Posted By Peter MacDonald
How do I meet my duties as an employer with regard to hiring in plant and equipment. During times when we are very busy it is necessary to hire extra equipment to cover the workload. Often the equipment is a duplicate of equipment we use already. We use recognised national players in the hiring industry and equipment comes with a kite mark, test certs etc. As a completely seperate issue from the competency of my employees to use the equipment and safe systems of work what should I have in place to ensure I meet my obligations when providing the equipment to the workforce. We tend to hire compressors, MEWP's, breakers, generators, air tools etc.

Peter

Posted By colin
I used to be an assistant hire manager for a tool hire company, "ALL" equipment is tested after/before each individual hire and has a label tied to the machine stating when and who tested it. The majority of companies are members of HAE, (the hire association of europe), you could check them out for anymore information you require.