PSSR 2000 · Greater Manchester

PSSR examination and written scheme in Stockport

Written Schemes of Examination and certified pressure system examinations by an independent competent person

A Written Scheme is not certified forever: plant ages, duties change, and the scheme itself must be reviewed by a competent person at appropriate intervals. Plenty of Stockport systems run on schemes written years ago and never looked at since, which is a quieter failure than no scheme at all.

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  • Independent & impartial
  • Competent engineer surveyors
  • Reports issued promptly

Pressure equipment we examine

Stockport, Greater Manchester

  • Steam boilers & calorifiers
  • Air receivers & compressors
  • Pressure & process vessels
  • Autoclaves & sterilisers
  • Safety valves & protective devices
  • Pipework & heat exchangers
Pressure equipment we examine

PSSR examination and certification for Stockport businesses

Pressure systems across the town run from workshop and production air through process plant to the receivers and protective devices of the estates, many governed by schemes older than the memory of who wrote them.

Scheme review is a duty with teeth: the regulations expect schemes kept appropriate, and a document describing retired vessels, superseded devices or intervals set for a gentler duty misleads exactly when accuracy matters most. Our service reviews schemes on their merits, still-appropriate documents endorsed rather than churned, drifted ones revised and recertified against the plant as found, review dates set so the exercise recurs by design, and 28 day examination reports flowing from paperwork that has itself been examined.

Schemes reviewed on merit
Drift corrected and recertified
Review dates set by design
Examinations to honest paper
How it works

Booking your PSSR examination in Stockport

Dig out the scheme and check its date. We review it honestly, recertify what has drifted, endorse what stands and set the next review by design.

  • 1

    Written Scheme

    We prepare and certify your Written Scheme of Examination.

  • 2

    Examination

    We examine each part of the system to the scheme intervals.

  • 3

    Your report

    You receive a report on the condition of the system.

Why businesses choose SEIS

  • Independent and impartial: we examine, we do not sell the equipment
  • Competent engineer surveyors
  • Clear reports issued without delay
  • Single items or whole sites
Areas we cover

PSSR examination and written scheme across Stockport and nearby

Our engineer surveyors cover Stockport and the towns around it across Greater Manchester. If your site is nearby, we can almost certainly reach you, so just ask.

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Other inspections in Stockport

Related compliance for Stockport businesses

Many sites need more than one statutory regime. If you use lifting gear, pressure systems, work equipment or extraction in Stockport, we can examine all of it.

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PSSR FAQs

PSSR examination, written schemes and certification: common questions

Do you carry out PSSR examinations in Stockport?
Yes. Our engineer surveyors cover Stockport and the sites around it, examining the scheme itself reviewed. Call us to arrange a visit.
How soon can you examine a pressure system in Stockport?
We keep availability across Greater Manchester, so a Stockport visit is usually within a couple of working days, sooner when a system is waiting on its examination before use. Call 0330 043 8191 to book.
What is a Written Scheme of Examination, and do I need one?
It is the legal document at the heart of PSSR: a scheme drawn up and certified by a competent person that sets out which parts of a pressure system are examined, how, and how often. A system within scope must not be operated without one, and the HSE sets the minimum content in its pressure systems guidance.
Is PSSR a legal requirement, and what does it cover?
Yes. PSSR 2000 applies to systems holding steam at any pressure, or other fluids above roughly 250 bar litres, so steam boilers, air receivers, compressors, autoclaves and many process vessels are caught. The duty sits with the user of an installed system or the owner of a mobile one.
How often must a pressure system be examined?
There is no single interval fixed in law. The competent person sets the frequency for each item in the Written Scheme of Examination, judged on the system, its contents and its duty, with many items examined around every 12 months. The examination report is issued within 28 days and carries the next due date.
Who can be the competent person for PSSR?
Someone with the right combination of training, skill, experience and knowledge for the system in question, and independent enough to judge it fairly. The competent person both draws up or certifies the scheme and carries out the examinations it sets.
Does servicing the equipment count as a PSSR examination?
No. A PSSR examination is a formal statutory examination of the system's integrity against its written scheme, and it is separate from routine maintenance. Maintenance keeps a system running; it does not satisfy the legal duty to examine it.
What happens if the examination finds a defect?
The report records the defect, any limit on continued use and the date the next examination is due. Where the competent person finds a risk of imminent danger, the system must be taken out of use at once and the enforcing authority notified, so a problem is acted on rather than filed.

Need a PSSR examination or written scheme in Stockport?

Talk to an engineer surveyor, get a quote and book your inspection in Stockport.

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