There are many commercial/mobile catering sites that make use of gas when preparing hot drinks and meals. It goes without saying, however, that these installations need to follow a series of gas safety regulations. Whilst not all-encompassing, this Access Point guide offers plenty of useful information on the gas safety measures that caterers must follow.Â
If you want our advice, it is a good idea to arrange the gas engineer’s visit well in advance of the export date as some engineers get booked up quickly.
Visit the website: www.gassaferegister.co.uk
This can help you locate engineers in your area. Enter your town, city or postcode in the relevant box. Click the ‘Commercial Catering’ button below, as indicated in yellow, and finally click ‘Search’ - as pictured below.Â
You will be redirected to a page showing the search results close to your location. You’ll then need to refine these results to ensure that the engineer is qualified to work on catering units.Â
To do this, click on LPG, and on the Appliance Type dropdown, click on the items you would like to test - the most common tend to be Mobile Catering Fryers LPG, Mobile Catering Range Cookers LPG and Mobile Catering Water Boilers LPG. You may use different equipment, so be sure to tick all that apply. Click ‘Filter Results’ and then ‘Update Results’ before choosing an engineer and contacting them to arrange an appointment.Â
You will notice that the original list has now shrunk to only include those companies that have engineers qualified to work on your type of equipment.
You can check if the engineer is gas-safe registered by visiting www.gassaferegister.co.uk. Enter the engineer's Gas Safe Register Number in the box and click search.
If you are using the business registered number, on the next page, you will see company details along with two yellow boxes to ‘View Services’ or ‘View Engineers.’ Click ‘View Engineers.’Â
You will then be redirected to a page listing the engineers who work for that company. Click ‘View Services’ on the engineer’s name who completed the safety check.
Click on Commercial and check that they are qualified to work on catering units.Â
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