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Baxi offers free Gas Safe registration to installers(06/05/2011)
Working in partnership with the Gas Safe Register, Baxi has developed a new and free solution for installers to register the gas boilers they fit. Free Gas Safe registration is just one aspect of Baxi’s new loyalty scheme ‘works’, which has been designed to help installers cut down on the amount of administration and paperwork they need to do. When the boiler’s bar code is registered on the loyalty scheme website, it asks if the installer wants to also register the boiler on the Gas Safe Reg... [more]
Green Surveyor is establishing a nationwide network of gas safe plumbers to provide nationwide Gas Safety certification(26/10/2010)
Green Surveyor® has now been launched as a division of Syntegra Consulting, the national energy consultancy based in Reading and London. It is establishing a nationwide network of gas safe plumbers to provide nationwide Gas Safety certification and associated letting compliance related safety certification services to homeowners, landlords, property agents, solicitors and small businesses covering all areas of the UK. Any professionals interested in joining the Green Surveyor team can find ... [more]
CIPHE expreses concern about the long waiting lists for Warm Front funded boiler replacements(11/02/2010)
Latest official details of the waiting times across the country were published in the 2009 Warm Front Annual Report. At that time, the average waiting time for heating related work across the country was 66 days with households in London having to wait the longest at 80 days. The shortest waiting list was in the North West at 53 days. Blane Judd, the chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering, has joined the growing number of voices expressing concern about... [more]
Health and Safety Executive brings rogue gas fitters to justice(18/11/2009)
HSE successfully prosecuted 28 people for breaching gas legislation in 2008/09, covering 66 separate offences. 173 enforcement notices were also served during this period. (see notes to editors). A number of these cases involved engineers found carrying out gas work without being registered or working outside their competency - doing jobs which they are not formally qualified for. The Health and Safety Executive is using Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week (16-20 November) to renew its commitment... [more]
Running two different gas registration schemes in Northern Ireland will only cause confusion(12/05/2009)
The CORGI gas registration scheme was replaced by the Gas Safe Register in England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man on April 1. But Northern Ireland retains CORGI for up to twelve more months - and is yet to define the policy thereafter. The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) is concerned that running two systems will not only cause confusion, but could be dangerous to public safety and health. CIPHE’s Operations Director, Kevin Wellman, was part of a deleg... [more]
Gas Certification Company wins award for Best Gas Safety Initiative by a training centre(22/10/2007)
NICEIC approved training centre Gas Certification Company Ltd, based in Blantyre, Scotland, has won the award for the Best Gas Safety Initiative by a training centre at Corgi’s Installerlive Awards. The category was open to local authorities, training centres, merchants and manufacturers who have undertaken initiatives to promote gas safety. The Initiative awards are judged by an independent industry panel. The company won the award thanks to its Gas Safety Awareness courses, the industry par... [more]
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