PSSR 2000 · Yorkshire

PSSR examination and written scheme in Harrogate

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

Harrogate's hospitality, food and drink economy hides pressure systems in plain sight: espresso boilers, catering steamers and the gas behind every cellar and bar. Where one holds steam or a gas under pressure, PSSR 2000 applies.

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

Pressure equipment we examine

Harrogate, 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 Harrogate businesses

A pressure system in hospitality and food can be small and everywhere: espresso and coffee boilers, steam ovens and steamers, hot-water calorifiers, compressed air, and the carbon dioxide and mixed-gas systems behind bars and cellars. All of it can fall within scope.

The systems people forget are the ones that catch them out. A commercial espresso machine raises steam under pressure and so falls under the Regulations as squarely as a factory boiler, and cellar gas under pressure is a system too. None of it is exempt for being small or ordinary. We find the pressure systems across the site, draw up a written scheme for those in scope, examine to it and test the protective devices, so the coffee boiler and the cellar gas are covered as properly as anything on a shop floor.

Steam and clean-steam generatorsAir receivers and compressorsProcess and jacketed vesselsWritten schemes of examination
How it works

Booking your PSSR examination in Harrogate

Send the systems across the site, kitchens, bars and cellars, and we will draw up or review the written scheme and examine to it. You receive a report of examination for each, with the next date set.

  • 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 Harrogate and nearby

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

HarrogateKnaresboroughRiponWetherbyBoroughbridge
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PSSR FAQs

PSSR examination, written schemes and certification: common questions

Do you carry out PSSR examinations in Harrogate?
Yes. Our engineer surveyors cover Harrogate and the surrounding hospitality, food and drink sites, and act as your competent person on every kind of pressure system. Call us to arrange a visit.
How quickly can you get to Harrogate?
We have surveyors across Yorkshire, so a Harrogate visit is usually only a few working days away, including the espresso boilers and cellar gas that are easy to miss. Call 0330 043 8191 to book around your schedule.
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 Harrogate?

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

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