What this tutorial covers
A step-by-step walkthrough of the Non-Destructive Hazardous Materials Register form in the EnviroAutomate app. Use this when you're surveying a building for hazardous materials (asbestos, lead, SMF, PCB etc.) without taking destructive samples. Each Take Photo button on this form opens a page where you can take a new photo or upload one from your device.
Before you start
Open the EnviroAutomate app while you have signal.
Have your sample bags (for any items going to lab), markers and PPE ready.
Confirm the assumed assessment scope with the client (which areas and items are in scope).
Step 1 - Open the task
Open the EnviroAutomate app and tap Inbox.
Tap your dispatched Hazmat Assessment task.
Tap Start Form Task.
Step 2 - Assessment Details
Confirm Project Code, Site Name and Site Address match the job (these are read-only).
Confirm the Date/Time.
Type the Number of above ground Structure Levels (e.g. 1 for a single-storey building, 2 for two-storey).
Type the Number of below ground levels (e.g. 0 if no basement, 1 for one basement).
Tap a Type of Building option (Residential dwelling, Commercial Office or Industrial Factory).
Type the Year of Construction (Approximate) - this is critical because pre-1990 buildings are far more likely to contain asbestos.
Tap Take Photo under Site Photo and add a front-of-building photo.
Step 3 - Non-Destructive Hazardous Materials Register
Add one record per HAZMAT item identified. Walk the building methodically (e.g. ground level by room, then up).
Type the Area (e.g. "Kitchen", "Plant Room", "Roof Cavity").
Tap every applicable Levels HAZMAT Item Occurs in Structure (Ground Level, Level 1 to Level 4, Subfloor, Basement 1 / 2). You can pick more than one if the same item runs through multiple levels.
Type the Location / Room (more specific than Area, e.g. "north wall above sink").
Type the Feature (e.g. "wall sheeting", "vinyl tile", "lagging on pipe").
Tap a HAZMAT Type - Item Description (Fibre Cement, Vinyl, Mastic, Bonded, Friable, SMF, Lead, Crystalline Silica, Microbial, PCB or ODS Products). Two new fields appear tailored to whichever type you picked: a sub-type list (e.g. Fibre Cement Products, Vinyl Products, Lead Products) where you choose the specific material, and a Recommendations field (e.g. Fibre Cement Recommendations) where you record what action the client should take. Fill in both.
Type the Sample No. if you collected a physical sample, or leave blank.
Tap a Sample Status (Laboratory Data Required if a sample is going to lab; Assumed Positive or Assumed Negative if relying on visual ID; - if not applicable).
Tap a Friability rating (Laboratory Data Required, Non-Friable, Friable, N/A or -).
Tap a Condition (Good, Low Damage, Medium Damage, High Damage or -).
Tap a Disturbance Potential (Low, Medium, High or -).
Type the Quantity (m2 or other) for the item.
Type a Risk Assessment note (your professional judgement combining condition and disturbance potential).
Type any Comments.
Tap Take Photos under Photo and add at least one in-context photo of the item.
Tap Add to record the next item, then repeat.
Step 4 - Submit
Walk the building one more time to confirm you haven't missed any rooms or items.
Tap Submit.
After you submit
The submission is matched to the Hazmat Assessment fieldwork task in EnviroAutomate. Each register item, its risk rating and its photo are loaded against the Site, ready to be exported into the Hazardous Materials Register report for the client.
Tips
Use Save and Exit between rooms - your progress stays under In Progress on the home screen.
If you're uncertain whether an item contains hazardous material, mark Sample Status as Laboratory Data Required, take a sample (if your scope allows) and note it in Comments. Don't guess.