Episode 5 - Statutory (Engineering) Inspections in Schools

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!

So, if you’re a Bursar, Estates Manager, Health & Safety Manager, School Business Manager, or indeed ANYONE responsible for overseeing H&S and/or statutory inspections in a school, then this is the episode for you!

Let’s start a conversation on how we can make our schools safer!

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 20^th – 22^nd 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 19^th 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

Intro/outro music: Phello / No Signal / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Intro/outro music voiceover: Eloise Pearson (aged 4 years)