Take a plant item off hire
Use the off-hire dialog to safely terminate a plant item’s hire and apply all related site and check schedule changes.
This guide is designed for project manager.
Steps
Step 1: Open the off-hire dialog for the plant item
From the plant workspace, select the relevant plant item and choose the option to take it off hire; the confirmation dialog opens showing the plant reference and title at the top.
Step 2: Review the impact of off-hiring
Read the dialog text explaining that off-hiring pauses check schedules, ends escalations, cancels open cycles, expires the site authorisation and stops the public QR flow so you understand the consequences before proceeding.
Step 3: Check the expected off-hire date prompt
If an expected off-hire date has passed, review the prompt in the dialog that highlights this so you can confirm that now is the correct time to off-hire the plant.
Step 4: Add an optional supervisor note
In the comment box, type any note you want to record about why the plant is being taken off hire; this note is kept even if the off-hire attempt fails and you need to retry.
Step 5: Confirm and run the off-hire
Select the confirm or off-hire button to start the process; the dialog shows a loading state while the system applies all off-hire changes to the plant and related schedules.
Step 6: Handle inline errors and retry if needed
If the off-hire fails, review the inline error banner in the dialog, adjust your note if necessary and select the primary action again to retry while the dialog remains open.
Step 7: Copy your note if access is denied
If a permission error prevents off-hiring, use the "Copy note" action to copy your comment, then follow the banner guidance to contact a project administrator and share the copied note.
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Last updated: 2026-08-07