Lift Safety Policy

11.1 The Section Manager Level 4 VRQ Diploma in Asset and Building Management and The Technical Lead will undertake appropriate training, such as the Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) Practical Management of a Lift/Escalator Contract, IOSH Managing Safely course, Level 4 VRQ Diploma in Asset and Building Management or equivalent, to ensure lift safety programmes are managed effectively.

11.2 The Approved Code of Practice for LOLER states:

11.3 "You should ensure that the person carrying out a thorough examination has such appropriate practical and theoretical knowledge and experience of the lifting equipment to be thoroughly examined as will enable them to detect defects or weaknesses and to assess their importance in relation to the safety and continued use of the lifting equipment".

11.4 Therefore, only suitably competent lift consultants and contractors, registered with the Lift and Escalator Industry Association (or equivalent), will be appointed to undertake thorough examinations, risk assessments, prepare examination schemes and undertake lifting equipment works. Lift engineers will have a minimum qualification of EAL QCF NVQ Level 3 Diploma or its equivalent in an appropriate discipline.

11.5 We will check that our contractors hold the relevant qualifications and accreditations when we procure them, and thereafter on an annual basis; we will evidence these checks and each contractor's certification appropriately.