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Clive McCann I t Inspector Gas Safe Register Gas Safe Register

Wiltshire Occupational Safety & Health Association Association

Background – History

Renewed focus on gas safety Renewed focus on gas safety Dedicated gas safety brand Innovation Proportionate service p Value for money for engineers Contract Award 2008 Tender Process 2007 2006 Gas Safety Award 2008 Process 2007 Review Version 3.2

Background – Key aims

• Focus on gas safety and awareness

M i t i i t f t t d lifi d i

• Maintain a register of competent and qualified engineers
• Improve consumer safety through education
• Be open and accountable
• Listen and consult

Listen and consult

• Work with others

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Gas Safety Brand

• The Gas Safe Register brand is owned by HSE for industry
• One time change
• To be used exclusively for gas and gas safety

To be used exclusively for gas and gas safety Gold Award at DBA Design Effectiveness Awards

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Registration – Ways for Engineers to Apply Two ways to apply for registration: O li t

• Online at

www.GasSafeRegister.co.uk/engineers

• By post

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Key facts and figures

• Around 65,000 business registrations

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• More than 125,000 engineer registrations

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Website – Consumer Information

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Website – Consumer Information

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Sign up for gas safety email updates

• Sign up and receive gas

safety email updates from G S f R i t b t Gas Safe Register about how to keep Gas Safe

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Alw ays ask to see the Engineers ID Card

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Check the back of the Card

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Some current key activities

• Continue to raise public awareness through campaigns
• Represent Gas Safe Register at appropriate events

Meet and talk to stakeholders

• Meet and talk to stakeholders
• Competency review

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• Enforcement review

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Raising Consumer Aw areness

• A variety of media including
• A variety of media, including

TV, radio and press adverts and online activity

• Other methods, such as

consumer roadshows, to support specific campaigns support specific campaigns

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Gas and Cow boys Don’t Mix Campaign

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Better Gas Safe than sorry campaign

• Anne employed an

unqualified fitter. The faulty k l d t CO i i work led to CO poisoning. Her 14 year old daughter died. died.

• Anne’s story explains how
• Anne s story explains how

the Register works. It shows why it’s important to check the card.

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National advertising

• National press ads in Oct/Nov
• Watch the film online

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Literature

• Gas Safety Guide
• Short version

Short version

• Tenants insert
• Posters
• Posters
• Free!

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Information for registered b i businesses

Registered businesses support

• Show your card – don’t wait

to be asked

• Use the Gas Safe brand
• New tools in marketing

g toolkit: leaflet templates and web banners

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Engineers w ebsite – the online account

• An online account is the simplest way for Gas Safe

registered businesses to manage their registration

• The benefits include:
• Available 24/7
• Fully secure

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• Manage all aspects of the business
• Visit www GasSafeRegister co uk/engineers

Visit www.GasSafeRegister.co.uk/engineers

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w w w .GasSafeRegister.co.uk/engineers Logging into online account

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w w w .GasSafeRegister.co.uk/engineers Technical Department

• Gas Safety Helpline for consumers
• Technical support for engineers
• Safety alerts and technical Bulletins
• Monthly technical magazine

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w w w .GasSafeRegister.co.uk/engineers Technical information

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w w w .GasSafeRegister.co.uk/engineers Technical information

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w w w .GasSafeRegister.co.uk/engineers Marketing Toolkit

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Enforcement Review

Enforcement Review

• Conducted throughout 2010
• Report now with HSE for consideration

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Competence Review

Competency Review

• Looking at competence as it relates to gas safety
• Conducted throughout 2010 for delivery 2011
• Currently in information gathering phase (workshops)
• Comprehensive survey planned for early 2011
• Report to be submitted to HSE by end 2011
• Report to be submitted to HSE by end 2011

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Investigating illegal w ork

Investigations Team g History

• Set up in April 2009
• National Investigations Manager
• Eight Regional Investigations Officers

(Field Based)

• Two National Investigation Coordinators

(Office Based)

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Investigations Team g Role

• Investigate complaints and reports of illegal gas work
• Compile investigation reports
• Work closely with enforcement bodies

Promote the use of Gas Safe Registered businesses

• Promote the use of Gas Safe Registered businesses

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Investigations Team g Investigations Summary (Apr 09– Mar 10)

• 590 Unregistered Investigation

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40% 38% 38%

Visits

• 16% Immediately Dangerous

25% 30% 35% Immediately Dangerous

• 38% At Risk
• 38% Not to Current Standards

15% 20% 25% 16% g At Risk Not to Current Standards

• (8% No defects)

0% 5% 10% 8% No Defects

• 3800 Gas Safety Defects in

Total

0% Unregistered Investigations

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Inspecting gas w ork

Why do w e need to Inspect?

• Contractually bound by the HSE
• A requirement to identify unsafe gas work

A requirement to identify unsafe gas work (one of our measured Key Performance Indicators)

• Ensures that the competence of the registered engineer is

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Risk Based Inspection

• Effective utilisation of Inspection resource, to identify:
• Unsafe gas work and unsafe gas workers

Unsafe gas work and unsafe gas workers

• Registered businesses/engineers who do not apply

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• Meet the requirements of the new service:

Meet the requirements of the new service:

• Lower the cost & reduce the burden of being registered

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• Leave the “good guys” to get on with the job

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What is the Inspection approach?

• A clear focus on completed gas work
• We drive the work selection process
• Risk Analysis process
• Risk Analysis process
• Centralised scheduling
• A clear display of ‘correct’ gas work demonstrates the

application of Competence application of Competence

• Simplified reporting to consumers

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Inspection process – Data, Risk Analysis & Scheduling

Notifications

Risk Analysis

3rd Party

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Inspections

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Complaints

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Inspection Types

• The Risk Analysis will prioritise the required inspection

type:

• Installation work
• Business
• Engineer

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Inspection offer to consumers

• Certificate insert
• Website
• Consumer events

Mail shots

• Mail shots
• Consumer nomination

Consumer nomination

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The Inspection process

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Other elements

• Acknowledgement to inspected registered businesses
• Competency inspection
• Gas management audit
• Suspension
• Suspension
• Applied conditions

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• Removal

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Reporting gas w ork

Reporting gas w ork

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Reporting gas w ork

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Reporting gas w ork – Building Regulations Compliance Certificate

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Reporting gas w ork – Declaration Of Safety Certificate

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Summary

Key things to take aw ay Key things to take aw ay

• Any business undertaking gas work must be on the Gas

Safe Register

• Always ask to see the ID card of anyone carrying out

gas work – and check their qualifications on the back

• You can also find more information on the website

www.GasSafeRegister.co.uk

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Thank You W l f db k th t ti d ill b We welcome your feedback on the presentation and will be happy to answer any questions Gas Safe Register can be contacted via: enquiries@GasSafeRegister co uk enquiries@GasSafeRegister.co.uk 0800 408 5500 (for the public) ( p ) 0800 408 5577 (for registered businesses)

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