IDEST
Inspectorate for Diving Equipment Servicing & Testing
For enquiries about IDEST and Registering with IDEST, please contact Pat
Oates ( pat@sita.org.uk )
who will see that the correct person receives your email.
To join IDEST download and compete the application form below:
Testing and Inspection of Diving Cylinders after 1st July 2009
From 1st July 2009, the HSE requirement for a "competent person" to carry
out cylinder inspection and testing was defined as:
A: Appointment by the Secretary of State for Transport for the
inspection of gas cylinders
B: Working within the terms of an industry accredited scheme such
as that operated by SITA/IDEST
A centre employing more than 3 testing technicians will need to apply for
accreditation as an inspection body directly to UKAS under provision a)
At a centre employing up to three testing technicians, these technicians can
apply for certification to SITA/IDEST, which has achieved UKAS accreditation
for personnel certification of diving and breathing gas Cylinder Test
Technicians. SITA/IDEST can only offer certification to technicians working in
Test Houses that employ up to 3 Cylinder Test Technicians.
The Cylinder Test Technicians who are assessed by SITA/IDEST will be able to
seek appointment as "Cylinder Test Technicians" for the periodic inspection of
transportable breathing gas cylinders and will meet the requirements of the HSE
guidance for the inspection and test of diving and breathing gas cylinders
only.
IDEST will continue to Inspect, Assess and Approve Cylinder Test Houses but
this activity will not be UKAS accredited.
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