Certex Launch New Lifting Safe Use Seminars
The new seminar has been designed to advise you on the statutory requirements for the safe use and pre-use inspection of lifting equipment
I am sure that many of you are aware of the Statutory Instructions 2306 and 2307 which are regulations that nearly all of us must comply with. These documents are more commonly known as the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) and the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER).
So do these regulations apply to me?
If you are an employer or self-employed person and the Health and Safety at Work Act applies to you then these regulations also apply to you.
Concentrating specifically on our statutory requirements for the safe use and pre-use inspection of lifting equipment some of the relevant statements are …
‘Every employer shall ensure that all persons who use work equipment, or who supervise or manage the use of work equipment, have received adequate training for purposes of health and safety, including training in the methods which may be adopted when using work equipment, any risks which such use may entail and precautions to be taken’ – from Regulation 9 of PUWER
‘You need to ensure that people who use lifting equipment have received appropriate training, information and instruction so that they can carry out pre-use checks on the lifting equipment. Such checks should be carried out before the lifting equipment is being used by an operator during each working day or at the beginning of each shift’ - taken from the guidance notes of LOLER Regulation 8
This is different and must not be confused with the periodic thorough examination which is normally carried out every 6 or 12 months. You may already be aware of this requirement, if not please contact us although we will cover this in later issues.
So how can we help ?
Not only do we ensure that all our lifting products are dispatched with the relevant safe use documents, we are now introducing a half day ‘Safe Use Seminar’. This seminar is initially being held at our Certex Harworth branch, the central hub of our distribution network and is intended to run on the first Tuesday of every month. As well as obtaining useful guidelines on a number of standard products, with prior arrangement we are offering you the opportunity to bring along your own equipment for training and guidance.
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