Western commercial environment · Construction & Trades
Trade Service Calls Egocentric Data Collection
- Sector
- Construction & Trades
- Tasks listed
- 11
- Status
- 11 ready to deploy
- Capture
- Phone (head-mounted) / multiview rig
Environment
What does the trade service calls environment cover?
Typical settings: Plumber, electrician or HVAC crew on service calls at client sites. Each recording shows the worker's hands, tools and the objects they handle from their own point of view, in the layouts and with the equipment used in Western construction & trades work.
The environment sits in the Construction & Trades sector of the commercial catalog. A spec can take the listed tasks as-is, narrow them, or add tasks the list does not name.
Tasks
Which trade service calls tasks can be captured?
Every task in the catalog for this environment, with its skill level and current status.
| Task | What is recorded | Skill | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drain Snaking & Clearing | Feed a drain auger into the line, work through the blockage and flush the drain. | Medium | Ready to deploy |
| Filter Swap & System Tune-Up | Replace HVAC filters, clean coils, check pressures and tune the system. | Medium | Ready to deploy |
| HVAC Equipment Installation | Position and mount HVAC units, connect ducting, refrigerant lines and wiring, then commission. | Hard | Ready to deploy |
| Outlet & Fixture Wiring | Strip wires, connect outlets and fixtures and test with a voltage tester with power off. | Hard | Ready to deploy |
| Plumbing Fixture Installation | Remove the old fixture, fit the new tap, toilet or sink with wrenches and sealant and test. | Hard | Ready to deploy |
| Remove and install plumbing fixtures using pipe wrenches and sealant tape | Disconnect old fixtures with pipe wrenches, fit new ones with sealant tape and check for leaks. | Hard | Ready to deploy |
| Replace and tune HVAC filters using screwdrivers and gauge sets | Open the unit, swap the filters, connect gauges and adjust settings to spec. | Medium | Ready to deploy |
| Snake and clear drain lines using a drain auger and inspection light | Feed the drain auger into the pipe, clear the blockage and check the line with a light. | Medium | Ready to deploy |
| Strip and wire electrical outlets using wire strippers and a voltage tester | Strip and connect wires to the outlet terminals and verify with a voltage tester. | Hard | Ready to deploy |
| Thermostat & Control Wiring | Mount the thermostat, connect control wires to terminals and test the heating and cooling calls. | Hard | Ready to deploy |
| Water Heater Replacement | Drain and disconnect the old heater, position the new unit, connect water and power and test. | Hard | Ready to deploy |
Capture setup
How is trade service calls work captured?
| Setup | How it works | Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Phone (head-mounted) / multiview rig | A head-mounted phone records the first-person view of real work on site; a multiview rig adds synchronized third-person angles when the spec asks for them. | 11 |
On the rig tier, every stream is aligned to a shared clock and checked at the sync gate before an hour is billed. See capture for the hardware.
Status
What does each status mean?
| Status | Meaning | Tasks here |
|---|---|---|
| Active collection | Recording in this environment is running now, so a spec can join an existing capture stream. | 0 |
| Ready to deploy | Contributors and site access are set up; capture starts once a spec is signed. | 11 |
| Available on request | Scoped and recruited to spec when a buyer asks for it. | 0 |
Western markets
Which Western markets are recruited for trade service calls capture?
Contributors are recruited to spec in Western program markets, so the footage reflects how this work is done in North American and European businesses. Country pages list the legal basis and status for each market.
Delivery
How is the data delivered?
Footage is delivered in RLDS, LeRobot, WebDataset, HDF5, zarr and Rerun .rrd, mapped to the canonical episode schema, under a buyer-owned commercial licence. See delivery formats, sample data outputs and how to scope a custom collection.
FAQ
Trade Service Calls egocentric data, answered.
- What trade service calls tasks can Firsthand capture?
- 11 listed tasks, including drain snaking & clearing, filter swap & system tune-up, hvac equipment installation, outlet & fixture wiring. Tasks outside the list can be added to a spec.
- What does "Western" mean for this environment?
- The settings, equipment, packaging and signage found in North American and European trade service calls work, recruited in program markets such as United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany.
- How fast can collection start?
- A median of 48 hours from signed spec to first validated batch where coverage is deep. Tasks marked available on request are recruited first, and the timeline is quoted against the spec before capture begins.
- Is the footage consented and anonymized?
- Yes. Releases are collected before capture, and faces, licence plates and screens are detected and blurred, with a human review step, before footage is delivered.
- Who owns the data?
- Delivery is under a buyer-owned commercial licence. Pricing is quoted per engagement and billed per validated hour, meaning footage that passed sync and QA against your spec.
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