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SAFETY INFORMATION DATABASE (SID)

User Manual C

Manufacturer & Association RegistrationsSee user manual A for free and skydiver registrations

and user manual B for business and rigger registrations

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Contents

Registration

5 Using the safety information database

Switchboard

7 Add equipment details

8 Search for safety information

9 Search Results

11 Viewing safety information

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Logging In

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Introduction

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Summary

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Advanced search

Search options

13 Search results

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Riggers study guide

15 Adding a safety notice

17 Editing a safety notice

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Introduction

The manufacturer and association registrations are for organisations that supply the safety information to keep the database up to date.

These registrations allows you the same rights as a rigger registration and additionally you can add, edit or delete safety information that you have uploaded.

Before you start to add, edit or delete any safety information please take some time to get used to how the basic search, and the advanced searching system works.

This is a real time safety information database so as soon as you upload it all reserve packers, riggers, dropzones etc will receive it straight away. All individual skydivers who have equipment that is relevant to your safety information will also receive it if they have registered.

This database is the launch version that provides a very useful system, however, after some more investment we will upgrade it to include options that help both manufacturers and riggers stay in control while saving a great deal of administration time.

If you find this database beneficial then please let your customers and dealers know about it.

Thank you for your interest in Skydive Safety

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1. Select Safety database from the www.skydive-safety.com menu

2. Select Register or Log In

User Manual A(Rev05 12/2010)

Read the user manual

5User Manual A (Rev05 12/2010)

Registration

1. Complete the form and make a note of your log in name and password

2. Select your registration; Manufacturer or Association and then Select Submit Registration

3. You will receive an E-mail with confirmation and log in details. Please note that your registration will be checked and approved before you can start to add, edit or delete safety information. This could take up to 12 hours.

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Logging In

Manufacturer

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Switchboard

1. After you have logged in you will be taken to this switchboard.

2. Before you start a search for safety information you will need to select Equipment Profile and add your customers parachute equipment details to the database.

3. After you have completed your equipment profile you can then select Search For Safety Information

4. Or you can use the advanced search option which is completely independent from the equipment profile

5. To add, edit or delete safety information select Add Safetry Notices

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Add Equipment

Fill in the form and select Save ProfileYou can add a profile for each customers. I use the customers surname and a customer number

Hewitt 007

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Searching

1. Now your customers profile has been completed and saved, you can select Search For Safety Information

2. The Update Registration Details allows you to change your password, e-mail address etc

3. Ignore the upgrade registration as you have the highest available.

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1. Choose your customers equipment profile name from the pull down list

2. Select Hide Duplications

3. Select Search Database

Searching

Hewitt 007

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Search Results

1. This is a small selection showing 2 of the 18 safety notices for this complete rig

2. The safety notices can be arranged by column order, just select the column to re-arrange the search results

3. You can add safety notices within this search result, and if you are the owner of any of the shown safety notices you will have a link in the edit column so you can edit or delete that individual safety notice.

4. Select View to read and print the safety notices

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Viewing the Safety Notice

1. This is an example of a manufacturers safety notice

2. If you have any safety notices that are not in the database please contact Skydive Safety so we can update the database and consult with the supplier.

3. If you have any questions about any of the safety notice in the database please contact Skydive Safety and we will assist you further

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Advanced Search

The advanced search allows you to search for a safety notice in many different ways.

Select one or more of the menus to fine tune your search results.

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Advanced Search

In this example the manufacturer has chosen to search for a product that they have made. The result shows that they can edit the safety notice that belongs to them but they can’t edit the association one

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Study Guide

The riggers study guide works as follows:

Select a item from the subject options so you can read about every problem that has occurred in each category.

For Example;

1. If you select closure loops you will be able to read about all the problems that have occurred when someone ignores the basic principles of how a closure loop works.

2. If you select Freebags you will be able to read about all the problems that have occurred when a manufacturer sells a Freebags that fails to do its job.

3. If you select control toggles you will be able to read about all the problems that have occurred when a skydiver incorrectly packs a control toggle.

4. If you select AAD you will be able to read about all the problems that have occurred when a manufacturer designs a designs and develops a new product.

5. Basically, all riggers and reserve packers should be aware of all of these problems so they know what to look out for when inspecting equipment.

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Study Guide

In this example I have chosen to search for a product that has a BPA safety notice against it, which resulted in 1 safety notice.

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Adding a Safety Notice

1. The pull down menus are self explanatory, you just select an item from each one.

2. The title should be one that identifies the problem.

3. The date is the date that you issue the safety notice

4. The from and to dates are very important. If you leave these blank then this safety notice will appear on every search for this product.

5. If you add a from and to date then only the products built between those dates will show on a search.

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Editing a Safety Notice

1. When you select edit you can change any item in the list and then select save and it will over write the previous information

2. If you select browse to find a new safety notice on your computer then that new one will be uploaded and it will over write the existing one

3. When I check the safety notices and see that it’s a duplication from one that already exists, I will decide which one should be classed as a duplication. My preference is a manufacturers should always be the primary one but if a manufacturer is not very clear I may select an association one.

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Summary

1. You can add many customers to search for safety information on specific rigs

2. You can do an advanced search for any component with a rig

3. You can print out a list of safety information to give to your customers so they know that all safety information has been complied with.

4. You can add, edit and delete safety notices that belong to you

Thank you for your interest and attitude towards safety

• Help to support our safety efforts by promoting the safety information database to your customers and dealers

• Sponsor the database to help develop it further. I would like to make this service free for everyone

• Please don’t hesitate to contact me about the system or any safety notice within it. My priority is and always will be to assist riggers and reserve packers to do their job with the right tools available. I believe this is an important tool for all riggers and reserve packers