Best practice guide
- Booking an engineer visit
6 August 2014
Version 2.5
Introduction
This best practice guide provides the key information that Openreach requires to help ensure a successful engineering visit.
When followed, this guide will help to reduce the likelihood of customer no access or readiness issues and assist our
engineers to deliver the service that you have requested.
The guide covers both provision and repair and includes best practice across our product portfolios - Wholesale Line Rental
(WLR), Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) and Superfast Fibre Access (SFFA)*.
Step-by-step, the guide will take you through the key information that you should capture as a Communications Provider
(CP) at the point of sale to submit to Openreach including;
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Searching for and matching an address
Selecting and managing an appointment
Supplying onsite contact details and notes relevant to our engineering workforce
How to structure information so this is visible to the right people at the right time within Openreach
Additionally we have provided information on how to notify us when you wish to cancel an order or fault and therefore no
longer require an engineering visit. This will ensure any associated appointments are released early enough for them to be
reused.
There is also a section for your development and IT teams to ensure information that is captured by your agents is
transmitted to us in the relevant fields.
* Also known as Next Generation Access (NGA) or Generic Ethernet Access (GEA)
Point of Sale
If your order is more complex than a simple transfer of service or a working line takeover, you will normally require an
engineering visit. The following pages highlight the areas where you need to capture the appropriate information to ensure
they are sent to us in the correct format.
Before going into detail, it is important to recognise that, whilst the use of a ‘Gold Key’ against the main address may appear
to speed up order entry and lead times, the absence of any relevant flat number or sub-premises detail, may result in the
engineer being unable to locate the customer or the service being provided to the wrong premises.
It is important to ensure that, when requesting a service into a complex address, such as a multi-occupancy building e.g. flat,
unit or a house that has been recently divided, you will need to ensure that all the relevant low level address details are
captured accurately. In the house divided example, please do not select ‘1 The Close’ just to select a ‘Gold Key’, if the actual
address is now ‘1a or 1b The Close’.
Please Note: If your customer is in a rented property, there is likely to be an obligation that they make their landlord aware of
any new installation work and to obtain full permission in advance. In some cases landlords may restrict certain types of
work, e.g. drilling or the location of equipment, which may also apply to repair. In such instances you will need to ensure that
you follow your own local policies regarding advice to your customers on their obligations to any landlord.
Point of Sale
Subject
Best Practice
Searching for a
simple address
(typically
residential
addresses)
When searching for an address for a new customer, we recommend that you search with a postcode in
order to obtain the maximum number of results. If the expected ‘Gold Key’ is not present in the list of
addresses, please use a ‘Silver Address’ and create an address using the correct format and structure. If
we have been able to map this to a PAF address, we will associate a ‘Silver Key’.
If there are no ‘Gold’ or ‘Silver Keys’ that are relevant for the specific location, please create an address
using the correct format and structure. This will be assigned a temporary ‘Bronze Key’ and can be used
to submit your order.
Searching for a
complex address
(typically
business
addresses)
An example of a complex address is a business address. To increase your chances of finding an
address where the postcode may have changed or you are unaware of the postcode you should attempt
to match an address using the Building Name, Street and Post Town.
Providing
company name
details
When providing WLR services to a business address, you should add the business name to the
‘CompanyName’ [100 Characters] field within the order details.
Please note that the ‘Street’ field is currently limited to 100 characters, so in some instances we may
have shortened the Street, Road, Close and Avenue to ‘St’, ‘Rd’, ‘Cl’ and ‘Ave’ accordingly. You should
also search using these abbreviations.
Point of Sale
Subject
Best Practice
Providing
primary and
secondary
contact
information
The engineer will ring your customer prior to arrival and will use the primary or secondary contacts if
they are unable to locate or gain access to the premises. You can provide a named contact and two
telephone numbers. For WLR you can also provide an additional named contact with two telephone
numbers.
Named contacts with primary and secondary telephone numbers are vital to ensure the installation goes
ahead as planned. When our engineer contacts your customer, the number presented to them will vary
depending on the line used to make a call, so customers should accept any call including ‘withheld’ and
‘unavailable’.
