PSSR 2000 · County coverage

PSSR examination and certification in Lincolnshire

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

From the Humber ports to the open farmland, Lincolnshire runs steam and process plant in the food factories, compressed air in the engineering works, and the boilers and vessels behind agriculture. Wherever a system holds steam or a fluid under pressure, PSSR 2000 applies.

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  • Independent & impartial
  • Competent engineer surveyors
  • County-wide coverage
What we cover

PSSR pressure system examinations across Lincolnshire

A pressure system covers the boiler or compressor, the receivers and pipework, and the safety valves and gauges that protect it, and across the county that means food-process steam, air receivers, process vessels, autoclaves and gas storage. All of it can fall within scope.

Pressure systems turn up in every corner of an economy this broad: the boiler behind a food line, the compressor in an engineering shop, the air receiver in a grain store, the steriliser in a packhouse. It is easy for one of them to be running with no current scheme behind it. The duty is the same wherever the system sits, a written scheme, an examination to it by a competent person, and a record kept, so we find the systems across ports, farms and factories alike, draw up or review the scheme for each, examine to it, and keep the county on one arrangement.

Why businesses choose SEIS

  • Independent and impartial: we examine, we do not sell or maintain the equipment
  • Competent engineer surveyors with real field experience
  • Clear reports issued promptly, with the next due date flagged
  • One item or a whole site, one town or the whole county
Towns we cover

PSSR examinations across Lincolnshire

We provide PSSR examinations to businesses right across Lincolnshire. Choose your town below for local detail, or call us and we will arrange a visit to suit your schedule.

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PSSR FAQs

PSSR examination, written schemes and certification: common questions

Do you carry out PSSR examinations across Lincolnshire?
Yes. Our engineer surveyors cover Lincolnshire, from the Humber ports and food factories to the farms and engineering works inland, and act as your competent person on every kind of pressure system. Call us and we will arrange a visit to suit you.
How quickly can you arrange a visit across Lincolnshire?
We keep engineer surveyors working across Lincolnshire, so we can usually be on site within a few working days, and sooner when a system needs a scheme before it is brought into use. Call 0330 043 8191 and we will book a time that fits your operation.
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 Lincolnshire?

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

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