Workplace inspection skills, regulatory inspection methodologies, and testing qualification frameworks for safety, quality and compliance inspection professionals.
UK law mandates regular inspections across many workplace systems and activities. Qualified inspectors are a statutory requirement — not just best practice.
Many workplace systems and activities require legally mandated inspections — pressure systems, lifting equipment, electrical installations, fire protection systems, and scaffolding. Qualified inspectors are a statutory requirement in these areas.
The Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 and Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 impose written schemes of inspection and require competent inspectors. Non-compliance carries criminal liability for employers.
CDM 2015 and associated guidance requires ongoing workplace inspections on construction sites. Principal contractors must have qualified personnel capable of conducting and recording statutory site inspections.
Product and process inspection is fundamental to quality management systems. ISO 9001 and sector-specific standards require documented inspection processes with qualified personnel and calibrated measurement equipment.
Inspection and testing responsibilities span multiple sectors. These courses are designed for professionals who conduct, manage, or oversee statutory and quality inspections.
From workplace inspection principles through to specialist LOLER and City & Guilds electrical installation qualifications.
Develop practical workplace inspection skills covering systematic inspection techniques, hazard identification, inspection recording, and effective reporting for safety and quality purposes.
Specialist training in conducting thorough examinations of lifting equipment as required by the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998. Covers inspection criteria, defect identification, and report completion.
The industry-standard City & Guilds 2391 qualification covering initial verification, periodic inspection and testing of electrical installations to BS 7671 (18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations).
A clear progression from inspection principles through to specialist statutory inspection qualifications and advanced City & Guilds certification.
Foundational understanding of inspection methods, terminology, and legal requirements.
Practical inspection techniques for systematic workplace hazard identification and recording.
Statutory thorough examination skills for lifting equipment or pressure systems.
Nationally recognised qualification for electrical installation inspection and testing.
Common questions about inspection and testing training, statutory requirements, and qualification options.
LOLER requires thorough examinations to be carried out by a competent person with appropriate practical and theoretical knowledge of the lifting equipment being examined. Our LOLER Thorough Examination course provides the technical knowledge required. Practical competency should be supported by relevant work experience with the equipment type.
Yes. Under LOLER, PSSR, and PUWER, inspection and examination records must be kept for specified periods. LOLER thorough examination reports must be retained until the next report is received, or for 2 years for equipment not subject to deterioration in use. Failure to maintain records is a criminal offence.