Please ensure that the named contact is made aware of the work being undertaken and is available on
the primary number supplied for the duration of the appointment (especially if this is a representative of
your actual customer) and that the person is authorised to advise our engineer, make decisions and give
the engineer access to the property. Openreach engineers cannot enter premises unescorted or where
the only person in attendance is a minor.
If the premises are multi-occupancy, e.g. business units or flats, your customer will need to ensure
access is available to the telephone distribution point or communications room. They may need to
arrange this with their landlord, or relevant authorised person.
Point of Sale
Subject
Best Practice
Booking
appointments
Openreach offers a range of appointments, covering different time periods throughout the working day.
Please ensure that your customer is aware that the engineer could arrive anytime within the appointment
slot and the engineer may work beyond the appointment slot, to deliver the service and that an
authorised representative will need to be present throughout.
Please do not add notes asking for time restrictions within the appointment slot. If access cannot be
gained by the engineer, during the appointment slot selected, charges could be raised.
Supply all
relevant site
specific health
and safety
related
information
Health & Safety related information should be supplied on all order types within the ‘HSHazards’ [100
Characters] field. This should clearly state if any health and safety issues are associated with the site or
customer premises. If there are none, then the word ‘NONE’ should be written. If the customer premises
contains a Flat Roof, we will need to send specific skilled engineer to attend, please state Flat Roof.
Please add if any Risk Assessments of Method Statements have been provided to the customer. e.g.
‘RAMS 12 Internal Cabling supplied to customer’ or ‘RAMS 1 Customer Wiring etc’.
Additional examples of Hazards that you could capture are:- Fragile Roof, Hot Site*, Dog On-site,
Dangerous Animals, Railway Working, Working at Height restrictions apply, High Voltage Overhead
power lines in vicinity of work area, Asbestos Hazard.
There is an additional field for WLR orders where you can enter warning notes, which is the
‘WarningNotes’ [100 Characters] field. This should detail any additional information that will assist the
engineer in completing their risk assessment when he arrives onsite.
*Hot Sites = All power generation/distribution facility and/or Area surrounding power generation/distribution facility
Point of Sale
Subject
Best Practice
Supply all notes
relevant to the
engineer’s visit
Any information that is relevant to the engineering visit can be provided in the ‘Notes’ [40 Characters]
and ‘SpecialArrangementNotes’ [60 Characters] fields for LLU and NGA orders and will increase the
likelihood of the engineer successfully delivering the requested service. The same information can be
provided in the ‘EngineeringNotes’ [300 Characters] field on WLR.
When you have been advised via Manage Line Plant Availability (MLPA) that the premises is served by
an internal Distribution Point (DP), please add the following note in the ‘SpecialArrangementNotes’ [60
characters] field for LLU and NGA and ‘EngineeringNotes’ [300 characters] field for WLR to reflect the
conversation you have had with your customer “A N Other advised that access to the internal DP will be
required” any additional notes that are relevant can also be captured at this time.
You can also provide any information that relates to sites where our engineer is required to be
accompanied at all times or have special security/clearance requirements. Any undue delays may result
in charges being raised. Any special considerations such as “knock loudly bell broken…” should also be
noted.
Providing MPF
service specific
notes
For MPF orders that you are providing a voice service over you should enter the following note within the
‘Notes’ field ‘DIAL TONE PRESENT - DN:xxxxxxxx’ as we can perform additional tests to confirm that
the line is working. This test requires dial tone, routing of an 0800 number and presentation of the calling
line identifier to our test system call platform.
If the circuit is being provided for data only and will not have dial tone e.g. LLU MPF, please make this
clear in the ‘Notes’ [40 Characters] field as engineers will test for dial tone. Please enter the following
note ‘DATA ONLY MPF – NO DIAL TONE’
*Internal DP – For examples of internal distribution points please refer to Appendix B
Point of Sale
Subject
Best Practice
Providing
password
information
Within LLU and SFFA/NGA, you have the ability to provide Openreach with Password information that
will enable the engineer to gain access to a communications room or customer rack. Please supply this
information in the ‘Password’ [20 characters] field.
