Every job strengthens the property record.
Know before you decide. Evidence before acceptance. Strengthen with every decision.
Good workmanship and defensible documentation belong together. The record must show what existed, what changed, where systems are located and how completion was verified.
Start with an information session ↗What you will learn
01 · Establish the baseline
Create dated, located as-found photographs or video of the work area, existing conditions and defects. Link the baseline to the correct property and project.
02 · Preserve concealed property facts
Record all installed systems with clear photographs and measurements from identifiable fixed reference points, link them to the property location, and retain required checks and inspection records before boarding.
03 · Make evidence usable
Add dimensions, identifiable reference points and sufficient views to locate the system later. Evidence must establish a usable property fact.
04 · Know before you decide
Document the observed condition and location, flag the discrepancy, and obtain an approved direction for affected work. Do not substitute an assumption for evidence.
05 · Control scope and commitments
Raise a change-order subproject under the main project with its own scope, costing, schedule impact and signed agreement before carrying out the additional work.
06 · Keep one property history
Connect each record to the correct property, project or change-order subproject, location and deliverable, with dates and authorship. Preserve before, during and after history.
07 · Evidence before acceptance
Do not claim an evidenced completion. Disclose the gap to ETOGO and obtain an approved resolution; never invent or relabel evidence. Work may not be accepted without defensible records.
08 · Verify workmanship
Provide the applicable measurements, checks, tests, inspection records and before/during/after evidence linked to the approved deliverable and acceptance criteria.
09 · Strengthen the permanent record
Hand over the documented as-built condition, system locations, approved changes, test results, product/warranty and maintenance information, and outstanding issues.
10 · Represent ETOGO responsibly
Stay within verified scope, stop the affected work, explain the missing authorization or evidence, and seek ETOGO direction. A request does not override the documentation standard.
Show the standard in practice
After attending, explain your approach to ten ETOGO scenarios and submit two anonymized practice samples: an as-found site record and a pre-concealment systems record. These may come from a training exercise.
Your samples should establish the location and condition, show measurements from identifiable reference points, identify the property/project or training exercise, and include the checks that make the record reliable. Do not submit another client’s confidential information.
All critical responses and practice checks must meet the standard. Further learning and reassessment are available when needed. Trade-specific technical competence is assessed separately after formal registration and credential presentation.
Standard ETOGO-STEWARDSHIP-1. Learning this standard does not grant a trade licence, ETOGO approval or an assignment.