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WorkSteps handbook

Prepare controlled instructions for each unit, record step evidence and manage supervised handovers and exceptions.

Review edition · 25 October 2026

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WorkSteps

Your role

Start here: Owner

Set up people and stations, and preserve the site records.

Owner
Your role

Start here: Author

Create unit-specific procedures and independently expected examples.

Author
Your role

Start here: Reviewer

Review a frozen procedure and control its release lifecycle.

Reviewer
Your role

Start here: Supervisor

Import and issue units, resolve holds and preserve completed evidence.

Supervisor
Your role

Start here: Operator

Identify one unit, follow its issued steps and record truthful evidence.

Operator
Your role

Start here: Viewer

Read units, travellers and completed evidence without changing work.

Viewer
Reference

Roles and actions: who can do what

Find the authority, authentication and review conditions for a task, with links to the working procedure.

Owner · Author · Reviewer · Supervisor · Operator · Viewer
Reference

Station input reference: identifiers, text and photographs

Check exact evidence formats, text bounds and photograph limits before saving a step.

Supervisor · Operator
Site administration

Prepare people and stations

Check the site, role restrictions and named stations before production use.

Owner
Authoring

Author procedures for unit variations

Define steps, options, parameter tables and evidence before proof.

Author
Authoring and approval

Verify and publish a procedure

Compare independent expectations and publish only the exact passing candidate.

Author · Reviewer
Everyday work

Import units and issue their travellers

Preview exact source data and issue a consistent batch.

Supervisor
Everyday work

Record evidence at the station

Claim the correct unit and satisfy each issued requirement.

Operator
Exceptions

Resolve holds and hand over unfinished work

Use the remedy for the specific barrier and arrange the physical transfer.

Supervisor · Operator
Exceptions

Correct evidence, replace work or authorise rework

Preserve the original attempt and review what must be repeated.

Supervisor
Change control

Retire or withdraw a release

Stop future issuance or execution with the appropriate release action.

Reviewer · Supervisor
Troubleshooting

Recover from an uncertain answer or station lock

Reconcile the original action and restore current station authority.

Operator · Supervisor
Records and evidence

Read history and retain the right export

Distinguish reference instructions, completed evidence and complete site records.

Supervisor · Viewer · Owner
Site administration

Handle recovery and close the site

Review held work and preserve records before the read window ends.

Owner · Supervisor
Worked example

Worked example: two unit variations and a handover

Follow a plausible job through variation, evidence and a supervised interruption.

Author · Reviewer · Supervisor · Operator · Viewer
Connected work

Require a ToolCustody check before a step

Register the source permission, bind the approved step and check the actual loan and tool at the station.

Owner · Author · Reviewer · Supervisor · Operator