Rotary SM65-51 - Ban on Unauthorized Modifications or Alterations; Experts, Competent Persons; Maintenance Contractors, Installation Staff

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2.4 Ban on unauthorized modications or
alterations
• Unauthorized modications and alterations to the
post lift are not permitted for safety reasons.
• The operating permit shall also be deemed null
and void.
• The Declaration of Conformity also becomes null
and void.
2.5 Experts, competent persons
The post lift must be inspected after commiss-
ioning and at regular intervals (after max. one year),
as well as after design modications or repair of sup-
porting parts. Inspections may be carried out by
the following people:
Certied expert
These are people who have specialist knowled-
ge in the eld of lifts based on their professional
training and experience.
Experts should be able to inspect lifts and make
an expert assessment thereof.
TÜV experts, specialist engineers from the manu-
facturer or self-employed specialist engineers can
be used for inspections.
Competent persons
These are people who have adequate knowledge
in the eld of lifts based on their professional training
and experience.
They are sufciently familiar with health & safety
and accident prevention regulations as well as with
lift technology in order to be able to assess the
occupational health & safety compliance of lifts.
2.6 Maintenance contractors, installa-
tion staff
Maintenance, servicing and installation work
may only be done by companies or specialists
authorized by the manufacturer.
These people trained in the eld of lifts are co-
mpetent persons, who are trained for maintenance
as well as repair work.
A competent person is a person who has adequ-
ate knowledge based on his professional training
and experience and is also familiar with key regul-
ations so that he:
• Can assess the work assigned to him,
• Can recognize potential risks,
• Can take actions required to eliminate the risk,
• And has the required knowledge of repair and
tment.
The specialist knowledge of a competent person
must enable him to be in a position to
• Read and fully understand circuit diagrams,
• Fully understand the context with particular regard
to any installed safety equipment.
• Possess knowledge of the function and design of
system components.
Simple faults on the post lift may be rectied by
operating staff.
In the event of a more serious fault, contact an
authorized maintenance contractor.