WOF inspection practice
WOF inspection practiceGuide
Common audit misses and non-compliance — and how to avoid them
The non-compliances NZTA reviews actually find at WOF inspection sites — record-keeping gaps, recheck slips, calibration lapses — and the systems that prevent them.
Mike Reece · Updated 2026-06-12
WOF inspection practice
The 28-day recheck rule: where WOF sites quietly go non-compliant
How the 28-day recheck window actually works under the VIRM, the recheck mistakes that show up at NZTA reviews, and how to keep every recheck connected to its original inspection.
Mike Reece · Updated 2026-06-13
WOF inspection practice
Checksheet record-keeping failures: the most common audit finding at WOF sites
Why checksheet records are the first thing an NZTA reviewer tests, the specific ways they fail — blanks, vague rejection reasons, missing signatures — and how to make them fail-proof.
Mike Reece · Updated 2026-06-13
WOF inspection practice
Document control slips at WOF sites: superseded forms, lost records, weak storage
The document-control failures NZTA reviews keep finding — outdated checksheet versions, records that can't be produced, storage that allows alteration — and what compliant record-keeping looks like.
Mike Reece · Updated 2026-06-13
WOF inspection practice
Equipment and calibration lapses: the audit finding with a date on it
What the VIRM requires of WOF inspection equipment — 12-month brake tester calibration, manufacturer requirements, the decelerometer phase-out — and why calibration findings are always system failures.
Mike Reece · Updated 2026-06-13
WOF inspection practice
Operating outside authority or scope: the non-compliance nobody intends
How WOF sites end up with inspections done outside an inspector's appointment — lapsed authorities, wrong vehicle classes, unauthorised sites — and the register discipline that prevents it.
Mike Reece · Updated 2026-06-13
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