The Project Nomad film, made in 2004, has proven popular with local authorities and others as a demonstration of the benefits from mobile working.

A narrator takes the viewer into three situations where local authorities have successfully adopted mobile working, discussing the use of mobile working with the staff in each location.

The settings include:

• Barnsley MBC – Cemetery and Headstone Inspections
• London Borough of Enfield & Cumbria County Council – Electronic Financial Assessments
• London Borough of Sutton – Building Control Inspections

The first visit is with inspectors at a cemetery in Barnsley to see how mobile working has been used to measure and monitor the condition of gravestones for health & safety and maintenance requirements. By using a digital camera and a Tablet PC, headstone inscriptions and visual data can also be captured for reference and historical records.

The second visit is with a social care worker and an older person in her home. The social care worker can make a one-off visit to the customer by making the full assessment on the Tablet PC and printing the associated letter and documentation on the spot, using a portable printer. This is all done in the comfort of the older persons own home, which is a more relaxed environment and better quality, less obtrusive service.

Finally, we visit Sutton staff on site for a building inspection. Here the Building Control Officers utilise a ruggedised Tablet PC to manage work loads and to ensure that all information captured on each job is accurate and any related actions are dealt with efficiently and effectively. Again, other devices are deployed – such as portable printers, mobile phone/cameras.

We hope you find the film helpful in demonstrating the benefits of mobile working.

Project Nomad Film from Ken Eastwood on Vimeo.