[ Plant & Equipment Register ]
Know what plant and equipment is on which project
Plant and equipment gets shared across projects, and the register meant to track where it is often lags behind reality. Novato treats equipment assignment the same way it treats a Tradie assignment — a live link between an asset and a project, not a static list.
How it works
Add equipment to your company-wide list
Record the type and category once — an excavator, a scissor lift, whatever plant you actually run.
Assign it to a project
Pick the project from the list and confirm — the same "Assign to a project" pattern used elsewhere in Novato.
It shows up on that project's equipment register
Visible alongside the Tradies and documents already tracked there.
Move or remove it as the job changes
Reassign equipment to a different project, or remove it, as plant actually moves between sites.
How this fits Australian WHS compliance
This module is deliberately an assignment and tracking tool, not a compliance document store — it doesn't ask for or track statutory equipment certifications itself. Where a specific piece of plant needs its own licence or certification (a High Risk Work Licence for crane operation, for example), that's tracked through Novato's licence verification instead.
Common questions
Does this track equipment certifications or inspections?
No — it tracks which equipment is assigned to which project. Operator licensing (e.g. High Risk Work Licences) is tracked separately through licence verification.
Can the same piece of equipment be on multiple projects?
It can be reassigned between projects as it moves, reflecting where it actually is rather than everywhere it's ever been used.
Who can see the equipment register for a project?
Anyone with access to that project can see what equipment is currently assigned to it, the same as the Tradies and documents sections.
Try plant & equipment register on your next project
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