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What’s New in BWARE: System Updates

We’ve recently had a steady stream of improvement requests from our members. After making these smaller, but important updates to the live system, we thought it was a good time to share them with you so you’re across what has changed and how it may help in your day-to-day use of BWARE.

These improvements are all about removing friction and ensuring you can stay compliant with confidence.

New Feature – Substance Register (Last Review Date

Some members have been penalised during SiteWise Pre-Qualifications for not displaying a last review date in their Substance Register. To resolve this, we’ve now added a Last Reviewed Date within the Hazardous Substance Inventory.

How it works

  • The Review Date is automatically pulled from the History Tab whenever a substance’s review date is updated.
  • If you need the Review Date to show something different (for example, to align with your internal review cycle), you can edit it directly under the History Tab.
  • Substances can be reviewed individually at any time, and whenever you update the review date, it will display as the Last Review Date in your inventory.

New Feature – Incident Administration

You can now set up System Group authorisation for Incident Administration. This new function gives you more flexibility in managing who can access and oversee incidents within your business. This feature allows you to control incident visibility at a system level, ensuring that administrators have oversight across the business while regular users retain focused access to their own reports.

How it works

  • This feature can be activated under System Groups → Authorisations (Step 2).
  • A new role, Incident Administrator, has been added to the Administration functions.
  • Users with Incident Administrator enabled will be able to view and edit all incidents reported across the business (or by Area, if you are using ULTRA multiple licence).
  • Users without this authorisation, but who have access to the Incident Module, will only be able to view the incidents they have personally reported, similar to how completed forms work.

Name Change – Short Duration Work Template

We’ve received several requests from members suggesting that the title of the Jobbing Plan template in the Workplace Module be changed to Short Duration Work. While the change is largely semantic, the volume of feedback helped inform our decision, and we’ve now updated the title accordingly.
Please note that this is a name change only and will not affect how the template functions. All existing features remain the same.

New Feature – Risk Assessment Notifications

You can now set up System Group notifications for Risk Assessments completed through the BWARE mobile app. This update brings Risk Assessments into alignment with existing notifications for Reported Hazards and Observations, giving you a consistent way to stay on top of critical safety activities.

How it works

  • This feature can be activated under System Groups → Notifications (Step 3).
  • Once enabled, members of the selected System Group will receive an alert via the Notification Bell whenever a Risk Assessment is completed in the app.
  • This ensures the right people are informed in real time, so Risk Assessments can be monitored, reviewed, and followed up without delay.

News from the BWARE Helpdesk: Reminders

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve noticed some recurring queries coming through the Helpdesk. To make things easier for everyone, we’ll share a few quick reminders and tips from time to time. These highlight handy features, common setup questions, and small updates that can save you time when using BWARE.


Here are a couple of quick reminders for all members:

Selecting Multiple Images

When reporting incidents through the Mobile App, you can now select multiple images directly from your phone gallery. This feature was introduced as part of the App Refresh Project and is available anywhere the app supports multiple image selection.

Minimum of 7 Characters

When creating new users in the BWARE system, passwords must be at least seven characters long. There are no additional requirements for capitals, lowercase, numbers, or special characters, just the minimum character limit.

If you have any questions or need further support, please don’t hesitate to contact the BWARE Helpdesk at helpdesk@bware.co.nz we’re here to help you get the most out of your system.
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