LOLER Report of Thorough Examination Template

A blank worksheet to help inspection businesses organise the particulars in Schedule 1 of LOLER 1998. Download it immediately after submitting the form.

Reviewed byMark SutcliffeSenior Inspection Engineer & LOLER Competent Person · LEEA Diploma · 30+ years

What the worksheet covers

The HSE explains that a thorough examination report has no required visual format, provided it includes the 11 particulars in LOLER Schedule 1. The worksheet groups those particulars into practical sections:

Employer and examination premises
Equipment identity, manufacture date where known and safe working load
Previous examination date and the reason for this examination
Dangerous and potentially dangerous defects, required action and timescales
Next examination date, test particulars and examination date
Report author, qualifications, authentication and report date

This is an educational blank form. A competent person must decide the examination scope, complete the findings, and authenticate the actual report. Downloading it does not create a valid examination record.

See the HSE's guidance on thorough examinations and reports and the Schedule 1 text in HSE L113.

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Report of Thorough Examination

Blank LOLER Schedule 1 worksheet

1. EmployerName and address

3. Equipment identityType, identifier, manufacture date

5. Safe working loadLoad or relevant configuration

8. FindingsDefects, action and next examination

The PDF continues through all 11 Schedule 1 groups.

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