Capture an assessment

Before anything is fitted or recorded, your organisation's own briefing and consent process with the worker comes first. Your organisation sets that process, so follow it as you normally would.

Then open the assessment you created. Because it hasn't been captured yet, it opens straight onto the capture screen.

The capture screen has three regions, and you'll use all of them. The live camera view fills most of it. A row shows the connection status of each sensor. Three graphs — neck, back and arms — sit ready to move.

Check the sensor row first. All five sensors need to show as connected. A sensor that is flat, out of range or still in the case is easier to fix now than after the worker has performed the task.

Then position the device so the camera sees the whole task — the worker, the load, and the equipment they use. The video is the evidence you'll scrub against the graphs when a score needs explaining, so a frame that cuts off the pallet cuts off half the answer.

Every capture starts by normalising.

Normalising records the worker's neutral posture, and every movement in the capture is measured against it. It's the zero point, so if it isn't done properly, the assessment won't be valid.

Ask the worker to stand naturally: upright, arms relaxed at their sides, looking straight ahead. When they're still, select Normalise. The app streams for a few seconds, then sets their resting posture.

If something is wrong, the app stops you here so you don't record unusable data. Sensors not connected or Sensors aren't assigned sends you back to the Sensors tab. A low battery warning lists each sensor and its charge — you can go back, or continue if the charge will last the capture. Invalid sensor placement means a sensor isn't sitting correctly: refit it, and normalise again.

If the worker was mid-movement, or a sensor was loose, normalise again. It only takes a few seconds.

Select Start. The graphs begin to move with the worker, and the elapsed time runs at the top.

Let the worker perform the task as they normally would. Your role is to observe and keep the camera on the work, rather than to direct, correct or improve what you're seeing. If someone does the job extra carefully because they're being filmed, the capture shows a version of the task nobody actually performs.

Record enough of the task to represent how it is actually done. If the task repeats, a few full cycles is usually enough — you don't need to capture a long task from start to finish.

If the work is interrupted, use Pause, and Resume when it restarts. Cancel discards the capture, so the app asks you to confirm first. The two buttons sit close together and do very different things, so take a moment before you tap.

When the task is done, select Stop & save. The app writes the capture to the assessment.

If any sensor lost connection while you recorded, the app opens Downloading data from sensors automatically and pulls the missing data straight from the sensor's own memory — the sensors record locally as well as streaming, so a dropout during the task is usually recoverable rather than fatal.

Keep the sensors near the device until it finishes, and choose Retry if it asks. Stay with the device until this step is done.

Before anyone removes a sensor, open the assessment and review it. This is the last moment a redo is quick.

Play the video. Check the graphs moved when the worker moved, and that the whole task is inside the capture.

This is a quick sanity check rather than an analysis. Three questions cover it, and they're the same three every time.

If any of those look wrong — or the task wasn't done the way it normally is — redo the capture now, while you're still on site. Re-fitting five sensors and asking for one more cycle takes a few minutes, whereas coming back next week means rescheduling, and that often doesn't happen.

A good capture, saved and checked. Next, you'll add the information the sensors can't know.