Health check templates

A vehicle health check template your team can actually run

Printed templates go out of date the moment your process changes. Vehicle HealthCheck gives you a customisable digital health-check checklist — the living template your technicians complete on every inspection.

A vehicle health check template is the structured list of items a garage inspects — brakes, tyres, suspension, lights and the rest — together with how each result should be recorded.

In Vehicle HealthCheck, that template becomes a configurable digital checklist used inside each inspection report, not a disposable PDF sitting in a shared drive.

Static templates create quiet inconsistency

Workshops often start from a sensible paper template and then invent local variations.

  • Different pads or Word docs circulate between sites.
  • New technicians inherit shortcuts instead of a standard.
  • There is nowhere obvious to attach photos to a template line.
  • Completed templates are hard to search months later.

Configure the checklist once, run it on every job

Vehicle HealthCheck treats your health-check structure as product configuration.

  • Customise the inspection checklist to match your garage.
  • Use Green, Amber, Red and N/A on each item.
  • Add notes and photo evidence against template lines.
  • Require technician sign-off before the report is sent.
  • Keep completed checks in vehicle history for return visits.

What a digital template should include

Your sections and items

Shape the checklist around how your workshop inspects, rather than forcing a generic form.

Condition language technicians know

Green, Amber, Red and N/A keep results unambiguous.

Evidence hooks

Photos and notes belong on the item, not in a side channel.

Customer output

The completed template becomes a branded report customers can read.

From template design to daily use

  1. Configure — Set up the checklist that reflects your health check.
  2. Inspect — Technicians complete the template digitally on each vehicle.
  3. Prove — Attach notes and photos where the template line needs evidence.
  4. Recommend — On Pro, add priced repairs for findings that need action.
  5. Send & store — Issue the report and retain it against the vehicle.

A checklist item in progress

Demo UI shows how a configured item appears while a technician records condition and notes.

Interactive product illustrations are available in the JavaScript experience on this page.

Why digital templates beat downloads

For workshop standards

  • One current checklist instead of competing printouts.
  • Easier onboarding for new technicians.
  • Completed checks remain searchable by registration.

For customers

  • A complete report rather than a ticked sheet they cannot interpret.
  • Evidence attached to the items that matter.
  • A consistent experience from visit to visit.

Example: updating the template after a process change

Garage Admin on Pro

The workshop adds clearer suspension and steering checks to its standard. The Admin updates the digital checklist once so every new health check uses the revised template.

Workers pick up the change on the next inspection without reprinting pads or emailing a new PDF around the team.

Health check template FAQs

Do you supply a single fixed UK template?

Vehicle HealthCheck provides customisable inspection checklists so garages can match their own health-check structure rather than being locked to one printed layout.

Can the checklist change later?

Yes. Admins can refine the checklist as workshop standards evolve.

Is a template enough on its own?

A checklist is only useful if completed inspections become customer reports and history. Vehicle HealthCheck covers that full path, with Pro adding recommendations and online approvals.

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