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Which lifting equipment needs a thorough examination?
What lifting equipment or accessories are involved?
Choose every relevant group. A provider will still need an itemised asset register before confirming a quote.
Choose an industry and at least one equipment or work type.
More help with LOLER examinations
Use these when you need more detail before appointing someone. This questionnaire is decision support, not a professional assessment or a legal determination.
Guides, technical explanations and references
- Does LOLER apply to my equipment?
- What does a LOLER thorough examination cost?
- Who can carry out a LOLER thorough examination?
- LOLER vs PUWER: which examination or inspection applies?
Duty and technical sources
LOLER requires systematic and detailed thorough examination by a competent person at specified points and intervals, with a written report and action on defects.
- HSE thorough-examination guide — Triggers, intervals, reports and defect duties
- HSE LOLER overview — Scope and dutyholder introduction
- LOLER regulation 9 — Legal thorough-examination requirements
Published price evidence
- Robinsons Facilities Services — Publishes examinations from £150 plus VAT per item and a £180 minimum visit charge.
- The LOLER Man — Publishes £80 for small equipment and £115 for plant, with travel excluded.
- LOLER for Arborists — Publishes £75 for an initial kit examination and £65 for re-examination within its stated kit limits.
Classify the asset before assigning a due date
The normal maximum interval follows what the item is and how it is used. A competent-person scheme or an exceptional event can change the route.
Check against HSE thorough-examination guidance- 01Lifts peopleNormally examine at least every six months
- 02Lifting accessoryNormally examine at least every six months
- 03Other lifting equipmentNormally examine at least every twelve months
- 04Examination schemeA competent person may specify different intervals
- 05Exceptional eventDamage, repair, relocation or long disuse can trigger examination
- Item identity and lifting use
- Installation and event history
- Equipment-specific competent person
- Schedule 1 report and defect action