Inspections

Plan and carry out inspections, choose the right approach, and review inspection history. (For the checklist library itself, see Checklists.)

How to Create an Inspection

Before you start: This guide covers the everyday route — inspecting an asset already in your register. If you haven't added any assets yet, Part 1 of the...

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How to Use a Checklist

Every inspection — and many jobs — in Civic.ly runs off a checklist: the set of questions your team works through on the phone. You never build one. They're...

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How Detailed Should Your Inspections Be?

There is no single right level of inspection detail in Civic.ly, and councils genuinely choose differently. What often gets missed is that this is two...

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How to Inspect Parks and Playgrounds

Before you start: draw each park as an area on the map and give it a location tag, and make sure the assets inside (play equipment, benches, bins, gates) are...

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How to Inspect Buildings

Before you start: draw each building's footprint as an area on the map with a location tag, and capture each checkpoint as its own asset — every fire alarm...

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How to Inspect Vehicles and Machinery

Before you start: photograph each vehicle and machine as an asset, and put the registration plate (or a unique kit ID like "Chainsaw 11.26") in the asset's...

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How to Do Vehicle Inspections

Before you start: Your vehicles need to be in the asset register and correctly identified as vehicles. If they're not there yet, ask your account administrator...

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