Confined 

Spaces 

11.5  

TEST CERTIFICATES AND EXAMINATION RECORDS

11.5.1 

Properly supplied equipment such as ropes, harnesses, lifelines, karabiners 

etc. will have a certificate of test and safe working load when purchased 

and when re certified. 

11.5.2 

All test certificates will be retained by the Authorised Person for all 

equipment for which he is responsible. 

11.5.3 

Further testing must not be undertaken as this may weaken the equipment. 

 If damage occurs they should be scrapped or returned to the manufacturer 

or other competent repairer who can undertake the necessary remedial 

work and supply a new certificate of test and safe working. 

11.5.4 

Records of examinations will include: 

n 

name and address of the employer or other person responsible for the 

equipment 

n 

particulars of the equipment and of the distinguishing number or 

mark, together with a description sufficient to identify it, and the 

name of the maker 

n 

date of examination and the name and signature of the person 

carrying out the examination and test 

n 

condition of the equipment and particulars of any defect found 

n 

in the case of Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) and 

resuscitating equipment incorporating compressed air or oxygen 

cylinders, the pressure in the supply cylinder 

n 

in the case of airline fed RPE, the volume, flow and quality of air.  

NB. where this is supplied from a mobile compressor, the test should 

be made immediately before the first use of RPE in any new location. 

11.5.5 

Records of examinations will be retained by the Authorised Person for at 

least three years for equipment for which he is responsible. 

11.5.6 

Records may be in any suitable format but shall be kept readily available 

for inspection by the relevant enforcing authority.  Certificates and records 

of examination for equipment used by the Work Team must be made 

available for inspection by the Authorised Person prior to commencing 

work. 

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April 2005