Providing your
customer with
key information
prior to
installation
If service is to be provided in areas where furniture is sited, please ask your customer to make
arrangements for this to be moved prior to a visit. Please also request that any fragile items are moved
to a safe place, and make sure that any access is unrestricted by floor coverings. Please ensure the
customer is aware that all sockets are white and will need to be wall mounted.
Please make sure your customers have considered any locations that will require access as they may
have extensions in difficult to reach places e.g. upstairs, lofts, or external to main premises. Any
windows and doors next to entry points for wiring should be unrestricted, in case our engineer needs
access. For SFFA/NGA orders a working double power socket will be required.
Providing
customer
installation
preferences
Any information on the location of existing services or any additional extensions should be included in
the ‘SpecialArrangementNotes’ for LLU, SFFA/NGA and ‘Engineering Notes’ field on WLR orders.
For LLU you can also specify the exact location within the ‘FloorRoomPosition’ [40 Characters] Field. For
Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) you can provide this information in ‘Floor’, ‘Room, ‘Position’ [each are 50
Characters] fields.
For WLR and LLU, if your customer is not happy with the existing Network Termination Equipment (NTE)
location, you will need to request an NTE move as part of the order and supply a Time Related Charge
TRC) band greater than zero. For WLR3 you can enter a range of Additional Site Visit Reasons to
specify work within the premises to generate the appropriate engineering visit to your customer’s home.
If you are ordering an LLU service, you can provide additional information within the ‘ReasonCode’ [50
Characters] and ‘ReasonNotes’ [50 Characters] fields.
Point of customer contact related to a fault
If your customer has contacted you to report a potential fault with their service, ensure that you have carried out all the
appropriate diagnostic tests prior to raising a fault.
Please ensure that you have taken the time to walk your customer through each of the relevant set of structured questions
for the service they are consuming, prior to raising a fault. For example, you may be able to avoid a visit by ensuring your
customer has unplugged their equipment at the NTE whilst you test the line.
If you are unable to resolve the issue with your customer and you require Openreach to undertake further diagnostics, please
raise the appropriate fault type into Openreach and ensure that a full description of the fault is provided within the relevant
notes field. Please ensure you ask the customer to think through access to all of their current services, including extensions.
If they have extensions in difficult to reach places (e.g. upstairs/lofts/external to main premises) make sure that access is
available. You should notify us beforehand if there are any health and safety issues or access challenges of which our
engineers need to be aware.
Openreach offers a range of additional problem resolution services that can be ordered such as Special Fault Investigation
and these are often product specific offerings. There are a range of user guides available on the Openreach website that
highlight the fault diagnostic and reporting tools we have available.
Point of customer contact related to a fault
Subject
Best Practice
Providing
primary and
secondary
contact
information
Please ensure the contact information provided is that of a mobile or alternative working line. The
engineer will always ring your customer prior to arrival and will use these contacts if they are unable to
locate or gain access to the premises. On non-appointed faults, the engineer will be able to gain
additional information that will assist with the fault by talking to your customer.
Named contacts and alternative telephone numbers all help to ensure that any remedial action goes
ahead as planned to resolve the fault. When our engineer contacts your customer, the number
presented to them will vary depending on the line used to make a call, so customers should accept any
call including ‘withheld’ or ‘unavailable’.
Please ensure that the named contact is made aware of the work being undertaken and is available on
the primary number supplied for the duration of the appointment (especially if this is a representative of
your actual customer) and that the person is authorised to advise our engineer, make decisions and give
the engineer access to the property. Openreach engineers cannot enter premises unescorted or where
the only person in attendance is a minor.
If the premises are multi-occupancy, e.g. business units or flats your customer will need to ensure
access is available to the telephone distribution point or communications room. They may need to
arrange this with their landlord or other relevant authorised person..
Point of customer contact related to a fault
Subject
Best Practice
Booking
appointments
Openreach offers a range of appointments, covering different time periods throughout the working day.
Please ensure that your customer is aware that the engineer could arrive anytime within the appointment
slot and the engineer may work beyond the appointment slot, to deliver the service and an authorised
representative will need to be present throughout.
