Cleaning

Description

A cleaning task describes the cleaning of a location or equipment on a farm. It does NOT mean cleaning of produce, which is covered as part of the “Wash and pack” task type.

Many types of certifications, including Organic require recording all inputs (see Certifications, certifiers, and LiteFarm for more information) on a farm. Since many cleaning tasks will require the use of a cleaning agent, it’s essential that users can record their use of cleaning agents on the cleaning task in LiteFarm.

Creation restrictions

Step

Restrictions

Step

Restrictions

2. Task date

None

3. Task location(s)

None

4. Involves crops?

User bypasses this screen.

5. Task assignment

None

Creation attributes

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

What needs to be cleaned?

Text

No

“Make sure to rub down the tables and sanitize the baskets”

 

Will a cleaner or sanitizing agent be used?

Enum: {“Yes”, “No”}

Yes; default value is “No”

Yes

Product, amount, supplier, and Listed only appear if “Yes” is selected.

Product

Text

No

Lavender soap

This will be persisted and retrieved from an inputs table (see Inputs for more details).

Quantity

Decimal (w/ unit)

Yes

25 mL

0 - 9999. Ideally allows the user to choose either mass or volume Unit displays. If not, default to volume.

Supplier

 

Organic

Dr. Bronners

Upon saving a cleaning task, the product, supplier, and permitted substances should be written to a table per the guidance in Inputs as an input of type cleaner. These values can be pre-populated in the future from that table.

Listed in permitted substances list?

Enum: {“Yes”, “No”, “Not sure”}

Organic AND farm in Canada

Yes

Upon saving a cleaning task, the product, supplier, and permitted substances should be written to a table per the guidance in Inputs as an input of type cleaner. These values can be pre-populated in the future from that table.

Estimated water usage?

Decimal (w/ unit)

No

100 L

0 - 9999. Displays volume per Unit displays.

Task notes

Text

No

“Scrub down the bubbling station with 1% bleach solution. Let it dry overnight with the fan blowing on it.”

 

 

Completion attributes

The following attributes are new when marking a task as completed.

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

Did you make any changes to this task?

Enum: {“Yes”, “No”}

Yes; defaulted to no

 

All other fields are read-only unless “Yes” is selected. “Continue” becomes enabled after “Yes” or “No” is selected.

The following attributes are retained from creation and edit and can be updated when marking a fertilizing task as complete.

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

What needs to be cleaned?

Text

No

“Make sure to rub down the tables and sanitize the baskets”

 

Will a cleaner or sanitizing agent be used?

Enum: {“Yes”, “No”}

Yes; default value is “No”

Yes

Product, amount, supplier, and Listed only appear if “Yes” is selected.

Product

Text

No

Lavender soap

This will be persisted and retrieved from an inputs table (see Inputs for more details).

Quantity

Decimal (w/ unit)

Yes

25 mL

0 - 9999. Ideally allows the user to choose either mass or volume Unit displays.

Supplier

 

Organic

Dr. Bronners

Upon saving a cleaning task, the product, supplier, and permitted substances should be written to a table per the guidance in Inputs as an input of type cleaner. These values can be pre-populated in the future from that table.

Listed in permitted substances list?

Enum: {“Yes”, “No”, “Not sure”}

Organic AND farm in Canada

Yes

Upon saving a cleaning task, the product, supplier, and permitted substances should be written to a table per the guidance in Inputs as an input of type cleaner. These values can be pre-populated in the future from that table.

Other context