The document describes changes made to a checklist to make it more user-friendly. It details several issues with the original checklist and improvements implemented in an amended version. Specifically, it notes that barn doors are optional, a "resolved issue" box was added, unplugging rather than fully de-rigging lights was sufficient, font colors were adjusted to distinguish questions from solutions, and signature/date fields were included for accountability of equipment checks. The amended checklist implementing these changes is provided to better guide users through equipment inspections.

1. ORIGINAL COPY OF CHECKLIST

2. AMMENDED COPY OF CHECKLIST

3. When I used my checklist to see if it works correctly, I found that there were a few aspects that needed to be
changed in orderfor the checklist to be more user-friendly and therefore easier to use.
The first thing I realised is that it is not essential for the CCT fresnels to have barn doors attached – barn doors
are used to manipulate the light beam so to have them is merely an option. I also feltthat if anyone using the
checklist comes across a problem,such as a light missing from the rig, there was nowhere on the sheet to say
that the issue had beenresolved.To fix this, I have decidedto put a “Resolved issue” tick box next to the original
tick box. This helps the user keep track of what has beendone and is less confusing.
When I looked to see if all the lights were the correctway around I noticed there was one that wasn’t. I had to
climb on a ladder and go up in the rig to the light on the bar that was the wrong way around, however my
checklist said that I had to completelyde-rig it by unclipping the safety chain and g-clamp and then unplug the
wire from the socket.I realised that you don’t actually have to de-rig the light, but instead just unclip the safety
chain and unplug the wire from the socketin orderto be able to flip the light around so that the focus knobs are
on the bottom, not the top. The focus knobs are used to make the beam of light smaller or larger, perhaps to
focus on a particular prop.
Another change I want to make to the checklistis the font colour of the questions.This is purely to make the
sheet look more appealing instead of a large document.It could also help to distinguish the solutions from the
questions which would make it more user-friendly. I also thought it was necessaryto have a space to sign the
sheet after use. There should be a space for the person’s signature or full name, a space to write the date of
inspectionand also the date of the next inspection. This will help anyone that can’t find a piece of equipment to
find out when it was last in the space. I have written the default “next inspectiondate” to two weeks because the
drama studio is regularly in use and so there needs to be confirmation that the equipmentis in the space ready
to be used. The reason I haven’t defaulted it to “one week from now” is because the equipment doesn’tusually
Things I’ve decided to change

4. get moved around a lot from this space,however sometimesthere are a few pieces that may be needed
elsewhere.
Overall, I think I have produced an accurate, user-friendly guide. There are pictures of all the equipment
mentioned in this checklist on the Inventory so I didn’t feel it was necessaryto include them here. However, the
photo at the bottom is helpful because it has not been mentioned before and so the user may not know what it
is. The amended checklist is below.