What it does
Guided assessments
A structured assessment with a proper risk matrix, where every finding becomes a dated action — and a gate that stops you where the law expects a competent person.
Questions are grouped into sections by methodology, scored where scoring makes sense, and bound to a published version. An assessment started in March and finished in April used the March version, and the record says so.
Findings are rated on likelihood and severity as an ordered pair, not multiplied together. A one-in-five and a five-in-one are deliberately different ratings in a severity-dominant matrix, and flattening them to a product loses the distinction that matters.
The competence gate is a hard control. Where the premises attributes indicate that an assessment legally requires a competent person, the product refuses to produce a self-assessment — and it fails closed, so an unanswered question blocks rather than waves you through.
What it does not do
The boundary, stated plainly, because you will find it eventually and it is better to find it now.
- DutyHub does not carry out assessments and does not assess competence. The gate uses what you have told it about the building; naming a competent person is your decision and your responsibility.
- A guided assessment does not replace a specialist assessment where one is required. The gate exists precisely because the product knows it is not one.