Davey Tree Flipbooks

12 THE DAVEY BULLETIN | September/October 2022 iPads have been added to all regulated vehicles in Eastern Utility services and Wolf Tree, Inc., a Davey company. The iPads are used to process field paperwork digitally by using GoFormz, a mobile forms and data capture app. "Our Daily Vehicle Inspection Reports (DVIR), aerial inspections, terrain assessments, job briefings and vehicle mileage reports are some examples of forms now processed on the tablets," Kelly Kiel, manager of utility processes, Eastern Utility services, said. The iPad roll out began after the testing phase, in August of 2021 and was completed in April 2022. In August 2022 alone, 26,000 forms were submitted via the iPads using GoFormz, with close to 230,000 forms digitally processed since the program began. The iPads have a talk to text feature, reducing the amount of time it takes to hand write job briefings. "We found the level of detail in the job briefings have increased exponentially from use of the talk to text feature," Kiel said. Safety messages and recorded video training can also be pushed to the iPads, Kiel added. "Forms sent out all have English and Spanish versions, so Spanish speakers can scroll down to find that version," Kiel said. Davey Safety Training Manuals and similar resources are also accessible on the iPads. DIGITIZED PAPERWORK SAVES UTILITY CREWS TIME, PAPER VISION SAFETY Austin Bell, general foreman, Blue Grass Energy account Daniel Bright, supervisor, Newport Utilities account William Gray, supervisor, Jones Onslow account Marlon Hudson, general foreman, City of Tallahassee account Blake Hurst, supervisor, Greeneville Light & Power System account Jason McCloskey, general foreman, Tampa Electric account Dennis Morales, general foreman, City of Ocala account Joel Polanco, foreman, Orlando Utilities Commission account Willie Richardson, supervisor, APCo-AEP account Kyle Ricks, general foreman, Duke Energy account Juan Ventura, general foreman, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative account Santiago Valencia, supervisor, City of Wilson account Omar Vazquez, general foreman, Orlando Utilities Commission account Training participants: SECURING AND RELEASING TENSIONED UTILITY LINES TRAINING Employees attended a Securing and Releasing Tensioned Utility Lines training at the SEED Campus over two days to learn about how to safely address utility lines under tension when trees fall on them. The training was designed to simulate real life scenarios the employees may encounter when cleaning up after storms. The trainees secured wires down, removed the tree, then released the wires in a controlled manner. "I felt this training was refreshing because sometimes you get so far into leadership that you can't be taught anything. What I love about what I saw out there was everyone was eager to relearn situations and keep abreast of new concepts," said Willie Richardson, supervisor, APCo-AEP account. Jason Jarrett, foreman, City of Cuyahoga Falls account, uses an iPad to process paperwork digitally. Left: Aerial lift operator William Gray is pictured in the bucket removing limbs from a tree on a wire. The wire is double secured on each side of the tree. Below: Willie Richardson holds a job briefing. Groups presented job briefings for each scenario before completing a task.

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