Level 3 inspection
A representative job of simple systems: splits and packaged units.
2 h 1 min70% less time recording and writing up
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Time saved, worked out
Level 3 done in under an hour. Level 4 in an afternoon, not a day.
The walk-round takes as long as the building takes. What Click Inspection removes is everything after it: retyping plates, transcribing notes, filing photographs, building the asset list, writing the report and fixing the XML. Here is that time, task by task, for a Level 3 and a Level 4 inspection.
Level 4 inspection
A representative job of complex systems: central plant, AHUs, an itemised asset list.
5 h 45 min74% less time recording and writing up
An estimate from the assumptions set out below, not a measurement of anyone’s day. Travel, access, the walk-round itself and lodgement are the same either way and are not counted. Change any figure to match how you work.
Work it out for your own jobs.
Pick a level, say what is on the job and how many you do a month. Every figure on this page follows.
Level 3, one inspection
| Task | Typical | Click Inspection | Saved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
At your volume
back every month
a year: of 7.5 hours.
The assumptions, every one.
Minutes per task. “Typical” is a form-based workflow: notes and photographs on site, then typing it all into desktop software. The representative jobs are 4 outdoor and 6 indoor units with 2 controllers at Level 3, and 6 outdoor units, 24 indoor units, 2 air handling systems and 4 controllers at Level 4.
| Task | Typical, minutes (L3 / L4) | Click Inspection, minutes (L3 / L4) |
|---|---|---|
| Setting up the job and the pre-site recordper inspection | 15 / 20Typed into the software from the booking and your notes. | 10 / 15Set up once in the dashboard and synced to the phone; the pre-site checklist is ticked as you go. |
| Data plates: make, model, serial, capacity, refrigerantper unit | 4Photographed or written down on site, then typed in at the desk. | 1Photographed and read on the phone, checked against the system database; you confirm it. |
| Condition questionsper unit | 3Noted on site, then entered question by question. | 1Answered from the condition photograph; All as expected for what a photograph cannot see. |
| Controller readings and controls questionsper controller | 4Mode, setpoint and time schedules written down, then entered. | 2Mode and setpoint read off the controller’s display; you confirm the rest. |
| Filing evidence photographs against each unitper unit | 1.5Renamed and sorted into folders after the visit. | 0Filed against the unit as each one is taken. |
| The asset listper unit | 0.5 / 1.5Compiled into a spreadsheet; at Level 4, every indoor and outdoor unit itemised with its serial. | 0Generated from the survey, on every plan. |
| Executive summary and recommendationsper inspection | 45 / 90Written up from your notes. | 15 / 30Drafted from the survey; you read, reword and accept each section. |
| Creating and checking the XMLper inspection | 15 / 20Exported at the desk; errors found and fixed when it is uploaded. | 3 / 4Written on the phone and checked against every safeguard before it is saved. |
| Task (Level 3) | Typical, minutes | Click Inspection, minutes |
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What this does not count
- Travel, access and the walk-round itself. The building takes as long as it takes.
- Lodgement: uploading the XML into Sterling E-Volve Projects is the same step either way.
- The review you still do. Every answer the app fills in and every section it drafts is yours to check, and the Click Inspection figures include that time.
