System, methods and apparatus for monitoring via a hand held tool

A hand held tool monitoring method using monitoring apparatus comprising a mount and a monitoring component, the method comprising the steps of:

• attaching the monitoring component, which comprises an operative part of the hand held tool monitoring apparatus, to the mount, the mount in use, forming part of the hand held tool and comprising hand held tool information for the hand held tool and a communications component operable to wirelessly convey the hand held tool information to the monitoring component,
• the monitoring component and the mount having respective surface profiles that are configured to engage with each other to provide for releasable attachment of the monitoring component to the mount, and the mount and monitoring component are configured to be detached from each other by a single manual operation by a user;
• operating a vibration sensor of the hand held tool monitoring apparatus to sense a vibration of the hand held tool and to provide a vibration signal in dependence upon the sensed vibration;
• operating a timer of the hand held tool monitoring apparatus in dependence upon the vibration signal to record a duration of vibration of the hand held tool;
• and
• removing the monitoring component from the mount.