Please do not add notes asking for time restrictions within the appointment slot. If access cannot be
gained by the engineer, during the appointment slot selected, charges could be raised.
Supply all
relevant site
specific health
and safety
related
information
Health & Safety related information should be supplied on all faults within the ‘HSHazards’ [100
Characters] notes field. This should clearly state if any health and safety issues are associated with the
site or customer premises, if there are none, then the word ‘NONE’ should be written. If the customer
premises contains a Flat Roof, we will need to send specific skilled engineer to attend, please state Flat
Roof.
Please add if any Risk Assessments of Method Statements have been provided to the customer. e.g.
RAMS 12 Internal Cabling supplied to customer or RAMS 1 Customer Wiring etc.
Additional examples of Hazards that you could capture are:- Fragile Roof, *Hot Site, Dog On-site,
Dangerous Animals, Railway Working, Working at Height restrictions apply, High Voltage Overhead
power lines in vicinity of work area, Asbestos Hazard.
*Hot Sites = All power generation/distribution facility and/or Area surrounding power generation/distribution facility
Point of customer contact related to a fault
Subject
Best Practice
Providing MPF
service specific
notes
For MPF faults where you are providing a voice service, you should enter the following note within the
‘Notes’ field ‘DIAL TONE PRESENT - DN:xxxxxxxx’ as we can perform additional tests to confirm that
the line is working. This test requires dial tone, routing of an 0800 number and presentation of the calling
line identifier to our test system call platform.
If the circuit has been provided for data only and does not have dial tone e.g. LLU MPF, please make
this clear in the ‘Notes’ [40 Characters] field as engineers will test for dial tone. Please enter the
following note ‘DATA ONLY MPF – NO DIAL TONE’
Supply all notes
relevant to the
engineer’s visit
Any information that is relevant to the engineering visit can be provided in the ‘Notes’ [255 Characters]
for WLR3, LLU and NGA orders and will increase the likelihood of the engineer successfully resolving
the customer fault.
When you are aware that the premises is served by an internal DP, please provide the ‘Notes’ [255
Characters] to reflect the conversation you have had with your customer “A N Other advised that access
to the internal DP will be required” any additional notes that are relevant can also be captured at this
time.
You can also provide any information that relates to sites where our engineer is required to be
accompanied at all times or have special security/clearance requirements. Any undue delays may result
in charges being raised. Any special considerations such as “knock loudly bell broken…” should also be
noted.
Managing Appointments on inflight orders
Subject
Best Practice
Managing
appointments
on in-flight
orders
You should contact your customer at least 24 hours prior to the Openreach appointment to ensure your
customer is aware that an engineer will be attending their premises. If your customer notifies you that they
will not be available please amend the order to include a new appointment agreed with your customer.
If Openreach misses an appointment for WLR or SFFA/NGA, Openreach will attempt to contact your
customer to rearrange and you will be notified by a KCI if we are successful. However, if you have opted out
of Openreach contacting your customer you will need to contact them directly. If we are unable to rearrange
the appointment, we will delay the order and notify you with a KCI. You will be able to amend the order with
a new appointment once you have agreed this with your customer.
If Openreach misses an appointment for LLU, we will attempt to contact your customer to rearrange and
will update the order status if successful. However, if you have opted out of Openreach contacting your
customer you will need to contact them directly. You will be able to amend the order with a new date with
your customer once the order status update has been received. If we are unable to rearrange, Openreach
will calculate an appointment 10 working days from today’s date and will notify you to contact your customer
to confirm.
For WLR, if the appointment is missed due to your customer, Openreach will send a delay KCI requesting
that you rebook. For WLR you have 15 calendar days to amend the order prior to it being cancelled.
For SFFA/NGA and LLU, if the appointment is missed due to your customer, Openreach will notify you to
advise the appointed date booked for 10 working days or the earliest available beyond the 10th working
day. You will still have to send an amend request to accept or select an alternative appointment or the order
will cancel automatically at the Point of No Return (PoNR) .
Managing Appointments on inflight orders
Subject
Best Practice
Managing order
cancellations
As soon as you are notified by your customer that they no longer require the order you should notify
Openreach immediately.
