Life Raft Audit App turns life raft audits into a scored, repeatable programme. Auditors score each life raft against weighted criteria, attach photo evidence, and track corrective actions to verified closure across every site. Managers compare life raft audit scores across sites and track every corrective action to closure.
Life Raft Audit App runs a scored life raft audit covering container condition and stowage, hydrostatic release unit and date, painter line and weak link, servicing certificate and date, and lashings and float-free arrangement, with a photo and a sign-off required on each point. Without a system, life raft findings live on paper and in chat. A life raft fault such as damaged container or stowage slips through. An audit then means rebuilding life raft evidence from folders.
Life Raft Audit App keeps one record per life raft and per site, with photo evidence and a named sign-off. Each life raft finding is tracked to verified closure. Deck officers and safety teams see life raft completion and overdue actions across the transport, logistics & warehousing portfolio. Every life raft record proves what was checked, when, and by whom.
What to Include in a Life Raft Audit App?
A comprehensive life raft audit covers the key areas that affect operations and compliance. Audit life raft readiness with structured scoring, photo evidence, and corrective action tracking. Your audit should include sections for container condition and stowage, hydrostatic release unit and date, and painter line and weak link, evidence capture, pass/fail or scoring criteria, corrective action assignment, and sign-off, so that nothing is missed and every audit finding is traceable.
How to Use Life Raft Audit App
A scored audit only helps if every auditor scores the same way. Follow these steps to run a life raft audit:
Open the life raft audit template, which carries weighted criteria and a scoring scheme.
Score each life raft against the criteria and attach photo evidence for any non-conformance.
Let the app calculate the section and overall life raft score so the site is comparable to others.
Raise a corrective action for each failed life raft criterion with an owner and due date.
Sign off the life raft audit. The scorecard and branded report generate automatically.
What Does a Life Raft Audit Cover?
A life raft audit scores condition against SOLAS LSA code and annual servicing requirements, checking container condition and stowage, hydrostatic release unit and date, painter line and weak link, servicing certificate and date, lashings and float-free arrangement, and SEP and cradle condition. Each life raft finding is logged with a photo, a severity, and the failing point. So the life raft audit becomes a traceable evidence pack, not an ageing spreadsheet.
What Gets Checked
Container condition and stowage
Hydrostatic release unit and date
Painter line and weak link
Servicing certificate and date
Lashings and float-free arrangement
SEP and cradle condition
Common Defects It Surfaces
Damaged container or stowage
Expired hydrostatic release
Incorrect painter or weak link
Overdue servicing
Lashings preventing float-free
Evidence Captured
Hydrostatic release photo
Servicing certificate photo
Stowage photo
Templates align to SOLAS LSA code, annual servicing requirements.
How Life Raft Audit App Scores a Life Raft Audit
Step 1
Score Consistently
Weighted criteria are built into the life raft audit template.
Step 2
Evidence Every Finding
Auditors attach photo proof for each life raft non-conformance.
Step 3
Compare and Act
Scorecards rank sites and failed life raft criteria become corrective actions.
See the AI Behind Life Raft Audit App
Everything your field team records during life raft audit, from photos and voice notes to sign-off, InspectWrk turns into a finished report automatically. Faster, more accurate, and without the retyping.
Take a Photo. AI Fills the Form
Your inspector takes a photo of any asset or defect. AI reads it and fills the inspection form automatically. No typing. No manual entry.
Speak. AI Writes It Down.
Inspectors speak their observations in any language. AI transcribes and fills the form in real time. Completely hands-free in the field.
Inspections Done. Report Ready.
The moment an inspection is submitted, a branded PDF, Excel, or CSV report generates automatically. No manual work. No waiting.
Connect Your Existing Tools.
InspectWrk integrates with the tools your team already uses, including Zoho, Microsoft 365, and SAP. No double entry.
Live Dashboard. Every Site. Always On.
Your operations team sees completion rates, open issues, and compliance scores across all sites in real time. No chasing updates.
Built to Handle Any Challenge
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What Life Raft Teams Fix When Audits Are Scored the Same Way Everywhere
Life Raft work breaks down the moment evidence leaves the form. These are the problems Life Raft Audit App is built to remove, and what the team gets back when it does.
