Getting started

certify.nz is BWOF inspection software for IQPs. You add each building from its compliance schedule, inspect its specified systems on a phone, tablet or laptop, and issue reports the building owner and council can check online.

1. Sign up

1. Go to certify.nz/app/signup.
2. Enter your name, email and a password.
3. Choose how you work: I inspect and issue my own reports, or I don't inspect: I run the office, bookings or reports.
4. You start a 30-day free trial. No card is needed to start.

2. Try the practice building

Every new account gets SAMPLE – Practice Tower. Nothing in it is real. Its reports are watermarked SAMPLE and are never emailed, so you can try every button.

1. Open Buildings and tap SAMPLE – Practice Tower.
2. Tap Start inspection and work through the lift checklist.
3. Mark a check as a defect, complete the inspection, then review the sample report.
4. When you are done, delete the practice building from the bottom of its page.

3. Find your way around

• Overview: your day at a glance, plus what is due this week.
• Inspections: annual inspections and re-inspections.
• Buildings: every building, its compliance schedule and its specified systems.
• Defects: everything that still needs fixing, across all buildings.
• Reports: every issued report, with its date, inspector and verify code.
• Settings: your details, your company, your team, checklists and your plan.

Tip: Tap ? at the bottom of any screen for tips about that page, or to ask for help.