A smart business owner should consider all of the things that he or she needs, in order to make sure not only the profit, but also the safety of the workers. Businesses, regardless of its type need several types of equipment in order for your employee to complete his or her job efficiently and fast. That being said, business owners should always ensure that all of the equipment being used in the office, warehouse, or place of work are fully functional and safe to use.

While your employees can do their own checking before using any equipment in the office to ensure functionality and safety, it is still the business owner’s responsibility to ensure all of that, in order to prevent unfortunate events in the office, which can cost a large amount of money and a big lost for the business.

In order to make sure that all of the equipment inside the office are safe and efficient to use, one can do an equipment audit, which can be done in-house by a dedicated person who belongs in your staff, or hire a professional service / third party to do it for you.
Inspection and audit of the work equipment is very important because it is used to identify whether your work equipment can be maintained safely, adjusted and operated.  Not all work equipment needs auditing and inspection, but a quick visual check before you use all the equipments are enough. However, there are cases that you need to inspect equipment, especially when the equipment is risky in terms of health safety before using or installing. There is also need in inspection to determine the risk of the equipment.

You need to inspect the work equipment if your risk assessment identifies important risk like injury or health risk. Each results of the inspection should be recorded and should be kept until the next inspection of your equipments. It is necessary to keep the record not in writing, but in other forms like computers. Work equipment that is under the risk assessment should no t be used, not unless you know personally that the inspection already taken place. If the equipments are hired by other companies, make sure that there accompanied evidences that the equipment is safe to use.

There are also circumstances where the auditing required in making sure that the equipment is healthy and safe to use.  Auditing can be done by anyone who has sufficient knowledge of the equipment and experience to know what are the things they need to look at, things they need to look for, and the things they need to do if problem occurs. The level of competence will depend on the type of equipment and the equipment use. The inspection should not be inspected by the person who is handling the equipment itself, not unless the handler is competent enough to inspect his or her own equipment. It can be done by in house staff or technicians or could be recommended by manufacturer, advice by the industry, and their own experience of the equipment.

Work equipments that are usually exposed to conditions that can deteriorate it, and may cause dangerous situations and can cause accidents. It should be regularly inspected and audit. These equipments should be inspected in suitable intervals. By inspecting your equipment regularly, the safety of the employees will not be jeopardizing. Here are other benefits of auditing your work equipments.

• Security – since you are investing on machineries and other equipments, this will ensure minimal risks to prevent threats to contract auditors.
• Efficiency of the Business – according to the law, all equipment should be properly audited for effective internal controls.
• Asset replacement policies – if you do not know how to determine the damage of the equipments, it is better to hire people who are expert in equipment inspection. This will optimize the employees’ competence and productivity if you are sure that all of the equipments are working well.
• Standardization – this will give you the quality of your equipment. Maintenance and inspection of equipment will add to the quality of products and works of the employees. You will be able to use your equipment with its highest productivity and competence.