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Health technical memorandum 08-02 | Lifts...
...has now been issued and it has some serious implications for
NHS Trusts, lift installation, servicing and maintenance contractors
and also engineering consultancies involved in the Built Environment,
who may now need to have proof (for insurance reasons), of their
engineers’ competency to undertake inspections and also in order
to tender for public sector/healthcare contracts.
Further information and answers to questions you may have
regarding HTM 08-02 and what it means for your organisation
from a Training perspective.
In response to calls and questions we’ve been receiving from our
NHS customers and Estates, Facilities Management & Engineering
clients, Eastwood Park has compiled this information to explain
about the new guidance & regulations, as they relate to Training,
including:
- Roles and responsibilities: Authorised Person, Competent
Person, Designated Person, Dutyholder, Lift Release
Wardens & designated staff.
- Contractors’ responsibilities include: demonstration of their
competence and awareness of changes to legislation; providing
details of their training programmes and continuous professional
development (CPD) arrangements relating to staff working on
the contract which should also include competence to work on
lifts installed by other lift companies.
In brief...
- You must now have a designated person (Lifts) who has
overall authority and responsibility for lifts and their safe
operation. This person must ensure an Authorising Engineer
and Dutyholder are appointed.
- An Authorised Person must be nominated by the Authorising
Engineer (Lifts) and has the key operational responsibility
for the specialist service.
- The Authorised Person (Lifts) is responsible for overseeing
the annual training exercises involving Lift Release Wardens
and assisting the Authorising Engineer (Lifts) in ensuring
sufficient personnel are trained and available at all times
for the rescue of passengers who may become trapped in lifts.
- A Competent Person (Lifts) is a person, suitably trained and
qualified by knowledge and practical experience, and provided
with the necessary instructions to enable the required work to
be carried out safely.
- Specialist contractors appointed by management should only
use trained and competent persons to carry out the
maintenance of lifts.
- A lift Release Warden, is a person, suitably trained and
qualified by knowledge and practical experience, and provided
with the necessary instructions to enable the safe release of
passengers from lifts. They should be recommended by the
Authorised Person (Lifts), be formally appointed by
management, and should undergo refresher training annually.
Management need to ensure that adequately trained staff are
available at all times to rescue passengers who may be trapped
in lifts. Staff should receive appropriate training to act in such an
emergency. Sufficient numbers of staff should be trained in such
procedures so that at least two or more personnel are available on
the same shift to perform this function. Please see below* for further
information on Fire & Rescue Services’ regulations and guidance
relating to owners responsibilities for LIFT RESCUES & RELEASE
OF TRAPPED PASSENGERS and LIFT MAINTENANCE.
- Before appointment, a maintenance contractor should be
able to demonstrate their competence and awareness of
changes to legislation etc, and provide details of their
training programmes and continuous professional
development (CPD) arrangements relating to staff working
on the contract. This should include competence to work
on lifts installed by other lift companies.
- Training should be provided by an instructor, who has
received instruction in training methods or can demonstrate
a training competence following relevant experience.
The course should be structured to include:
- formal classroom instruction
- supporting notes and written procedures
- demonstration of the procedure by the trainer
- individual practice of the procedure and a written test
- Staff who successfully demonstrate competence in the rescue
procedure should be given a certificate (valid for one year)
recording the date of the training and the lift installations
where they can carry out rescues.
Eastwood Park: Accredited Training to HTM guidance
and current legislation – it’s what we do best!
At Eastwood Park we have been offering professional, quality,
specialist training to HTM guidance and recommendations for over
40 years. Let us help you and your staff become, and remain,
compliant with HTM 08-02. All Eastwood Park’s LIFT courses are
already accredited or can be accredited on request. Instruction is
delivered by highly qualified, professional, Lift engineering experts
with many years Lift industry experience.
Choice and Flexibility: Training is available on scheduled courses at
Eastwood Park, in our 3 storey dedicated lift training shaft with new
systems control panel, whilst group training (4 or more delegates)
can be arranged at a time and date to suit you: either at Eastwood
Park or at your premises and facilities. We also offer bespoke or
tailor-made courses to meet with your exact requirements and
specifications – most of which can be accredited, if appropriate.
Lift courses
01 | ELLM - Lift machinery safety and servicing
02 | ELAM - Advanced lift maintenance and servicing
03 | ELCE - Lift management
04 | ELTP - Release of trapped passengers
05 | EOR202 - Working safely in the lift environment
Course Information | click individual programme title
Course Dates
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