Openreach will accept a cancellation of a SFFA/NGA or LLU order via EMP that is made prior to 6pm on
the working day before the Customer Committed Date (CCD), this is also known as the Point of No
Return (PoNR).
For LLU and SFFA/NGA beyond PoNR you will need to contact the Openreach Service Management
Centre immediately to try and avoid an engineer being sent out. A cancellation received after the initial
PoNR for an order may result in a late cancellation charge and possibly an abortive visit charge.
You can submit a cancellation of a WLR ‘Appointed Order’ at any time via EMP, Openreach will either
accept or reject the cancellation. In the instance that Openreach receive the cancellation beyond PoNR
and Openreach have been unable to contact the engineer Openreach will reject the cancellation request.
Please note that any cancellation that is made for a WLR order after 4pm (initial PoNR) on the working
day before the Customer Committed Date may incur a late cancellation charge and possibly an abortive
visit charge.
If you do not notify Openreach prior to Openreach tasking an engineer, you may be liable for the
installation charge.
Managing Appointments on inflight faults
Subject
Best Practice
Managing
appointments on
in-flight faults
You should contact your customer prior to the Openreach appointment to ensure your customer is aware
that an engineer will be attending their premises. If your customer notifies you that they will not be
available at this time please amend the fault to include a new appointment that has been agreed with
your customer.
For WLR, if Openreach misses an appointment we will attempt to contact your customer to rearrange
and you will be notified by a KCI if we are successful. If we are unable to rearrange the appointment, we
will make an automated appointment for 48 hours in the future and notify you with a KCI requesting that
you contact your customer to confirm the rearranged appointment.
For WLR if the appointment is missed due to your customer, Openreach will send a delay KCI requesting
that you rebook. You have 72 hours to amend the fault prior to it being cancelled and you will receive a
reminder after the first 48 hours.
For LLU and SFFA/NGA, if Openreach misses an appointment we will attempt to contact your customer
to rearrange and you will be notified of the new appointment time if we are successful. If we are
unsuccessful we will send you a KCI to advise that you will need to re-book.
For LLU and SFF/NGA, If the appointment is missed due to your customer, Openreach will send a delay
KCI requesting that you rebook. You have 72 hours to amend the fault prior to it being cancelled and you
will receive a reminder after the first 48 hours.
Managing Appointments on inflight faults
Subject
Best Practice
Managing fault
cancellations
If you are notified by your customer that the fault should be cancelled you should notify Openreach
immediately.
The Point of No Return (PoNR) on a fault is when an engineer is despatched and this is signalled by
sending a KCI with response code 3200 ‘Engineer Dispatched’.
If the fault is prior to the PoNR, please cancel the fault via the system. If the fault is beyond the PoNR,
you will need to contact the Openreach Service Management Centre immediately to try and avoid an
engineer being sent out. If an engineer has been tasked you could be charged an abortive visit charge.
Openreach will accept a cancellation of a fault (inc SFI) up to the PoNR without charge
Best Practice for the CP IT Design Community
As our CP customer IT design community, you have the ability to ensure the solutions work effectively and efficiently
end to end. You share responsibility for increasing the success of these solutions from the first customer contact, to the
service being provided and billed.
If you ensure the right information is captured, in the correct format and character length and passed to Openreach in
the relevant fields, this will enable Openreach to present the correct information to the relevant parts of our
organisation. For example if special access information notes are passed on as part of the order or fault, the likelihood
of a successful engineering visit is increased significantly.
The following slides highlight key information that your agents can capture in the correct fields to pass them onto
Openreach. It is very important to note that each of these fields have character length limits and any extra characters
you may provide will get truncated and important information may not reach our engineers. Hence it is key that you
highlight to your agents, where possible, that they have exceeded the information for a specific field.
If you are a B2B CP, you need to refer to the XML definition document which Openreach publish as part of release
documentation. If you are a portal CP, most of these character length validations will be carried out by the portal during
your order or fault placement journey.