You find out about a life raft problem from a complaint
There is no live view of life raft status across sites. The first sign that something failed on the life raft is a client call or an incident, by which point the problem is already public.
Problem
No live view of life raft status across sites
Life Raft problems surface as complaints, not as data
Life Raft risk is invisible until it becomes an incident
Solution
Live multi-site dashboard of life raft completion and open issues
Life Raft risk scoring flags sites trending to failure
Configurable dashboards filter life raft results by site and date
Every auditor scores the life raft audit differently, so sites cannot be compared
One auditor is strict, another is lenient, and a third skips sections. The life raft audit scores come back, but leadership cannot tell whether a low score means a weak site or a tough auditor.
Problem
Life Raft scoring depends on which auditor showed up
Life raft sections get skipped with no record
Life Raft scores are not comparable across sites
Solution
Weighted life raft criteria baked into the audit template
Mandatory life raft sections, so nothing is skipped
Comparable life raft scores that roll up across the estate
The same life raft defect comes back every cycle
Damaged container or stowage, expired hydrostatic release, incorrect painter or weak link, overdue servicing on the life raft are fixed, then reappear weeks later. Each life raft defect is treated as fresh because nobody sees it is the third time this quarter. The life raft root cause is never addressed.
Problem
Repeat life raft defects treated as new every time
No history tying findings to the same life raft
Budget spent re-fixing the same life raft problem
Solution
Full defect history per life raft
Recurring issue detection flags repeat life raft problems
Root-cause life raft work prioritised by evidence
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Life Raft Audit App check on a life raft audit?
Life Raft Audit App runs a scored life raft audit against SOLAS LSA code and annual servicing requirements, checking container condition and stowage, hydrostatic release unit and date, painter line and weak link, servicing certificate and date, and lashings and float-free arrangement. Each finding is logged with a photo, a severity, and the point it fails, then routed to an owner with a deadline. It stays open until a reviewer verifies the fix, so the audit becomes a traceable evidence pack for deck officers and safety teams rather than an ageing spreadsheet. Because scoring is built into the template, two sites assessed by two people produce numbers you can compare fairly.
Which life raft defects matter most, and what happens if they are missed?
The audit targets the life raft failures that matter most: damaged container or stowage, expired hydrostatic release, incorrect painter or weak link, and overdue servicing. Left unchecked, a fault such as damaged container or stowage can mean downtime, a safety incident, or a failed audit, so every finding becomes an owned task with a deadline. It stays open until photo proof of the repair is reviewed, and repeat problems are flagged so deck officers and safety teams fix the cause rather than the symptom. Prioritising by severity means the most serious issues are handled first, not whichever was reported loudest.
Which standards does Life Raft Audit App support for life raft work?
Life Raft Audit App keeps life raft checks aligned to SOLAS LSA code and annual servicing requirements. The photos each standard expects are required fields, so an incomplete check cannot be closed and a gap is caught before an assessor finds it. When a review is due, deck officers and safety teams pull the records for the site in scope with one search instead of rebuilding them from folders. Retention and history stay searchable, so proof remains defensible at any point, not only on the day of an audit.
Can teams run life raft checks offline and across multiple sites?
Yes. Life Raft Audit App is offline-first: teams complete life raft checks on iOS or Android with no signal, capturing photos and the evidence each check requires in the field. Each record syncs automatically when the connection returns, with its timestamp intact, and the same template runs on every site. So deck officers and safety teams get a live view of what is complete, overdue, or failing per location, and a weak connection in a remote or low-signal area never costs a round or loses a photo.
What evidence proves a life raft audit was completed?
Every completed life raft audit carries hydrostatic release photo, servicing certificate photo, and stowage photo, a GPS location, a timestamp, and a named sign-off. Because the evidence is captured during the round rather than typed up afterwards, deck officers and safety teams can show exactly what was checked, when, and by whom. When an assessor or client asks, the record exports in seconds as a branded PDF or a searchable history, so proof never depends on someone remembering where a photo was saved or which folder holds last quarter's records.
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