Authorising Engineer Services
Our qualified Authorising Engineer in accordance with chapter 7 of HTM02-01, Medical Gas Pipeline Systems (MGPS), has specialist knowledge of MGPS, for which your Authorised Person(s) (MGPS) will assume responsibility on
appointment. As an independent AE appointed by your management team our
service will be to performing assessments of your Authorised Person(s) (MGPS), recommend to your Executive Manager that the AP is able to be appointed in writing. Our AE will work with your team providing ongoing technical support. Elements provided for this service include:
A – Authorising Engineer Initial Site Assessment
Initial site assessment is one day on site at the start of the contract to assess the following:
- Current site systems overview assessment
- Documentation overview
- Staff level and MGPS Contractor information review
- Initial assessment report
- Ongoing annual technical phone and email support (office hours)
This provision consolidates the relationship and information required to provide support to the APs
and will be required at the start of any contract where AP assessments are not immediately due.
B – Authorising Engineer AP Assessments
Your Authorising Engineer will visit your site and spend some time with the Senior/Lead AP reviewing site documentation and the site systems, time will then be spent with each of the remaining AP’s (MGPS) to conduct their assessments. A formal report and letters will be drafted off site and sent in
to the senior/lead AP for each AP. If required and included APs will be assessed on additional sites for familiarisation to be signed off for those sites. The programme would involve:
- Completion of a scenario and personal profile prior to meeting and discussion.
- MGPS Documentation review (Permits, As-fitted Drawings, Specifications etc.).
- Assessment of the individuals training certificates.
- Tour of site to assess AP site knowledge with verbal assessment “what if, what next” situations.
- Review and debrief
- Forward letter of recommendation and certificate of appointment to Chief Exec for counter signature/ final approval.
C – AE Annual Site Audit
The annual system review will verify procedures and ensure documentation and system controls are in place. An annual one-day site audit together with a brief report will be completed to include:
- Site systems overview assessment
- Documentation overview
- Staff level and MGPS Contractor information review
- Annual audit report
- Ongoing annual technical phone and email support (office hours)
D – Additional Consultancy Days
Additional consultation is a provision that may be required from time to time, a provision for a number of day can be added to the AE service for such occasions and invoiced as and when used. Items may include:
- Additional on-site visits
- Systems and design verification
- Project meeting attendance
- Medical gas committee meeting attendance
- Other medical gas consultancy as required