A QR code on a sticker can open a page you host. It does not examine the machine, and it does not store the thorough examination report unless you put that report somewhere the code actually opens.
Decide what the code does
Send the exact address the code should open. Test it on a phone before you approve the proof. A code that opens a dead page is a wasted sticker. Say how big the code must be. Too small, and a phone will not read it in a yard. Leave clear space around the code. Do not run a logo through it.
If you want the code as well as a fleet number, say which is which. People still need to read the number when the phone has no signal.
What it is not
HSE requires a written thorough examination report with the Schedule 1 information, and regulation 11 sets how long reports are kept. A QR sticker is not that report. It is a link you asked us to print. Do not use it to claim an examination has been passed. Catalogue stickers in stock can dispatch the same day. A code is custom and is quoted.
Put the code on a flat panel, not across a rib. Tell the yard what the code is for, in words next to it if you need to, so people are not asked to scan a mark they do not trust. If the page it opens changes, the printed code does not. Order a new sticker rather than hoping the old address still works. Print the fleet number in characters next to the code. A phone with no signal, or a driver who will not scan an unknown mark, still needs to read Which machine it is should be readable without a phone. Keep the code large enough for a yard, not a business-card size.
Sources
- Titan Graphics fitting note. This page describes how we print and how a yard can fit stickers. It is not a legal duty.
- HSE: Thorough examinations and inspections of lifting equipment
- The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998, regulation 11