Best Practice for the CP IT Design Community
LLU & SFFA/NGA Orders – CP Contact Details, Customer Access Notes
Field Name
Character
Limit
Amendable
Description
Contact/Name
40
Non
Amendable
Name of the person within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
Contact/Telephone
26
Non
Amendable
Number to call within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
Contact/ElectronicM
ail
60
Non
Amendable
E-mail address to mail to within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
HSHazards
100
Amendable
in NGA only*
Health & Safety related information should be supplied on all order types. If there are none,
then the word ‘NONE’ should be written. E.g. Flat Roof, RAMS Statement (See Appendix A),
Fragile Roof, Hot Site, Dog On-site, Dangerous Animals, Railway Working, Working at
Height restrictions apply, High Voltage Overhead power lines in vicinity of work area,
Asbestos Hazard.
Password
20
Amendable
in NGA only*
Provide Password information that will enable the engineer to gain access to a
communications room or customer rack.
Notes
40
Amendable
in NGA only*
Any information that is relevant to the engineering visit can be provided in ‘Notes’ field.
For MPF orders with voice service, enter the note ‘DIAL TONE PRESENT - DN:xxxxxxxx’ as
we can perform additional tests to confirm that the line is working.
SpecialArrangement
sNotes
60
Amendable
in NGA only*
Any extra arrangements which engineer should be aware of should be provided in the
‘SpecialArrangementNotes’ e.g. ladder required.
*As this not an amendable attribute for LLU, any changes to these values after the order has been input by the customer will need to be communicated
directly to the SMC
Best Practice for the CP IT Design Community
LLU & SFFA/NGA Orders – Customer User Contact Details
Field Name
Character
Limit
Amendable
Description
DetailedContact/
Name
40
Amendable
in NGA only*
Provide the name of the person who is expected to be available at site when our engineer
visits to provide the service.
DetailedContact/
Telephone
26
Amendable
in NGA only*
The engineer will ring your customer on this number prior to arrival or if they are unable to
locate or gain access to the premises.
DetailedContact/
ElectronicMail
50
Amendable
in NGA only*
Provide the email ID of the contact person at the site.
DetailedContact/
SecondaryTelephon
e
40
Amendable
in NGA only*
If your customer is not reachable on the primary telephone number give in ‘Telephone’ field,
our engineer will attempt to contact them using the number provided in this field.
*As this not an amendable attribute for LLU, any changes to these values after the order has been input by the customer will need to be communicated
directly to the SMC
Best Practice for the CP IT Design Community
LLU & NGA Orders – Additional Site Visit Reason and Location Details
Field Name
ReasonCode
Character
Limit
50
Amendable
Non
Amendable
Description
This is applicable for LLU (MPF & SMPF) only.
If your customer is not happy with the existing NTE location, you will need to request an
NTE move as part of the order and supply a TRC band greater than zero. You can also use
this field to indicate the presence of hot sites.
You would need to provide a valid reason code within the ‘ReasonCode’ field.
For MPF Orders
• Hot Site
• Shift NTE
• TRC
• Strip
• Not Applicable (Default)
For SMPF Orders
• Hot Site
• Not Applicable (Default)
ReasonNotes
50
Non
Amendable
This is applicable for LLU (MPF & SMPF) only.
Any notes corresponding to the reason code which you have selected can be provided here
FloorRoomPosition
40
Non
Amendable
This is applicable for LLU (MPF & SMPF) only
For LLU you can specify the exact location within the ‘FloorRoomPosition’ Field.
Floor
Room
Position
50
Non
Amendable
This is applicable for FTTP only
For FTTP you can specify the location information in ‘Floor’, ‘Room, ‘Position’ fields.
Best Practice for the CP IT Design Community
LLU & SFFA/NGA Faults – CP Contact Details & Customer Access Notes
Field Name
Character
Limit
Amendable
Description
ReportingParty/
ContactName
50
Non
Amendable
Name of the person within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
ReportingParty/
Telephone
25
Non
Amendable
Number to call within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
ReportingParty/
Email
100
Non
Amendable
E-mail address to mail to within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
ReportingParty/
FirstName
50
Non
Amendable
First name of the person within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
HSHazards
100
Amendable
Health & Safety related information should be supplied on all order types. If there are none,
then the word ‘NONE’ should be written. E.g. Flat Roof, RAMS Statement (See Appendix A),
Fragile Roof, Hot Site, Dog On-site, Dangerous Animals, Railway Working, Working at Height
restrictions apply, High Voltage Overhead power lines in vicinity of work area, Asbestos
Hazard.
