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Audits are conducted throughout the workplace to inspect compliance. They are used to analyse health and safety processes to ensure safety for everyone in the company. Conducting an Audit can show a lot of information about a company's processes, such as health and safety policies and procedures, and if they are up to standard, and the correct measures are in place. Audits can be carried out at set times, for example, monthly or weekly. You can create Audit forms to conduct audits using the Form Builder module. These forms can be filled when carrying out an audit and will show the audit score when they are completed.


Adding an Audit to the system allows you to keep a record of the Audits as well as see the trend of the Audits that have been carried out over a period of time. The system Dashboard will show the details you wish to see, such as the status of the Audits, when they were carried out, the location, and subcontractor.


Audits - Overview


Adding an Audit to the system and completing it requires the following steps:


  • Creating Audit Forms in Form Builder
  • Combining Audit Forms into Audit Types
  • Setting up and/or assigning and scheduling Audits to be carried out.
  • Completing Audits
  • Assigning Corrective Actions from an Audit
  • Reporting on Audit Results


Creating Audit Forms in Form Builder

Creating Audit Forms is the first step when adding an Audit to the system. You can create Audit Forms in the Form Builder module. It is important to create Audit Forms because they can include details about the audit, and about the company being audited. You can choose the details you want to include by adding questions that are relevant to the audit. The Audit form allows the user to upload any documents and photos that are necessary, and they can add any comments to add more detail. The user can implement corrective actions and/or issues and opportunities when filling out audit forms. Audit forms can determine the audit score when the form has been completed.


By creating an Audit Form, this will enable scores to be applied when filling out Audit Forms.

  • On the left column, go to Settings and click 'Form Builder'.
  • The Toolbox column has multiple functions that you can use to create your form.
  • Select the tools you wish to use to create your form.
  • When creating an Audit Form, it is suggested to use the Radiobuttons function in the Tools section, as this enables you to set the score for the Audit.
  • By ticking ‘Required’, this will enable the audit score to show on the form, if you do not tick this box the score will not show.
  • Beside the options input, you can enter the value – this will be the score that matches the option that will be chosen.
  • By ticking the ‘Correct’ box, corrective actions will not be applied. They will be applied by leaving the box unticked.
  • The Input Visibility function gives you the option to hide the radiobutton question, and it will appear depending on the option that is chosen from a previous section you have created (this applies to multiple functions in the toolbox).
  • When the user is filling out the Audit Form, the score will show beside the Audit Name.
  • The total score will appear in the Audit Details section.
  • Audit scores will also show on the main Audits page, under the Score column.


Combining Audit Forms into Audit Types

When adding an Audit to the system, you will need to select the Audit Type, which will determine which Audit Form(s) will be applied to the Audit. This will also determine the target of score when filling out Audit Forms.


To combine the Audit Form with an Audit Type:

  • Go to Settings on the left column and select Audit Types.
  • Click '+New Audit Type'.
  • Enter the details.
  • Select the Audit Form you have created (you can select multiple) - the sequence of forms you select will show in the same sequence when filling out an Audit Form.
  • Enter the Target of Score - this number will represent the score that needs to be exceeded.
  • The form you have created will now be applied when you add a new Audit.


Setting up and/or assigning and scheduling Audits to be carried out.


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Completing Audits

When you are creating a new Audit, you will need to select the Audit Type, subcontractor, store, expected completion date, location and project. By selecting these, it will allow the system Dashboard to show the Audit statisics based on what you have selected. When you have selected these, you will need to fill out the audit form(s) that have been added when you selected the audit type. The score will then be shown when you have completed filling out the form(s) in the Audits section, the system Dashboard, and the Trend Analysis section. You will be able to see a more detailed trend of audit scores in the trend analysis section, and you can apply certain filters to view the trend you wish to see over a certain period of time.


Assigning Corrective Actions from an Audit

When you have added an Audit to the system, and have completed filling out an audit form, you will be given the option to implement corrective actions to the audit. The options shown are: Add to Issue and Opportunity, Add to Immediate, Add to Long Term, and Omit.

By implementing corrective actions to an Audit, this will allow control measure to be put in place, which can be beneficial as it can help prevent future risks and occurrences and maintain safety in the workplace.


Reporting on Audit Results


You can also view and access Audit statistics in the Dashboard section.

To access Audit Dashboards:

  • Go to Dashboard in the left column.
  • Go to Audits.
  • Here you can see the Audit statistics as well as create new charts.


To create a new chart:

  • Click '+New Chart'.
  • Enter the Title, Type and Description.
  • In the Datasets section, you can select 'My Modules' or 'My Digitised Forms'.

'My Modules':

  • Select what you want to count and how you want to group the data by selecting from the dropdown options.
  • You have the option to count something else by choosing from the dropdown options.

'My Digitised Forms':

  • Select the Module and Form from the dropdown options.
  • Select the Version and the Question from the dropdown options.


You can apply Filters when creating a chart by clicking Filters beside the preview.


Trend Analysis:

  • You can access the Trend Analysis on Audits by clicking Audits on the left column.
  • This section shows the Audit Trends depending on the filters and Audit Type you select.
  • You can select the Audit time, Locations and Projects in the filters section.
  • There are different sections that show the recent Audit Scores depending what filters you have chosen.
  • These sections will show the questions from Audit Forms that have been filled out and the date, as well as the scores and score summary.

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