| Changes to Windscreen
Repair Industry Code of Practice (BS AU 242b:2022)
Following on from our last two instalments, this is
the final instalment to let you know about the changes to the
Windscreen Repair Industry Code of Practice (BS AU 242b:2002). This email
sets out the changes to companies’ record keeping and training
requirements that the Code of Practice has introduced.
Record keeping
For each repair, the following information should be
recorded by the technicians/ repair organisation
- the invoice number;
- the date of repair;
- the date of invoice if
different from the date of repair;
- the name and address of
the repair organisation;
- the identification of
repairer;
- the name and address of
the customer;
- the registration number,
make and model of vehicle;
- details of work carried
out;
- the type and location of
damage (see Annex B of BS AU 242b);
- resin batch number and
use-by date;
- statement of conformity
with this British Standard, i.e. BS AU 242b; and
- confirmation of repair
completion from client (e.g. signature).
Training and
Competency
The new code of Practice specifies that competency is
achieved by:
Auditable and verifiable current abilities evidenced
by:
- successful completion of
assessed outcomes of knowledge and performance; and
- externally quality
assured by an independent third-party body, e.g., awarding body or
recognised industry body,
within the last five years, with CPD to include the
updated recommendations of BS AU 242b:2022.
Please contact us for any further assistance with any of the issues
raised in the new Code of Practice.
We hope this information has been useful for you. Esprit are always
striving for the best outcomes with their repair equipment. You can be
confident in your Esprit repair equipment as although the performance
based aspect of the British Standard has now been dropped, Esprit
equipment has always passed the rigorous tests set out in the previous
British Standard; the only UK windscreen repair equipment that has done
so.
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