Record of Inspection (ROI) Template NZ: What Inspectors Need to Capture

A Record of Inspection is different in kind from a COC or ESC: it isn't issued by the electrical worker who did the original installation work, it's completed by an independent inspector confirming what they found on inspection. That distinction is worth keeping in mind before you go looking for a template, since a COC/ESC template won't actually fit what a ROI needs to record.

What a ROI needs to capture

At minimum: who carried out the inspection and their registration details, what installation or work was inspected, the date, and a clear record of what was actually found, not just a pass/fail tick. The level of detail matters here more than on a routine certificate, because a ROI is often the document someone relies on later, during a property sale, an insurance query, or a dispute, specifically because it's an independent check rather than a self-declaration by the original installer.

Why a static template falls short here

Because a ROI often needs to stand on its own months or years later, it matters even more that the finished record is stored somewhere it can actually be found again, and that the inspector's own details are consistent and current every time. A blank template re-filled by hand, job after job, is exactly where small inconsistencies creep in, and exactly where a specific record goes missing when someone eventually needs to produce it.

A digital ROI, stored centrally

CertMate issues the ROI directly from the app, with the inspector's own details already on file, and stores every completed record centrally and searchable, rather than relying on whoever did the inspection to file the paperwork correctly and keep it somewhere findable.

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