How to add additional access tags

Large scaffolds often have more than one way up: a north stair, a south stair, an east ladder. Each access point should show the scaffold's status, so workers can check it before they climb.

Every scaffold has a Primary Tag, created with the scaffold. Additional Access Tags let you put a tag at every other access point. Each tag has its own QR code, and scanning any of them opens the same scaffold record.

Turn on additional tags

This is a company setting, and it's off until an admin turns it on.

1In the web portal, open Settings > Scaffolds & Inspections.
2Under Scaffolds > Additional Tags, turn on Allow multiple tags per scaffold.

The Scaffolds & Inspections settings in the Scafflinq web portal, with Allow multiple tags per scaffold turned on under Additional Tags

Once it's on, an Additional Tags row appears in the mobile app for every scaffold.

Add an additional access tag in the mobile app

1Open the scaffold. On the Scaffold Info tab, tap Additional Tags, just below the primary Tag ID.

A scaffold's Scaffold Info tab in the Scafflinq app, with the Additional Tags row below the Tag ID

2On the Additional Tags screen, tap the + button in the bottom-right corner. The camera opens.

The Additional Tags screen in the Scafflinq app with no tags yet, and the + button to add the first one

3Scan the new tag. If you can't scan it, enter the 5-character tag ID from the label instead.

Scanning a new Scafflinq tag with the camera in the Scafflinq app

The Can't scan? sheet in the Scafflinq app, for entering the 5-character tag ID by hand

4Name the access point the tag marks, such as North Stair or West Platform, and tap Add Tag.

The Access Point sheet in the Scafflinq app, with West Platform entered as the access point name and the Add Tag button

5Fix the physical tag at that access point.

The tag now appears in the scaffold's Additional Tags list, with its tag ID and whether it's active. Tap the menu next to any additional tag to edit its name, replace the tag or make it inactive.

The Additional Tags list for a scaffold in the Scafflinq app, showing North Stair, West Stair and Upper Ramp with their tag IDs and status

How additional access tags work

  • Scanning any tag opens the same scaffold record: current safety status, next inspection, inspection history, restrictions and certificates.
  • Inspections belong to the scaffold, not to a tag, so there's one inspection history and no duplicate scaffolds.
  • Workers see the same status at every access point.
  • Scaffolds with a single access point work exactly as before.

What it costs

The Primary Tag is billed at the standard rate of $1.50 AUD per active tag per week. Each Additional Access Tag is $0.25 AUD per active tag per week. See how billing works.

If a tag is lost or damaged, see how to replace a lost or damaged tag.

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