Join us for Episode 5 of The Safer Schools Podcast where we discuss the the different statutory inspections required for schools (sometimes referred to as engineering inspections), including:
- What statutory inspections are and why you need to ensure that they’re completed, including those for:
- Electrical installations
- Lifting equipment (whereby we also discuss the importance of passenger lift rescue procedures)
- Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV)
- Pressure Systems; and
- Gas appliances
- Issues concerning statutory inspections that we commonly identify during our Health & Safety Audits of schools; and
- Guidance documents available that can assist you with all of the above!
You might be sat there thinking ‘I’m really confident that everything that requires an inspection, is being inspected’, but we do regularly find gaps when we’re going out and doing our Health & Safety Audits in schools…
So, if you’re a Bursar, Estates Manager, Health & Safety Manager, School Business Manager, or indeed ANYONE responsible for overseeing H&S, statutory inspections, or estates compliance in a school, then this is the episode for you!
Let’s start a conversation on how we can make our schools safer!
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Questions, comments, suggestions for topics? This is your Podcast too…
Drop an email to: info@pearsonwebb.co.uk
We’ve provided links below to the various guidance documents and other resources referred to in this episode:
- Members of The ISBA can book to attend The ISBA Annual Conference being held at ICC Wales from 20th – 22nd May 2024 by following this link: https://members.theisba.org.uk/cpd/annual-conference-2024-icc-wales/
- Members of The ISBA can book to attend the Managing Health & Safety for School Lettings webinar (being delivered by Michelle Pearson) on the 19th March from 11am – 12 noon by following this link: https://members.theisba.org.uk/cpd/courses-and-webinars/course?id=942
- Safety and Health Practitioner (SHP) article on passenger lift accident at Liberton High School: https://www.shponline.co.uk/common-workplace-hazards/council-in-court-after-schoolgirl-seriously-injured-in-lift-shaft-fall/
- HSE L122 (Second edition) Safety of Pressure Systems: Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 Approved Code of Practice and Guidance: https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l122.pdf
- CLEAPSS guidance document G124a Examining autoclaves, pressure cookers and model steam engines. Guidance for employers: https://science.cleapss.org.uk/Resource/G214a-Examining-autoclaves-pressure-cookers-and-model-steam-engines-Guidance-for-employers.pdf
- CLEAPSS guidance document G214b – Examining Autoclaves, Pressure Cookers and Model Steam Engines Written schemes of examination (WSE): https://science.cleapss.org.uk/Resource/G214b-Examining-Autoclaves-Pressure-Cookers-and-Model-Steam-Engines-Written-schemes-of-examination-WSE.pdf
- Electrical Safety First ‘Find A Registered Electrician’ service: https://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/find-an-electrician/
- Gas Safe Register guidance on Carbon Monoxide poisoning and how to prevent it: https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/gas-safety/carbon-monoxide-poisoning/
- Allianz Plant, machinery and equipment inspection guide: https://www.allianz.co.uk/business/engineering-services/guide-to-inspections.html
- Zurich plant guide: https://www.zurich.co.uk/-/media/engineering/docs/guides/zurich_engineering_plant_guide.pdf
