Tasking provides the ability to create tasks for the purpose of UAV operations, underpinning these with associated risk assessments, and equipment checks.
This module has a direct link to the equipment and logbook (if enabled) modules.
Clicking on the Tasking module icon displays the taking landing page.
Personal Tasking Actions
My Tasks – An area where your personal tasks are located
My Currency Status – A dashboard status of your flying activity
Tasking Overview
Risk Assessments – An area to build Risk Assessments
Method Checklists – An area to create checklists for different operation types
Method Statements – An area to combine Risk Assessments and Method Checklists to create different operational tasks
Task Roles – An area to create roles for tasks
Tasking – The area where you build and allocate your tasks
Analysis
Deployments Reporting – An overview area of your tasks
Currency – An overview area of pilot flights
If your system has multiple subsystems, then the Tasking Overview and Analysis areas will be found under a Config tab.
Risk Assessments
It is best practice to create your Risk Assessments first.
1. Click on the ‘Risk Assessments’ button
2. Click on the ‘+ Create Template’ button
3. The number is autogenerated but can be overtyped, give the Risk Assessment a name, and add a description if required
4. Click on the ‘Save’ button
5. A Hazards area is enabled, click on the ‘Add’ button within this are
6. Enter a name for the hazard
7. Add as many hazards as is required
8. Click on the ‘Save’ button
Once the Hazards have been inputted there needs to be consequences added to each hazard (this can be one or more)
9. If inputting for the first time click on the ‘‘+Add’ button within the Consequence area, if editing existing consequences or adding additional ones click on the Play button
10. Click on the ‘Add’ button
11. Input a consequence
12. Select a Main Impact area (these areas can be configured via Centrik)
13. Scoring for this risk uses the risk matrix of your organisation that is used in Centrik
Selecting the Sev area will display the Severity areas and calibration for the risk matrix
Selecting Likel will display the Likelihood areas and calibration for the risk matrix
Selecting the combined area will display the risk matrix for selection
14. Make the relevant selection
15. Click on the ‘Save’ button
16. Repeat the steps for each Consequence within each Hazard
Once completed a list of hazards, and the associated consequences is displayed.
Method Checklists
The Method Checklists allows for different checks to be created within Centrik when a trigger has occurred. In relation to UAVs this might be a check before the first flight of the day, a check after, or before each flight, or alternatively after the last flight of the day.
1. Click on the ‘Method Checklists’ button (for a single subsystem this is found on the landing page, for a multiple subsystem site this is found within the Config tab)
2. Click on the ‘Add Checklist’ button
3. Give the checklist a number, and a checklist name
4. Select the Trigger from the available dropdown (when this checklist will become triggered/active)
5. Enter a description (if required)
6. Select the Possible Answers from the available dropdown list (Ok/Fail or Ok/Fail/NA)
7. Add in the contents of the check using the ‘Add Heading’ or ‘Add Item’ buttons (please note a check answer cannot be selected for a heading)
8. Select a possible a answer for each checklist item (the system defaults to the checklist standard answer)
9. Check the equipment checkbox of the subsystem where this check sits
10. Click on the ‘Save’ button
Method Statements
The method statement area allows you to combine created risk assessments and created method checklists into a task, or a type of operational flying.
1. Click on the ‘Method Statement’ button (for a single subsystem this is found on the landing page, for multiple subsystems, this is found within the Config tab)
2. Click on the ‘+ New Method Statement’ button
3. Give the statement a name
4. Enter a description (if required)
5. Add any attachments (if required, this could be a pdf of the method statement for example)
6. Check the checkbox for the associated risk assessment (if the applicable one is not available you are able to create one (with the necessary access rights00
7. Check the checkbox of any associated checklists that you wish to include (if one is not created you are able to create one)
8. Check the checkbox of the relevant equipment subsystem
9. Click on the ‘Save’ button
Task Roles
The system has different task roles built as a default, however these can be amended or added to the, if required.
1. Click on the ‘Task Roles’ button (this is found on the landing page of a single subsystem, or the config page if using a multiple subsystem)
Editing existing Roles
1. Click on the ‘Edit’ button
2. Make the necessary changes/amendments
3. Click on the ‘Save’ button
Adding a new Role
1. Click on the ‘Add’ button
2. Add in the new Role in the newly created, and available area
3. Enter in a description
4. Check the check box (if required to log this Role in the Logbook)
5. Click on the ‘Save’ button