BS 5401:1990

Committees responsible
Foreword
Guide
Section 1. Content
1.1 Scope
1.2 Definitions
1.2.1 Left-hand side
1.2.2 Right-hand side
1.3 Identification of manual
1.4 Categories of information
1.5 Serial numbers
1.6 Contents
1.7 Introduction
1.8 Purpose
1.8.1 General
1.8.2 Hazards
1.9 Specifications
1.10 Safety notes and warnings
1.11 Handling, reception, transit, assembly and
      installation
1.11.1 General
1.11.2 Reception
1.11.3 Transit
1.11.4 Installation
1.11.5 Setting to work
1.11.6 Environment
1.11.7 Hazards
1.12 Operating information
1.13 Maintenance instructions
1.13.1 General
1.13.2 Maintenance schedules
1.13.3 Specialized tasks
1.13.4 Details of maintenance work
1.14 Storage
1.15 Parts list
1.16 Accessories and attachments
1.17 Dismantling and disposal
1.18 Warranty
1.19 Alphabetical index
Section 2. Presentation
2.1 General considerations
2.2 Writer and text
2.2.1 General
2.2.2 Writer
2.2.3 Level of the writing
2.2.4 Style of text
2.2.5 Checking
2.3 Typographic design
2.3.1 General
2.3.2 Colour
2.3.3 Reproduction
2.3.4 Type size
2.3.5 Margins
2.3.6 Columns
2.3.7 Headings
2.4 Textual conventions
2.4.1 General
2.4.2 Terminology
2.4.3 Glossaries, abbreviations, signs and symbols
2.4.4 Capitals
2.4.5 Spelling
2.4.6 Measurements and quantities
2.4.7 Numbers
2.4.8 Left hand and right hand
2.5 Illustrations
2.5.1 General
2.5.2 Position
2.5.3 Use of colour
2.5.4 Limitations of colour
2.5.5 Clarity
2.5.6 Scale
2.5.7 Charts
2.5.8 Tables
2.6 Warnings, cautions and notes
2.6.1 General
2.6.2 Warnings
2.6.3 Cautions
2.6.4 Notes
2.7 Numbering
2.7.1 General
2.7.2 Page numbering
2.7.3 Numbering of figures and tables
2.7.4 Cross-references
2.7.5 References
Figures
1. Example of a tractor manufacturer's information
     section
2. Example of a specimen contents list
3. Example of a chain saw manufacturer's hazard
     information
4. Example of use of illustration
5. Example of tabulation

Updates the specification for content of manuals and gives advice on presentation.

This British Standard specifies information to assist manufacturers of tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry in the production of operators’ manuals which will stress safety and ensure reasonable uniformity of format and content.

Section 1 gives guidance for the content of operators’ manuals which are intended for the individuals responsible for the transporting, unloading, setting-up, installing, commissioning, operating, maintaining, storing, dismantling and disposing of agricultural machinery.

Section 2 gives guidance to assist tractor, agricultural and forestry machinery manufacturers in the presentation of operators’ manuals.

Advertising and pre-purchase publications are outside the scope of this standard, However, this should not impede the development of other methods of presenting technical and safety information.

NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.