The modern-day electrician has to be prepared before they tackle any job. They must make sure they work in accordance with strict regulations to ensure safety and conformity while completing the work to the satisfaction of the client. Much of your success will hinge on having enough preparation, and the pre-filing of paperwork before you even lift a hand could go a long way.

So, how can you adequately prepare for the tasks on any given day and use modern technology to make everything a lot easier, especially when it comes to electrical jobs and certificates of electrical compliance?

Pre-Filing Importance

It’s crucial to understand what needs to be done before arriving at a job site. This will cut down on delays (and often under the watchful gaze of the client) and allow more work to be completed in a given day. This type of homework can often reveal a potential snag in advance, which can then be addressed ahead of time to reduce downtime at the work site.

Pre-filing should also involve entering details that relate to certificates of compliance, so this report can be finalised quickly once the work has been completed. Remember, errors here can be costly and lead to fines in excess of $5,000.

Less Paperwork and Fewer Delays

Job number one must be to reduce inefficiency and to cut down as much of the paperwork as possible to eliminate those messy paper trails. To help, it’s important to pre-file—doing so makes it a lot easier to tidy up the details upon completion. This will also help to avoid delays in confirming any details or in answering questions that come up.

Easy Data Access

With a complicated paper trail, an electrician can often get lost in files and folders when trying to access details from an older job. This is no good if regulators are on the hunt for certificate of electrical compliance details, remember, they can request this up to five years after a job has been completed in Australia and seven in New Zealand. Efficient storage and wireless access can remove the challenge and keep both regulators and clients happy.

Everybody Benefits

Electricians may clash with administrators when paperwork is an afterthought, and this can lead to extra costs, uncertainty, and a failure to perform. All parties can, therefore, benefit when the correct technologies are used. Furthermore, the admin team can pre-file by logging jobs into the system so electricians can get to work without delay. Once again, this will result in exponential gains for the entire team.

Making a Difference

At QuickSafety, our electrical inspection and testing compliance app is the perfect solution for these issues. If you want to remain compliant, pre-file effectively, get rid of the clutter in your life and be productive with your time, we recommend knowing more about what our app offers. With QuickSafety, you have a great tool that will help you make sure you meet and manage compliance requirements, reduce costs, eliminate frustrating paper trails, and save time. All that leads to more efficiency and convenience for your daily work schedule.

The QuickSafety app is now available for download via Google Play for Android devices and iTunes for iOS devices.

Before you can have a scalable business—one that can grow and expand appropriately—you need to have the right tools and resources for the job. Many times, electricians and their contractors find that their services are in high demand. This means that they’ve got multiple jobs to handle and little time to worry about AS/NZS 3000 standards.

However, just because you don’t have the time doesn’t mean it’s not a requirement. Being limited when it comes to time is not a valid excuse for not being compliant. Therefore, you need to make sure that your company is working proficiently with the right tools and is compliant to existing safety standards before you can hope to scale it effectively.

How Technology Can Help

Fortunately, thanks to today’s technological innovations, especially in accessibility and connectivity, new digital tools are available to help businesses achieve proper scalability.

At QuickSafety, we can improve your business’ efficiency and scalability. Our all-around electrical compliance app is suitable for a variety of mobile devices and can be used in a number of industries, from electrical to mining and construction. Once you download it, you never have to worry about forgetting a certificate of compliance for safety or electrical work done.

We make it easy for you to fill out the necessary form. Admin pre-fills the form, which makes things even easier because you just have to provide your test results and sign off! Then, you can lodge the certificate directly from your smartphone. If, for some reason, you don’t have Wi-Fi or can’t use mobile data, you can always wait until you get to an area with online connectivity or network coverage to lodge the certificates. Our electrical app also stores all the necessary information for the required five years in Australia (or seven years in New Zealand).

Convenience and Efficiency

The biggest issue electricians face is making sure they remain compliant with all the rules and current safety standards. If you’re not compliant, you could find yourself dealing with hefty fines or even lose your job. This is something me and the rest of the QuickSafety team wants you to avoid.

With our convenient, easy-to-use app, the struggle of manually lodging and keeping certificates of compliance is avoided. It also cuts admin time—the need to bring back paper to the office, for them to record the information, and then store it safely in a file is completely removed. As such, you can focus more on the task at hand, allowing you more time to complete your work and make sure you’ve satisfied your clients’ needs.

Me and the QuickSafety team aim to help you streamline your operations to achieve more efficiency, which you can build on to achieve scalability for your operations. Our app is now available for download via Google Play and iTunes. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.