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How to Know a Gas Engineer is Qualified

Businesses understand that there are regulations to follow in many areas and that the onus is on the business to ensure they comply. One example of this is if you are having a industrial boiler installation or need a heating service and you have gas, you must ensure any gas engineers are Gas Safe registered. But what is this and how does it work?

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Who is Gas Safe?

The Gas Safe Register is the official UK body that works under the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Industrial heating engineers in Wolverhampton and around England need to be Gas Safe registered in order to work on heating maintenance, industrial heating installations or even general servicing if there is gas in the property.

Gas Safe replaced the former CORGI system in 2010 and issue licenses to carry out work on gas fixtures in domestic and industrial properties. These licenses look a bit like a driving license and you should always ensure that any company working on industrial central heating where there is gas has this license.

Another aspect of their work is to investigate illegal gas work. This is then passed to the HSE who are able to prosecute where required. Gas Safe also works to raise public awareness of the dangers of unsafe and illegal gas work as well as risks around gas such as carbon monoxide poisoning from heat equipment. This is also a risk from industrial systems such as factory heating or office boilers.

Professional bodies

Another way to be sure that the company you are working with have the highest standards is to look for professional membership.

One example of this is OFTEC, who have established competency standards for the domestic oil heating and cooking industry. This also includes industrial oil boilers. Their role is also to provide technical information for companies that are installing and maintaining these systems as well as details for customers to better decide if these systems are the right ones for them.

There are OFTEC-approved centres for training around the UK and they operate a competent person’s scheme. This is ideal when you are looking for a company do work on your property and want guarantees about the quality of that work. By ensuring they are OFTEC registered or with a similar trade body, you can be certain of the standards they work to.

Get recommendations

If you are unsure where to start looking for a qualified tradesman, then you can always get recommendations. You may be surprised what services a company offer as well. So the company who came and installed new ventilation equipment in the property may also be Gas Safe registered and able to work on your boiler.

Check websites for both membership of schemes like OFTEC and that they are Gas Safe registered. Then look for customer reviews or case studies that show they have worked on businesses, even ones in your own industry. Check for guarantees on their work as this offers reassurance that if something does go wrong, they will be there to help you.

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