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Lifting • VGP / VRS / VMS
The periodic inspection software for lifting
Octav helps companies specialized in lifting to schedule inspections, track appliances and accessories, retrieve histories and produce clearer inspection reports. A single platform for the field, the back office and client relationships.
A solution built for lifting equipment
For lifting, managing the fleet, visits, observations and reports must stay fast, reliable and readable. Octav centralizes interventions, equipment, deadlines, histories and deliverables in periodic inspection software designed for the lifting trades.
Plan lifting inspections better
Organize periodic equipment inspections, recurrences and field interventions in inspection software that is clearer for your teams.
Produce more professional reports
Generate consistent, readable inspection reports that reassure your clients, while improving the traceability of your lifting business.
Octav features for lifting
Octav helps you prepare your rounds, track lifting equipment, retrieve observations and produce more professional inspection reports.
Lifting equipment tracking
Centralize your equipment, accessories, documents and histories in a single, clear database.
Intervention scheduling
Organize visits, recurrences and deadlines for your lifting inspections more easily.
Consistent inspection reports
Produce reports that are more readable, more professional and more consistent for your clients.
Offline field mode
Work on site even without a connection, then sync the data automatically afterwards.
Instant search
Immediately find a piece of equipment, an accessory, a site or an inspection history.
Client extranet
Share reports, documents and useful information in a clear client area.
Common use cases in lifting
Octav adapts to your teams’ field reality and to the way you prepare, carry out and deliver your inspections.
Lifting equipment
Lifting accessories
Inspection history
Inspection reports
Multi-site tracking
Client documents
Frequently asked questions about lifting inspection software
Lifting inspection software should let you schedule interventions, track equipment and accessories, retrieve histories and generate clear inspection reports. Octav centralizes these uses in a single web and mobile platform, with an offline mode for the field.
With Octav, every item has its own history, documents, observations and deadlines. This makes it easier to manage the fleet and prepare interventions, with direct access via a QR code or NFC tag placed on the equipment.
Yes. The offline mode lets inspectors keep working, record their reports and take photos without depending on the network. Synchronization happens automatically as soon as they are back online. Essential on construction sites, industrial sites and areas with no 4G.
Lifting periodic inspection covers appliances used for lifting and handling: overhead cranes, gantry cranes, cranes, forklifts, aerial work platforms, tail lifts, as well as all lifting accessories (slings, hooks, spreader beams, straps). Regulatory frequencies range from 6 to 12 months depending on the type of appliance and its use. Octav manages these specific frequencies by equipment family.
Periodic inspection of lifting appliances is generally annual for mechanically powered appliances (overhead cranes, cranes), with an additional visit at 6 months for certain lifting accessories. Forklifts and aerial work platforms are inspected every 6 months. Octav automatically alerts you before each deadline to avoid any overrun.
Yes. Inspection companies managing multi-site fleets particularly appreciate Octav for its consolidated view by client, by site and by equipment family. In a few clicks you filter equipment by location, type or deadline, and export reports site by site without confusion.
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