Vocational training tool checkout log: what to track before lab starts

In vocational training, missing tools waste more class time than people admit. A wrench, meter, tablet, charger, or specialty bit disappears for ten minutes and the whole lab station slows down. I used to trust students to return things to the cart. That worked until two classes shared the same lab and nobody knew where the tool went. The checkout log that helped us was simple. Each station had…