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16 May 2008

GEA president explains plans for installation engineer assessments

The Garage Equipment Association’s newly-elected president has formally announced details of plans for a network of GEA-accredited lift engineers.

Gary Shepherd (pictured right) said candidates would need to score highly in a formal engineering assessment before earning GEA accreditation.

“The scheme will be designed to ensure high standards of safe, efficient and effective lift installation and maintenance across the UK.

“Engineers will be trained and then assessed at the GEA offices in Daventry and only those achieving more than 80% during the final assessment will become GEA accredited,” said Gary.

The proposed system of accredited lift engineers is designed to maintain standards in the installation and servicing sector by re-assessing engineers on a regular basis.

The GEA hopes workshops will increasingly request that one of its accredited engineers is used to install and service workshop equipment.

The accreditation scheme comes at the same time as the Health and Safety Executive discovered potentially dangerous problems with a number of two-post lifts in garages around the country (see the ‘Safety alert’ story from April 29th).

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