GeotechOS
Set up your laboratory

Set up your laboratory

Set up a new laboratory in GeotechOS Lab with the setup checklist. Add the laboratory, choose the tests you run, then equipment, people and a first job.

Applies toWindows and macOSWeb browser

A new laboratory has a setup checklist on Home. It has five steps. You need the first two before you can book in work.

The Set up your laboratory checklist on Home, with five steps and a button for each

Before you start

  • Use Lab on a computer, or in a wide web browser window.
  • You need administrator access in GeotechOS. The first person in a new workspace has it.

Step 1: Add your laboratory

  1. On Home, click Add laboratory.
  2. In Name, type the name of the laboratory, for example Example Geotechnical Laboratory.
  3. In Code, type a short name, for example EGL. Lists show this code.
  4. In Time zone, select the laboratory's time zone.
  5. In Accreditation number, type your NATA accreditation number, if you have one.
  6. In First job number, type the next job number from your old system, if you move from one. If you leave it blank, the first job is 1001.
  7. Click Add laboratory. Step 1 shows a tick.

The Add your laboratory dialog with the name, code, time zone, accreditation number and first job number

Step 2: Choose the tests you run

Only the tests you choose can be booked.

  1. Click Choose tests.
  2. Type in the search box to find a test. You can type a test name (moisture), an everyday name (liquid limit, PSD, MDD, CBR) or a method number (AS 1289.5.1.1, T117).
  3. To show only one material, click Soil, Rock, Aggregate, Asphalt or another material.
  4. Select the check box of each method that your laboratory runs. Lab saves each change at once.
  5. Click Done.

The Choose the tests you run dialog, searched for liquid limit, with the Atterberg Limits methods

Note: To add or remove tests later, click File › Options › Tests you run.

When steps 1 and 2 are done, the checklist folds to one line, Finish setting up. Click Show to open it again.

Steps 3 to 5

  • Add your equipment. Click Open register. See Add equipment.
  • Say who may test, review and approve. Click Open training. See People and authorisations. This step gets its tick when at least one person may do a test, one may review and one may approve. If one of them is missing, the step tells you who to authorise.
  • Book in your first job. Click Book in. See Book in samples and tests.

When all five steps are done, the checklist goes away.