Meet Steven Trotter who features on our Anatomy of a Lift Engineer infographic
Pickerings Lifts engineers are amongst the most experienced and professional lift engineers in the UK.
They’re directly employed, so you are guaranteed to receive the best uniform level of service, no matter where your business is located.
They attend regular Toolbox talks to keep their level of training up-to-date, and all apprentices will have, or be studying toward, qualifications.
All lift engineers provide ‘traditional servicing’ of passenger lifts, goods lifts, service lifts and dumbwaiters. That means, if your contract says an hour service, you’ll get an hour service… we won’t just ‘visually check’ your lifts and lifting equipment as they frequently do in ‘modular’ servicing.
A Pickerings Lifts engineer will take an allocated space of time – usually at least an hour – to fully inspect, test, service, lubricate, and if needed, make any adjustments to your lifts and lifting equipment.
Pickerings Lifts has more than two-hundred engineers UK-wide, working out of thirteen regional offices. They’ve been trained on most types of lifts… even our competitors… so, if you have another make of passenger, goods, service lift or dumbwaiter, and want to switch maintenance provider, don’t worry, Pickerings Lifts will be able to cope.
As the accompanying infographic shows, each lift engineer is fully equipment to service, maintain and repair your lifts, and more importantly in the times we live in, to keep you and them, as healthy and safe as possible.
Each Pickerings Lifts engineer is equipped with the following:
Let’s return to Steven Trotter, or Steve as he likes to be called… the guy in the Anatomy of a Lift Engineer infographic.
We caught up with Steve, when he was last in the North East regional office, in Stockton-on-Tees.
“I think it was September the 30th, 2009. I’m based out of the North East office, in Stockton-on-Tees, but I’m on-the-road most of the time.”
“It’s servicing, call-outs, and minor repairs on passenger lifts, goods lifts, service lifts and dumbwaiters… to keep them legally compliant with the HSE… the Health and Safety Executive.”
“There’s always something different to do every day. I mean, the job is basically the same, but every job you go to is slightly different, so – unless I’m really unlucky – I’m never doing the same thing twice. But it’s also just nice to be out and about and figuring out how each lift part – you know, the control system, or the motor, or the door system – works.”
“I’ve got an NVQ Level 3 in Lift Maintenance, and I’ve also been put through several LEIA courses… LEIA is the Lift Elevator Industry Association… our industry body. Pickerings Lifts helped found it, apparently, back in the nineteenth century!”
“I work Monday to Friday, and one week in four I’m on-call for emergencies.”
“Usually, 8-16:30… ish.”
“I drive to the first job and [Steve laughs] that could be anywhere within the territory. But we do know our schedule in advance. Pickerings Lifts uses its own bespoke servicing and maintenance management system which is pretty good at mapping out what needs servicing, when, and in what order.”
“For me, it’s the satisfaction of fixing something.”
“Easily, it’s being on-call. But you know, that’s the job!”
“Well, I’m in the North East, so it’s generally a drive to Middlesbrough, or Bishop Auckland or Newton Aycliffe, but recently I’ve been going a bit further afield. I’ve been going to Northallerton and Thirsk more often. The mileage just depends on where I’m sent.”
“They can ask you anything! But more often than not it’s why something might be not working, or why it is being turned off because it needs parts, etc. after a breakdown.”
“The Thursday morning when a week of on-call finishes! You can understand why.”
“We use notices and barriers to stop people using the lift when we’re working on it. We also isolate the power and use safety switches, etc.”
“Fixing any call-outs that come in and getting a lift working again. It gives me real satisfaction knowing I did it.”
“Getting home having a brew and if the weather’s good heading off for a bike ride!”
Click on the link below to find out more about the planned lift maintenance, servicing and repair options offered by Pickerings Lifts:
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Contact us on 0800 085 3211 or email contact@pickeringslifts.co.uk to find out more about the services we provide
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