Notes
255
Amendable
Any information that is relevant to the engineering visit can be provided in ‘Notes’ field.
For MPF orders with voice service, enter the note ‘DIAL TONE PRESENT - DN:xxxxxxxx’ as
we can perform additional tests to confirm that the line is working.
If the circuit is being provided for data only and will not have dial tone, please enter the
following note ‘DATA ONLY MPF – NO DIAL TONE’
ShortDescription
Note
80
Non
Amendable
A short narrative of the problem can be provided in the ‘ShortDescription’ field.
16383
Amendable
Detailed description of the issue with your customer’s line can be provided in ‘Note’ field.
Best Practice for the CP IT Design Community
LLU & SFFA/NGA Faults – Customer Contact Details
Field Name
Character
Limit
Amendable
Description
EndUserParty/
ContactName
50
Amendable
Provide the name of the person who is expected to be available at site when our engineer
visits to provide the service.
EndUserParty/
Telephone
25
Amendable
The engineer will ring your customer on this number prior to arrival or if they are unable to
locate or gain access to the premises.
EndUserParty/
Email
100
Amendable
in NGA only
Provide the email ID of the contact person at the site.
EndUserParty/
SecondaryTelephon
e
40
Amendable
If your customer is not reachable on the primary telephone number given in ‘Telephone’
field, our engineer will attempt to contact them using the number provided in this field.
Best Practice for the CP IT Design Community
WLR Orders – Customer’s Primary & Secondary Contact Details
Field Name
Character
Limit
Amendable
Description
DetailedContact/
Name
40
Amendable
Provide the name of the person who is expected to be available at site when our engineer
visits to provide the service.
DetailedContact/
Telephone
26
Amendable
The engineer will ring your customer on this number prior to arrival or if they are unable to
locate or gain access to the premises.
DetailedContact/
ElectronicMail
40
Amendable
Provide the email ID of the contact person at the site.
DetailedContact/
SecondaryTelephon
e
26
Amendable
If your customer is not reachable on the primary telephone number give in ‘Telephone’ field,
our engineer will attempt to contact them using the number provided in this field.
Name
(AlternativeSiteCont
act)
40
Amendable
Also provide the name of a person who can be contacted alternatively if the primary contact
person provided in the order is not available.
Telephone
(AlternativeSiteCont
act)
26
Amendable
Incase the primary contact person is not available, the engineer will ring your alternative
contact person on this number prior to arrival or if they are unable to locate or gain access to
the premises.
SecondaryTelephon
e
(AlternativeSiteCont
act)
26
Amendable
Incase the primary contact person is not available and the alternative contact person is not
reachable on the primary telephone number given in ‘Telephone’ field, our engineer will
attempt to contact them using the number provided in this field.
Best Practice for the CP IT Design Community
WLR Orders – Customer Access Notes and Additional Site Visit Reason
Field Name
Character
Limit
Amendable
Description
HSHazards
100
Amendable
Health & Safety related information should be supplied on all order types. If there are none,
then the word ‘NONE’ should be written. E.g. Flat Roof, RAMS Statement (See Appendix A),
Fragile Roof, Hot Site, Dog On-site, Dangerous Animals, Railway Working, Working at Height
restrictions apply, High Voltage Overhead power lines in vicinity of work area, Asbestos
Hazard.
EngineeringNotes
300
Amendable
Any information that is relevant to the engineering visit can be provided in the
‘EngineeringNotes‘ field.
WarningNotes
100
Amendable
This should detail any additional information that will assist the engineer in completing their
risk assessment when he arrives onsite.
