Governance and Key Stakeholders
The Gas Safety (installation and use) Regulations state that ‘Employers of people carrying out gas work and self-employed people carrying out gas work must be a member of a class of persons approved by the HSE’. This class of persons is the Gas Safe Register.
Gas work should only be undertaken:
- By a person who has successfully completed an industry-recognised training course followed by an assessment of competence. Training that leads to an assessment of competence in safe gas work should be recognised by the industry’s standard setting body; or
- In the case of previously registered person, where they have proved competence through a certification scheme.
The Strategic Management Board (SMB)
The SMB aspect of the Standard Setting Body is deemed to be the Scheme Owner for the Nationally Accredited Certification Scheme for Individual Gas Fitting Operatives (ACS) and the Scheme Owner of IGEM/IG/1 Standards of training in gas work.
The Strategic Management Board’s purpose is to ensure that the processes and procedures established for the maintenance of the Matters of Gas Safety (MoGS) criteria, IGEM/IG/1 Standards of training in gas work and Training Specifications are adhered to and are fit for purpose.
Standards Consultation Forum (SCF)
The Standards Consultation Forum (SCF) is a sub-ordinate group of the Strategic Management Board.
The purpose of the SCF is to ensure that Gas Safe registered businesses, employers and self-employed registered engineers and stakeholders allied to the gas industry are appropriately consulted as an integral part of the process of competence and training standards setting.
Standards Consultation Forum (SCF) Terms of Reference Standards consultation forum
The Gas Industry Liaison Group (GILG)
The Gas Industry Liaison Group facilitated by IGEM consists of a broad section of industry representatives and training and assessment organisations.
The group was formed to debate the issues experienced by all sectors of the downstream gas industry and is accessible to anyone who has a valid contribution to make to its agenda.
The group feeds into the Standards Consultation Forum which is part of the Standards Setting Body responsible for maintaining the Matters of Gas Safety and IGEM/IG/1 Standards of training in gas work.
Training for new entrants
New entrants into the gas industry are required to undertake an industry recognised training course before they are able to undergo assessments from the National Accredited Certification Scheme for Individual Gas Fitting Operatives to become Gas Safe registered.
Assessment
Before being accepted on the Gas Safe Register, engineers are required to demonstrate their competence in the type of work they wish to be registered for. Each work type has specific ‘Matters of Gas Safety’ that need to be demonstrated.
Contact the Standards Setting Body
For more information or to get involved with the standards setting body, please complete the form below.