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Pressure testing

• All pressure testing equipment shall have
certified gauges fitted and should be in good
working order.

• All pressure testing equipment shall have
certified pressure relief valves fitted.
• No pressure testing shall be carried out without
the appropriate risk assessment carried out and
approved by Jacobs mechanical CS and HSE.
• Pressure testing shall only be carried out by
authorized personnel i.e. specific test crew.
8. Testing from the agreed exclusion zone while
•
All unauthorized personnel shall be removed
pipe/system is under pressure. This zone will be
decided as part of the risk assessment and may
require out of hours works.
•
Hard barriers and signage at 5m intervals shall
be in place to ensure personnel are kept away
from the danger area.
• Pressure test rigs shall be located so they do not
cause other hazards to personnel.

• Barriers, signage and testing equipment should
be removed from the area once test is complete.
• Relevant P&ID must be available, used &
understood during pressure test walk.

• Inline equipment may need to be removed for the
test.

2 Visual Standards | Feb. 2019