AdditionalSiteVisitR
eason
200
Non
Amendable
The valid WLR3 additional site visit reasons for all standard provide order scenarios (excluding
forced provision orders) are:
• Extension socket
• Block terminal
• Block terminal and extension socket
• Hardwired conversion
• Known damage to cabling
• EU aware that no internal cabling/sockets exist
• Move internal termination point
For WLR3, forced provision orders only support installation types of Standard, Complex and
Complex- Hot Site. The only valid additional site visit reasons (as specified in the XML)
supported with the forced provide flag are:
• Extension socket
• Block terminal
• Block terminal and extension socket
Best Practice for the CP IT Design Community
WLR Orders – CP Contact Details
Field Name
Character
Limit
Amendable
Description
CompanyName
100
Amendable
When providing WLR services to a business address, you should add the business name to
the ‘CompanyName’ field within the order details.
Contact/Name
40
Non
Amendable
Name of the person within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
Contact/Telephone
26
Non
Amendable
Number to call within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
Contact/ElectronicM
ail
40
Non
Amendable
E-mail address to mail to within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
Best Practice for the CP IT Design Community
WLR Faults – Customer’s Primary & Secondary Contact Details
Field Name
Character
Limit
Amendable
Description
CompanyName
100
Amendable
When providing WLR services to a business address, you should add the business name to
the ‘CompanyName’ field within the fault details.
ContactName
50
Amendable
Provide the name of the person who is expected to be available at site when our engineer
visits to provide the service.
Telephone
11
Amendable
The engineer will ring your customer on this number prior to arrival or if they are unable to
locate or gain access to the premises.
Email
100
Amendable
Provide the email ID of the contact person at the site.
ContactName
(AlternativeSiteCont
act)
50
Amendable
Also provide the name of a person who can be contacted alternatively if the primary contact
person provided in the order is not available.
Telephone
(AlternativeSiteCont
act)
11
Amendable
Incase the primary contact person is not available, the engineer will ring your alternative
contact person on this number prior to arrival or if they are unable to locate or gain access to
the premises.
Best Practice for the CP IT Design Community
WLR Faults – Customer Access Notes & Fault Description Notes, CP Contact Details
Field Name
Character
Limit
Amendable
Description
HSHazards
100
Amendable
Health & Safety related information should be supplied on all order types. If there are none,
then the word ‘NONE’ should be written. E.g. Flat Roof, RAMS Statement (See Appendix A)
Fragile Roof, Hot Site, Dog On-site, Dangerous Animals, Railway Working, Working at
Height restrictions apply, High Voltage Overhead power lines in vicinity of work area,
Asbestos Hazard.
Notes
255
Amendable
Any information that is relevant to the engineering visit can be provided in the ‘Notes‘ field.
ShortDescription
80
Amendable
A short description of the fault can be provided in the ‘ShortDescription’ field.
16350
Amendable
Detailed description of the issue with your customer’s line can be provided in ‘Note’ field.
ReportingParty/
ContactName
50
Non
Amendable
Name of the person within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
ReportingParty/
Telephone
11
Non
Amendable
Number to call within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
ReportingParty/
Email
100
Non
Amendable
E-mail address to mail to within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
ReportingParty/
FirstName
50
Non
Amendable
First name of the person within your organisation to contact for any enquiries
Note
Appendix A - RAMS statements
RAMS Statement for inclusion within HSHazard Notes
RAMS Generic supplied to customer
RAMS 1 Cabling at EU Premises supplied to customer
RAMS 3 Blown Fibre at EU Premises supplied to customer
RAMS 4 Pole Erection / Cabling supplied to customer
RAMS 6 Installation of Wideband Eqpt supplied to customer
RAMS 7 Installation of Ductwork supplied to customer
RAMS 8 Working at Airports supplied to customer
RAMS 9 Surveying for cabling at Airports supplied to customer
RAMS 10 Working in the Overhead Network supplied to customer
RAMS 11 Cabling and Working in UG Structures supplied to customer
RAMS 12 Internal Cabling / NTEs supplied to customer
RAMS 16 Surveying an Office Building supplied to customer
RAMS 20 Provision of PSTN supplied to customer
Appendix B – Example of an Internal DP
If you have been advised via Manage Line Plant Availability (MLPA) that the premises is served by an
internal Distribution Point, this will indicate that one is located somewhere inside your customer’s
building or building complex and could be in a room that requires separate access, an example of
what an Internal DP looks like is illustrated below.