Knowledge
Knowledge for the workshop
We write about what workshops actually get stuck on — not about the product. The pages below go through the requirements, where they come from and what they mean in a workshop that builds and services heavy vehicles.
Requirements and rules
What applies, where the requirement comes from and where it usually falls down. Every page names its sources.
Systematic work environment management in the workshop
What Swedish systematic work environment management requires of a truck body or vehicle workshop: investigate, assess, act and follow up. With a checklist and sources.
Read moreCertificates and authorisations in the workshop
Forklift, overhead crane, hot work and welding qualifications: what the law requires, what the insurer requires, and what is only industry practice.
Read moreInspection of lifting equipment
Which lifting equipment must be inspected, how often, who may do it and what happens when an inspection has expired. For workshops with cranes, overhead cranes and lift tables.
Read moreChemical inventory in the workshop
What a chemical inventory must contain, where safety data sheets belong, and how a workshop keeps the list current without it taking a week.
Read moreLoad securing and bodywork
What load securing requirements mean for those who build and service heavy vehicles: lashing points, strength, documentation and who is responsible for what.
Read moreRegistration inspection after bodywork
Which modifications to a heavy vehicle require registration inspection, what the inspection looks at, and what the workshop needs ready before the vehicle goes.
Read moreLone working in the workshop
When lone working is allowed, which tasks must not be done alone, and how a workshop arranges alarms and contact without building anything expensive.
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Templates to start from
Ready starting points for the documents that have to exist.
Safety round – template and checklist
What should a safety round cover? Get a ready checklist for your safety-round template – and run the round digitally in Fitout instead of on paper.
Read moreRisk assessment – template and method
How to do a risk assessment in the workshop. Get the structure for a risk-assessment template, a checklist and a digital tool that links risk to action.
Read moreService protocol – template and checklist
What should a service protocol contain? Get the structure for a protocol template, a checklist and a digital tool that sends the protocol to the customer.
Read moreTime sheet – template and digital solution
Need a time-sheet template? See what a time sheet should contain and how to drop Excel by logging time straight on the job in Fitout.
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