What this tutorial covers
A step-by-step walkthrough of the Soil Classification Ex-Situ form in the EnviroAutomate app. Use this when you're classifying soil that has already been excavated and stockpiled above ground - one form covers all stockpiles at the Site. Each Take Photos button on this form opens a page where you can take a new photo with the camera or upload one from your device.
Before you start
Open the EnviroAutomate app while you have signal so the Site's lookups download.
Have your sample bottles, photo-ionisation detector calibration cert and PPE ready.
Confirm each stockpile has an ID marker (chalk, paint or numbered tag).
Step 1 - Open the task
Open the EnviroAutomate app and tap Inbox.
Tap your dispatched Ex-Situ Soil Classification task.
Tap Start Form Task.
Step 2 - Site Details
Confirm Project Code, Site Name and Site Address match the job (these are read-only).
Confirm Assessment Date is correct.
Tap Capture GPS next to Location / GPS to drop your current coordinates.
Tap Take Photos under Calibration Certificates and add the cert for any equipment you used today.
Type the Site Land Use.
For each of the five history questions tap Yes, No or Unknown.
Under Contaminants of Potential Concern, tap every analyte group that applies (or Unknown (IWRG Suite) if you don't know).
Step 3 - Soil Stockpile(s) Description
Add one record per stockpile on Site. For each stockpile:
Type the Stockpile ID (matches the marker on the stockpile).
Tap Take Photos under Stockpile Photo(s) and add a photo of the stockpile.
Type the Soil Origin Activity (where the soil came from - e.g. trench excavation).
Tap Waste Origin Code and pick from the list.
Type the Length (m), Width (m) and Height (m) of the stockpile.
Tap Soil has been mixed with any wastes? Yes, No or Unknown. If Yes, two extra fields appear: type the Percentage Mixed Wastes? (estimate %) and the Non-soil wastes present (description of what you observed - e.g. timber, plastic, brick).
Tap Was putrescible waste present? Yes or No.
Tap Was there evidence of potential ACM observed? Yes or No.
Tap Sampling Details to open the sampling subform. For every sample collected from this stockpile tap Add New and record sample ID, depth, time, sample method and field observations. Tap Done after each.
Tap QC Register Details to open the QC subform. For every QC sample (duplicate, triplicate, rinsate, blank) tap Add New and record the QC type, sample ID and analysing lab. Tap Done after each.
Tap Add to start the next stockpile, then repeat.
Step 4 - Submit
Scroll back to the top of the form and check every required field has a value.
Tap Submit.
After you submit
The submission is matched to the Ex-Situ Soil Classification fieldwork task in EnviroAutomate. Each stockpile, its dimensions and its sample list are loaded against the Site, ready for laboratory results to be added when they come in.
Tips
Use Save and Exit between stockpiles to keep your progress safe - it will be in In Progress on the home screen.
Stockpile IDs become the sample container labels and the laboratory chain-of-custody references, so make sure each is unique and matches what you've written on the stockpile itself.