide

How is a site inspection checklist prepared?

The list is derived from the workplace's own risks; filling in a generic template is paperwork, not inspection.

Where the list comes from

An inspection checklist is derived from the risk assessment, past events and findings of earlier inspections. Another workplace's list does not ask about your hazards, and what it does ask may not exist in your workplace.

How a question is written

Each item asks one thing and can be answered by observation. "Is electrical safety adequate" cannot be answered; "is the panel cover closed and locked" can. When the answer is yes or no, the finding is clear.

Who, and how often

Inspection is not only the specialist's job. A supervisor's short weekly round catches different things from the specialist's detailed monthly one. Frequency follows the area's risk.

After a finding

If findings are recorded but not closed, inspection is just a counter. Each finding becomes a task with an owner and a date; a recurring finding goes back to the risk assessment.

In Optifora

The audit module builds the list against the area and its risks, turns findings into tasks and surfaces recurring items.

  1. Derive from riskBuild the list from the risk assessment and past events.
  2. Sharpen the questionsReduce each item to one question answerable by observation.
  3. Set the frequencySet inspection frequency by the area's risk.
  4. Do the inspectionWalk it at the hour work is done; record findings on the spot.
  5. Turn findings into tasksGive each finding an owner and a date.
  6. Read repetitionCarry recurring findings back into the risk assessment.

Manage this in Optifora

Optifora is not a single program but a compliance platform assembled from modules. The catalogue states which module is ready today and which is on the roadmap.

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