Our services:

On this page you will find the following subjects:

• Safety, quality and environmental management

• Product certification of lifts and hoisting and lifting equipment

• EC type examinations

• Training courses and workshops

Safety, quality and environmental management: we make it obvious

Safety and quality become more and more important for your daily operational management.
Which requirements should your processes, systems, products, services, working conditions and competencies now legally meet? What are your obligations? What should be recommended? Which path should you follow to obtain the required certification fast and efficient?

Iraqi Lifts Institute will point out the path in the current jungle of legislation, knowledge and safeguards.
We will offer you full support. Not just as a simple service provider but as an involved and participating partner which continuously helps you to find the right solution. From start to certification.

Do you want to know more?

Would you like to have more information about our certification products and our services on Safety, quality and environmental management?
Please open the PDF files about:

• Iraqi Lifts Institute ISO 9001:2000 quality assurance certification

• Iraqi Lifts Institute ISO 14001 environmental certification

• Iraqi Lifts Institute OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety management certification
   

Would you like to make an appointment for an introduction without obligation or for an inspection?
You find the information you need on page contact.


Product certifications:

For over 30 years the core business of Iraqi Lifts Institute has been the certification of lifts. The checking procedures and reporting systems are based on experience with millions of certifications. Both first time certifications and periodic inspections are performed to the highest quality standards and are always done with the objective of guaranteeing maximum safety.

The Lift Directive describes specific requirements for the inspection and certification of lifts before they can be put into service. In order to ensure compliance with the Directive, a lift is subject to one of three basic conformity procedures.

lf a company has no formal quality assurance system, Iraqi Lifts Institute, as a Notified Body, will perform a unit verification. For this, the installer has to submit a complete technical dossier which will be the basis for the inspection and certification. When a NoBo has performed an EC type-examination a lift may be installed and tested as a "model" type lift, but only if the installer has an ISO 9002 quality assurance system in operation, assessed and surveyed by a NoBo, such as Iraqi Lifts Institute.

For companies wishing to manufacture, install and test any type of lift, Iraqi Lifts Institute can perform and keep under surveillance a full iS0 9001 Quality Assurance system assessment.

Iraqi Lifts Institute conducts safety inspections of:

• passenger lifts and goods lifts;

• construction lifts for passengers and materials;

• service lifts;

• hoists for goods;

• accessory platforms for transport of goods and/of operators;

• lifting platforms for persons with impaired mobility;

• paternosters;

• escalators and travolators;

• stair lifts;

• frontage maintenance systems;

• mobile elevating work platforms;

• storage and retrieval equipment;

• electrically-driven hoists;

• fairground attractions;

• and other relevant equipment.

EC Type-Examinations:

The basis for one of the conformity procedures within the framework of the Lift Directive is the EC type-examination of a "model" type lift. Although the Lift Directive provides greater design freedom for the manufacturer because it is possible to opt for alternatives to the harmonized European standards, compliance with fundamental health and safety requirements must be demonstrated by a risk analysis and evaluation.

Iraqi Lifts Institute has also gained a wealth of experience in the area of EC type-examinations. The time required for, and costs related to EC type-examinations can vary considerably. The determining factors are, on the one hand, the complexity of the design, and the completeness and accuracy of the technical dossier on the other.

The time required for examining the risk analysis and evaluation is an important cost factor. All too frequently the solution which is chosen is not as safe as is technically possible. For example: precautionary measures are taken in cases where the danger could have been eliminated completely by a simple design change.

When a lift manufacturer has carried out an accurate risk analysis, the expertise of Iraqi Lifts Institute ensures that the EC type-examination is performed efficiently and effectively within the agreed time frame.


Training courses and workshops:

Since many years, Iraqi Lifts Institute has organized several workshops and seminars for representatives from the lift industry. During these presentations, the objectives, requirements and practical consequences of the Lift Directive were discussed in great detail, and hundreds of questions were answered.

Our practical experience gained at lift certifications, as well as at the workshops and seminars we organize, form the basis of a series of training courses which Iraqi Lifts Institute offers to lift manufacturers, installers and consultants worldwide. Both standard and tailor-made courses are available. Subjects covered include the background to and application of the Lift Directive, risk analysis, final inspection procedures, conformity assessments, final inspection checklists and general lift safety requirements.