PSSR 2000 · Yorkshire

PSSR examination and written scheme in Dewsbury

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

Steam and compressed air have worked Dewsbury's mills for a century and still do: pressing and finishing steam, air behind the production lines, and plant that often arrived with the building. The Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 apply to all of it.

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

Pressure equipment we examine

Dewsbury, Yorkshire

  • 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 Dewsbury businesses

Pressure systems around the town are a mix of ages: steam plant serving pressing and finishing processes, air receivers and compressors behind the cutting and assembly lines, and the calorifiers and protective devices that support them, frequently installed by a previous occupier and inherited with the lease.

Inherited plant is the trap. A system that came with the building may have no written scheme at all, or a scheme drawn for a configuration that changed two tenants ago, and PSSR judges the duty holder on the system as it stands today. We survey what is actually installed, prepare or correct the Written Scheme of Examination to match it, certify the scheme and examine to it, reporting within 28 days, so inherited plant stops being inherited risk.

Steam plant for pressing and finishing
Air receivers and compressors
Calorifiers and protective devices
Written schemes of examination
How it works

Booking your PSSR examination in Dewsbury

Tell us what pressure plant runs in your building, inherited or installed. We match the written scheme to the system as it stands, examine to it and report within 28 days.

  • 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.

Wondering what it costs? See what drives a PSSR examination quote.

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 Dewsbury and nearby

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

DewsburyBatleyMirfieldHeckmondwikeCleckheatonRavensthorpe
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Related compliance for Dewsbury businesses

Many sites need more than one statutory regime. If you use lifting gear, pressure systems, work equipment or extraction in Dewsbury, 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 Dewsbury?
Yes. Our engineer surveyors cover Dewsbury and the sites around it, examining inherited steam and air plant included. Call us to arrange a visit.
How soon can you examine a pressure system in Dewsbury?
We keep availability across Yorkshire, so a Dewsbury 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 Dewsbury?

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

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