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Keg Change Training Checklist
The checklist (11 items)
Written as observable actions, so two trainers scoring the same shift land in the same place. In CrewSharp this is the Keg Changes checklist in the Brewery / Taproom starter set, filed under Bar, and every item here is editable.
- 1Lifted kegs with legs bent or used the dollyCritical
- 2Closed the gas before uncoupling the old kegCritical
- 3Tapped the correct beer for the lineMust pass
- 4Checked the coupler washer before tapping
- 5Purged foam from the line after tapping
- 6Rotated kegs oldest first
- 7Chained CO2 cylinders uprightCritical
- 8Left the cooler door open or used the CO2 alarm when working inside
- 9Updated the tap list when a beer changed
- 10Marked empty kegs and moved them to the return area
- 11Logged the keg change and the time
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What usually goes wrong
Three items are critical. Lifting with the legs or the dolly protects backs, closing the gas before uncoupling stops a coupler from kicking, and chaining cylinders upright stops one from falling and shearing a valve. Tapping the correct beer on the line is the required one.
The items a good total should not outweigh
- Lifted kegs with legs bent or used the dolly
- Closed the gas before uncoupling the old keg
- Chained CO2 cylinders upright
When to sign someone off
A workable bar for this checklist: no critical items missed, a score above a line you set for Keg Changes specifically rather than one number for the whole building, and observed on more than one shift with at least one of them busy. Then date it, so it can expire.
That last part is the one people skip. A sign-off with no date cannot be re-checked, which means a year later you have a record that says somebody was ready once.
Checklists that pair with this one
Someone trained on this one most often covers these alongside it, which makes them the sensible second checklist to train.
Common questions
Who should be allowed to change kegs?
Only people who have been watched doing it. It is often handed to whoever is closest to the cooler when a line blows, which is how someone ends up wrestling a keg alone with a gas line still open. A sign-off turns it into a named skill.
What should be on a keg change checklist?
The 11 items above cover it: lifted kegs with legs bent or used the dolly, closed the gas before uncoupling the old keg, tapped the correct beer for the line, and the rest of the list. Keep it in that range. Fewer and a pass proves very little; many more and trainers stop finishing it during a real shift.
Which items should count as critical?
On this checklist, 3 items are marked critical: lifted kegs with legs bent or used the dolly; closed the gas before uncoupling the old keg; chained co2 cylinders upright. Missing one means not ready, regardless of the total score, because these are the failures that cannot be corrected after the fact.
Scoring it is the part that lasts
Run this Keg Changes checklist on a tablet between rushes and CrewSharp keeps the rest: who is signed off, when it was last checked, and which item your crew misses most.
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