Portable Appliance Inspection Record
Keep one register of the portable electrical equipment you are responsible for, with a dated line each time an item is checked and by whom.
Workshop and tools · WT-03
A free printable ladder inspection checklist and register — stiles, rungs, feet, locks and labels, with a grid for the periodic check of each item.
2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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Keep a numbered register of every ladder, step and tower on site and a dated grid showing when each one was last looked over.
Workshops, builders, decorators, window cleaners, facilities staff, landlords and anyone whose ladders get used by more than one person.
2 pages, in this order:
Printed under the title: A register of every ladder, step, tower and access platform on the premises, and a grid to record the periodic look-over of each one.
The rules are local — check them. Duties around work at height, and the inspection of the equipment used for it, differ by country and often differ again between domestic and commercial use. Check what applies where you are. This sheet records what you examined and what you found; it sets no standard and it is not a certificate.
Write-on lines: Premises / site · Register kept by · Year
Table, 12 rows: No. · Type · Make · ID mark · Height · Location · In use from
Table, 21 rows: Date · Item · Stiles · Rungs · Feet · Locks · Ropes · Labels · Defects and action · By
That depends on where you are and how the ladder is used. Work-at-height duties and equipment inspection requirements differ by country, and commercial use is usually treated differently from use at home. Check what applies to you and write your own interval at the top of the sheet.
No. It is your own record of what you examined and what you found. It is not a certificate, it does not carry anyone's authority, and it does not show that any particular requirement has been met.
Keep one register of the portable electrical equipment you are responsible for, with a dated line each time an item is checked and by whom.
Keep a dated record of monthly visual checks, and separate them clearly from the professional servicing that premises usually also need.
Get every tool you own onto one register with its serial number, so a theft, a fire or a claim starts from a list instead of from memory.
The same subject, with a version you can fill in on screen.
Each elevation or area worked on, with what was found and what was done.
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