Cooker jets cleaning. Gas Safe qualified to do this?

[stueymillar]

I'm the maintenance supervisor for a housing provider.

I've been asked to clean the jets on a gas cooker because there are only 3 rings working.

My lads are maintenance guys and are not Gas Safe.

Do you have to be Gas Safe to do this work?

 

[Killy Bing]

How can your lads prove the appliance is safe to use after they have a tamper with it?

youd have to remove or replace the jets to do this.

i would class that as "work"

how do you know the gas tap hasn't failed?

my view is you need an engineer.

 

[lame plumber]

if its gas and it is part of a cooker, boiler fire you have to be gsr or your flouting the law! would you know how to check burner output, gas rate the cooker on completion?

 

[diamondgas]

Do you have to be Gas Safe to do this work?

Yes!

 

[tamz]

I'd class it as needlework

 

[lame plumber]

dont you hate it when you drop the nozzle and it rolls out of sight, down a hole etc etc

 

[Reg Man]

To clean those gas jets properly they need to be removed. This constitutes gas work and therefore appliance checks under GSIUR 26(9) AND GSIUR(3) apply.

 

[Dotty]

You were right to check, and on the basis of the good advice you've had matey

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