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Hi
I seem to keep having contractors who come in and fill out our LOLER TE certificates selecting the option for "carried out in accordance with an examination scheme". When asked these contractors are unable to provide a written examination scheme. I know the intervals our equipment should have by statute and know we have no circumstances which may cause the need for an examination scheme to be drawn up.
What I want to know is; has anyone else encountered idiots who do this? Why do they do it? Are they just trying to blag more money out of us?
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is not the statute stated interval for examination, " An examination scheme" and as such entitles the statement "carried out in accordance with an examination scheme"?
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The LOLER ACOP states "316 You have a choice. You can follow a specified period approach to the thorough examination of lifting equipment (ie make arrangements to have the equipment examined at the intervals specified in this regulation unless the competent person specifies shorter periods based on how and where the equipment is being used). Alternatively, you can have an examination scheme drawn up for the lifting equipment in use and have it thoroughly examined in accordance with this scheme. Certain pieces of equipment can be subject to periodic thorough examination while others, or groups of others, may be subject to an examination scheme approach."
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And then "318 The examination scheme may be drawn up by the user, owner, manufacturer or some other independent party provided they have the necessary competence.
319 The examination scheme drawn up by the competent person should identify and specify those parts of the lifting equipment that should be thoroughly examined.
320 The examination scheme should specify the intervals at which the lifting equipment (or individual parts thereof) should be thoroughly examined and, where appropriate, those parts that need to be tested.
321 Any examination scheme for lifting equipment should take account of:
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its condition;
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the environment in which it is to be used; and
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the number of lifting operations and the loads lifted."
When asked; the contractors are unable to produce this document...
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