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and its gas engineers better record their
test evidence. At the touch of a button
and on request, SVI Contract Services
can supply their customers with a test
certificate, offering full accountability
and traceability.
Iain Fisher, one of SVI’s experienced
Contracting Engineers, who was
involved in both the field trials and
implementation of the SMARTester, said:

“SMARTester is a really
useful bit of kit for an
engineer. It’s easy to use
and gives me complete piece
of mind that my work and
pressure tests have been THE SMARTESTER DASHBOARD
carried out correctly and “SMARTester has become
accurately. It also offers clear meet the challenges of life in the field an essential part of Steve
and comes with a 12-month calibration
traceability to both myself certificate, giving the reassurance of Vick International’s
and my company, assuring automatic compliance. The device uses Contract Service team’s
two standard AA batteries and offers a
safety and compliance. battery life in excess of a year. working practice. Due to
Because SMARTester is so The SMARTester app is pre- the continued expansion of
accurate, it can often save programmed with specific industry this department, it’s more
tests and guides the gas engineer
me time by showing that a through the process, step by step. important than ever that
test may fail during the test Using Bluetooth, the gauge wirelessly we can monitor the work
transmits, at the touch of a button,
period, rather than waiting live pressure data to the app, where being carried out by the
until the end to find out. This it is recorded and added to the test engineers and ensure it’s
certificate. The on-board calibration
allows me the opportunity certificate is unique to each device and done to the highest level and
to fix any issues in a timely ensures test authenticity. to gas industry standards.”
Displayed in an easy-to-read
manner and re-test to dashboard, the data is packaged and
achieve a successful result.” sent to the cloud database in seconds.
Here, monthly statistics and real-time
workforce analytics can be monitored.
How does the SMARTester System Work? GPS position, pressure readings,
It all starts with the SMARTester photographs, date and time, and
unit, which houses the stainless- calibration information are all stored
steel pressure sensor. The robust and within the printable test record.
waterproof case has been designed to The dashboard can be connected
to existing enterprise resource
programmes, enabling scheduling and
task management to be fully integrated.
Test regimes are easy to edit so that the
latest industry standards are rolled out
seamlessly, ensuring up to the minute
conformance.
Crock Harrison, Managing Director at
Steve Vick International explains:

FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND ENQUIRIES PLEASE CALL US - 01225 864864

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