Standards Update: Contamination control takes big step forward
Dr Barry Verdegan, Ph.D. looks at the revised standard ISO 11171 Hydraulic fluid power – Calibration of automatic particle counters for liquids.
New BFPA Health, Safety and Compliance Short Online Training Courses from July 2021
July 2021 saw the expansion of the BFPA training programmes with the introduction of an exciting range of health, safety and compliance online training courses. The BFPA is confident that this additional training will provide both companies and individuals the opportunity to work towards legislation compliance through our easy to use, interactive and engaging video-based courses that can take as little as 20 minutes to complete.
BFPA Hose Assembly Skills Refresher Training Course
The BFPA recommends that our Hose Assembly Skills training course be refreshed every three years to ensure employees are kept up to date with their knowledge and understanding of hose assembly and can continue to demonstrate correct, safe working procedures in their practical skills. In order to offer a range of options the BFPA Hose Assembly Skills Refresher training course can now be undertaken by all those who need to renew their certificate, either online or at their company’s facility.
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Dates for BFPA’s Open Face to Face Training Courses in September (Chesterfield) will be as follows:
NEW BFPA Yearbook 2021-22 Published
Each year BFPA publishes a Yearbook & Members’ Directory and the 2021-22 Edition has now been published. This edition includes many interesting articles and facts including interviews with our new BFPA President John Farmer, and incoming BFPDA Chairman Rob Woodley, as well as the latest developments in the industry.
New Officers at BFPA and BFPDA
BFPA’s virtual AGM was held on 26 May 2021, at which John Farmer, Commercial Director of Flowtech Fluidpower plc, was elected as the new BFPA President, while Rebecca Galley, Managing Director of Hydroscand Limited became BFPA Vice President.
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BFPA Minimum Educational Recommendations (MERs)
BFPA believes that anyone who operates and maintains fluid power components and systems should have a basic minimum understanding of either hydraulics, pneumatics or electronic control systems to ensure that they are working safely. To this end, the BFPA Education and Training Committee has developed a set of Minimum Educational Recommendations (MERs) for use in the fluid power industry, which should be regarded as the industry standard. These recommendations cover hydraulics, pneumatics and electronic control of fluid power systems.
NEW BFPA Online Questionnaire
To reinforce the drive towards a basic minimum understanding of hydraulics across the industry, the BFPA now offers an online self-assessment questionnaire which is open to anyone who wants to test their hydraulics knowledge by answering a series of straight forward multiple-choice questions.
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Lobbying – BFPA joins new Technical Barriers to Trade Thematic Working Group
Following discussions with the Department for International Trade (DIT), BFPA has been invited to sit on the DIT Technical Barriers to Trade Thematic Working Group (TBT Working Group). The DIT have acknowledged that in negotiating the new trade deals around the world the officials and Ministers actually sitting at the negotiating table need to take account of the views of the industries that they represent. i.e. in our case – BFPA members. The TBT WG is therefore a vehicle for negotiators to bounce their ideas off industry and to provide industry with an opportunity to input their views – direct to the negotiating teams. The Terms of Reference actually say; “To make sure that Trade Policy is set on the basis of the views expressed by industry.”
BFPA Business Support Service
All BFPA members benefit from free access to a unique Business Support Service, operated in association with specialist provider Quest. The four services covered are:
Spotlight on BFPA membership benefits in 2021
For more information on any of the three example BFPA membership benefits above and for other reasons why you should consider joining the BFPA if you operate in the fluid power sector in the UK, please contact us at the BFPA enquiries@bfpa.co.uk or visit our website www.bfpa.co.uk or call us on 01608 647900.
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UKCA and UKNI SHEP Webinar 25 February 2021
Through SHEP, BFPA has combined its resources with the HSE and is pleased to announce a webinar: Understanding the new UKCA & UKNI Marking on Thursday 25 February 2021, from 12.00-13:00.
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Association of Electrical & Mechanical Trades (AEMT) Conference & Awards Dinner
18 November, 2021
The Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Coventry -
LAMMA 2022
11 - 12 January, 2022
NEC, Birmingham -
2022 Pump Industry Awards
24 March, 2022
Chesford Grange Hotel in Kenilworth -
Air-Tech 2022 Exhibition
05 - 07 April, 2022
NEC Birmingham
