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The following text can be found in full at the BAFE website by clicking the BAFE logo

The prime objectives of this scheme are to increase the competence of the service technicians working in the field thus providing the end user with an improved and safer service.
The main benefits are:

• Independent overview of technicians
• Consistent level of service
• Increased customer satisfaction
• Recognised industry benchmark
• Provides quality organisations with a market differentiator

Applicants joining the scheme are provided with a Registered Technicians Record which contains a guide to obtaining the BAFE registered service technicians qualification, the evidence of assessment, the assessment process, planning and achievement, individual unit elements to be assessed.

The essential areas of knowledge to be covered by the assessment are:

• Theory of Fire
• Types of Fire risk
• Maintenance procedures
• Provision and siting of equipment
• Health and Safety
• Applicable British and International Standards
• Regulatory and legislative requirements

The assessment of this knowledge is field based and is carried out by experienced, qualified, independent assessors who also have commercial and management skills.

When the technician has successfully completed the identified areas in the Registered Technicians Record and has a positive recommendation from the BAFE field based assessor, the Registered Technicians Record is verified. This is usually carried out at the service organisation's premises. BAFE have the responsibility to verify the Registered Technicians Record

When the verification is positive the Technician is entered on to the register and issued with a BAFE Diploma and Identification Card which are valid for a three year period.

During the three year validity of the card, the individual technicians are subject to on going surveillance activity by the field based assessors, thus ensuring continued compliance with the requirements and confidence for the employing organisation.

The net result of companies embracing this scheme should be three fold:

• Allows the accredited certification body clients meeting the requirements of the scheme and the standard to gain ISO9001 registration and also BAFE listing.
• The continuing assessment activity ensures that the company maintains the system and processes in place to ensure on going compliance to the scheme requirements, this should also provide opportunities for business process improvement in organisations.
• Perhaps most importantly, it provides the end user with the confidence that the maintenance work they are paying for is being undertaken in a professional manner.

This BAFE adopted scheme is open to any Certification body, which has accreditation by UKAS for the scope of maintenance of portable fire extinguishers. Currently fourteen certification bodies are active in this scheme with BSI being by far the largest.