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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