Free SOP generator · No card
Film the job. Get the SOP.
The person who does the job films it on their phone and talks it through. Ardmor keeps a picture of every step, asks about anything a safe procedure needs that nobody said, and writes an SOP a manager can approve and issue.
3 a month on the free plan · iPhone, Samsung and Android · nothing to install. Written for the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004.
“Release the blade tension before you open the top wheel cover.”
Safe work procedure
Changing a bandsaw blade
Version 1.0 · Draft for approval
Procedure
3. Release the blade tension, then open the top wheel cover.
4. Lift the old blade off the lower wheel…
How it works
Four screens, standing next to the job
Nobody sits at a desk to write it. The person who knows the job shows it, and the questions come to them while they are still standing at the machine.
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Film the job on a phone
The person who does the job films it and talks each step through. One tap at the end of each step keeps a picture of that moment and the words that went with it. Nowhere to film? Take a picture and say or type the step instead.
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Tidy the steps
Put them in order, fix a word, retake a picture or drop one. Nothing is written until the steps are the way the job is actually done.
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Answer what nobody said
The steps are checked against seven things every safe procedure needs. Anything missing comes back as a plain question with answers to tap. Not sure? It is left blank for the supervisor, never guessed.
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A manager issues it
You get a full safe work procedure with each picture beside its step, checked against the standard before you see it. A manager reads it, approves it and issues it — then prints it, or downloads it as PDF or Word.
What a recording can’t see
Seven things every SOP needs, checked before a word is written
A recording writes up what it saw. The steps most often missing from a procedure are the ones nobody does on camera — checking who is allowed, isolating the machine, what to do when it goes wrong. So the steps are checked against these seven, and anything missing comes back as a question.
- Who can do it
- A person must know they are not allowed before they read how.
- PPE
- Only what this job needs, so it gets worn.
- Before you start
- Most injuries start with a job that should not have started.
- Isolation
- Stored energy is what turns a jam into an amputation.
- What can hurt you
- Each step says what can go wrong and what controls it.
- If something goes wrong
- The section most needed on the floor and most often missing.
- Finishing the job
- The last step is where guards get left off.
Isolation
How is the saw isolated before the cover comes off?
Never a guess. “Not sure” is always an answer. The SOP then leaves that line blank and marked for the supervisor, because a plausible-sounding isolation step that nobody checked is worse than an obvious gap.
Illustration of one question.
Screen recorders were built for software. A bandsaw isn’t on a screen.
Most SOP tools record someone clicking through a program, which is exactly right for software and no help at all at a press brake.
Not a how-to guide
An SOP you can actually issue — on the free plan
A procedure only counts when someone competent has signed it off and the copy on the wall is the current one. That part is not a paid extra.
Approved and issued by a manager
Anyone can film a job; only a manager issues the SOP. Issuing stamps who approved it, when it took effect and when it is next due for review.
A printed copy that knows if it's current
The copy for the machine carries its number, version and issue date, and a QR code that tells whoever scans it whether it is still the current version.
PDF and Word, on the free plan
Download it as a PDF to file or send, or as a Word document to edit. Changing an issued SOP starts a new version and keeps the old one.
On the Safety plan: send the issued SOP to the crew to read and sign on their phones, and see who has signed and who hasn’t. See the plans
Start with the next job someone does
The SOP generator comes with the free plan, along with everything else on it.
- Make an SOP by filming the job — it asks what's missing, then writes it for a manager to issue
- QR hazard & incident reporting — unlimited workers, no login, no app to install
- Your full employee register — add your crew and invite them to the worker app
- Routine QR check forms — fill them in, keep the history
- Printable permit & JSEA forms in your own name
- First-aid assistant — instant, step-by-step guidance
- Stock take — count what you hold, from the floor
- Ask Ardmor — 10 questions a month
- Your document library — store, view and make 3 SOPs a month
Questions people actually ask
- Is the SOP generator free?
- Yes, up to 3 SOPs a month on the free plan, with no card and no trial clock. The same allowance covers SOPs you film and SOPs you describe in words. The paid plans draft more documents a month — the pricing page lists them.
- Do I need to install an app?
- No. It runs in the web browser on the phone you already have — iPhone, Samsung or any Android. Sign in, allow the camera, and start filming.
- Does it keep a video of our site?
- No. The camera is live while you film, but no video file is kept and no sound is recorded. Each step keeps one picture and the words your phone heard, and only those are sent. Before anything is sent, you confirm that everyone in the pictures has agreed to be in them.
- What if someone leaves out a step or a hazard?
- That is what the check is for. Before anything is written, the steps are compared with seven essentials — who can do it, PPE, checks before starting, isolation, the hazards at each step, what to do if something goes wrong, and finishing the job. Anything missing comes back as a question with answers to tap. If nobody knows, the SOP leaves a marked blank for the supervisor instead of inventing an answer.
- Who signs it off?
- A manager. Anyone on the team can film a job, but the SOP always arrives as a draft, and one filmed by a worker is flagged to the manager until it is approved and issued. Issuing records who approved it, when, and when it is next due for review.
- Can I make one without filming?
- Yes. Take a picture of each step and say or type what happens, or describe the job in words and it writes from that. Filming is simply the quickest way to get the steps in the order they are really done.
- Is it written for Victorian law?
- For a Victorian site, yes: the SOP is written to the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 and the OHS Regulations 2017, not the model WHS laws Victoria never adopted. Outside Victoria, set your state or country during setup and your documents follow your local framework.
- How does the crew see it?
- Print it for the machine — the printed copy carries a QR code that tells whoever scans it whether it is still current. On the Safety plan you can also send it to the crew to read and sign on their phones, and see who has.
Writing a JSEA for the same job? The JSEA template is free to download, written under the same Act.