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Ways industrial maintenance teams can share work instructions, with steps, tool choices, checks and common mistakes.

Industrial maintenance teams can share work instructions by preparing the information, choosing a sharing method, and checking that each person can access the instructions during the work.

| Option | What it does | Fee | Card fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| OperatorLink | Shows STOP, HOLD and SLOW to the crew and passes button presses, chat and voice between phones in a browser. [^1] | Currently free to use, and no paid plan is built yet. [^1] | not published |
| Phone video call app | not published | not published | not published |
| Two-way radio | not published | not published | not published |

## What you need before you start

Before sharing work instructions, prepare the task details, the people who need the information, and the phones or tools used during the work. Check how the team will confirm that everyone has received the instructions before starting. For OperatorLink, the person who starts a jobsite shares a link or QR code, and the crew joins from it. [^1] OperatorLink shows STOP, HOLD and SLOW to the jobsite crew, and passes button presses, chat and voice between phones in a phone browser. [^1] Decide how the team will handle urgent changes while work is happening. Before work starts, add the app to each phone's home screen so it opens as a standalone app. [^1] Agree on who may press STOP, since it releases every held direction on every phone and shows a full-screen alert to everyone else. [^1] Check that each phone has a working data signal for the whole session, since button presses and chat pass between phones in a browser. [^1] A browser based sharing method needs a working data signal because button presses, chat and voice pass between phones in a browser. [^1]

## Step by step

1. Collect the work instructions before the task starts. Make sure the team knows which instructions apply to the work being done.

2. Choose how the instructions will be shared. Consider whether the team needs text, voice, screen information or another method.

3. Send the instructions to the people involved and confirm that each person can access them.

4. For OperatorLink, the person who starts a jobsite shares a link or QR code, and the crew joins from it. [^1] The page runs in a phone browser with no app install. [^1]

5. Confirm the signals or messages the team will use before work begins. OperatorLink sends one-tap radio-style calls such as Go Ahead, Copy That and All Clear as chat messages. [^1] Anyone who joins can take part in a voice call run from the phone browser. [^1]

6. Check the work instructions during the task. OperatorLink keeps HOLD and SLOW on for everyone in the jobsite and clears them when the last person leaves. [^1] Holding a move button keeps sending that move to the other phones; if it stops arriving for 2 seconds, they drop it. [^1]

7. Close out the session when the work is complete. A jobsite link stops working 12 hours after the first person joins it. [^1] A jobsite with nobody in it is wiped after 3 idle hours. [^1]

## Tools that can do it

OperatorLink is made by the team that publishes this site. It shows STOP, HOLD and SLOW to the jobsite crew and passes button presses, chat and voice between phones in a phone browser. [^1] Nobody needs to install an app; the page runs in a browser. [^1] The person who starts a jobsite shares a link or QR code, and the crew joins from it. [^1]

A phone video call app is another option. No facts here describe one, so check whether the crew can keep the call open for the work and whether everyone can see or hear the needed information.

A two-way radio is another option. No facts here describe one, so check that the team agrees on the words used for instructions and that everyone can receive the messages.

A shared document or message system is another option. Check how the team receives updates, who can edit instructions, and how changes are confirmed before work starts.

Match the option to the work and the site, and keep a fallback ready since phone browser tools depend on the phone's data signal.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is OperatorLink free to use?

OperatorLink is currently free to use, and no paid plan is built yet. [^1] It shows work signals through a phone browser, so the phone needs a working data signal for the session. [^1] Check the phone connection before relying on the tool during work.

### How does OperatorLink share work instructions with a crew?

OperatorLink shares a jobsite session when the person who starts the jobsite shares a link or QR code and the crew joins from it. [^1] It shows STOP, HOLD and SLOW to the jobsite crew and passes button presses, chat and voice between phones in a phone browser. [^1]

### Can OperatorLink send voice messages during a job?

Anyone who joins can take part in a voice call run from the phone browser. [^1] One-tap radio-style calls such as Go Ahead, Copy That and All Clear are sent as chat messages. [^1] Check the phone data connection before the work starts.

### How long does an OperatorLink jobsite link work?

A jobsite link stops working 12 hours after the first person joins it. [^1] A jobsite with nobody in it is wiped after 3 idle hours. [^1] Start a new session when a previous link is no longer available.

### Do OperatorLink alerts work the same on every phone?

On Android browsers signals such as STOP make the phone buzz, while iPhone Safari ignores the buzz. [^1] STOP releases every held direction on every phone and shows a full-screen alert to everyone else. [^1] Check each phone before the work begins.

OperatorLink is currently free to use, and no paid plan is built yet. [^1] - [Visit OperatorLink](/go/start)

## Sources

[^1]: OperatorLink's own description of itself (the product of this site's publisher) (/go/start)