What's New?

PAS 43: 2008 

Introduction

PAS 43 contains requirements for the management of road recovery operators with the aim of improving health and safety and promoting best practice. PAS 43:2008 is an updated version of the standards which were introduced in2002 and amended every 2 years it retains much of the original content plus contributions from an industry working group consisting of SURVIVE Working group 2 who oversee PAS 43 There have been more than twelve meetings over the last sixteen months where the improved content of PAS 43 has been determined and finalised.

Content of PAS 43

There have been many amendments and enhancements to the original document. Some of these have been as a result of changes to industry regulations and others have been added in the latest addition to improve the scope and application of the specification. There have been multiple minor changes to the document including the revision and update of all six Annexes as well as the clarification and update of certain definitions and terms throughout. Below is a brief summary of the main focus areas that have been added or amended since the last updates in 2006.

New additions and amendments

There have been a number of new additions in PAS 43 2008, some of the most important are as follows; general vehicle inspection requirements (where guidelines have been introduced for the volume of the vehicles for inspection bodies to inspect in any one year); national training and assessment for technicians (based on that the national occupational standard published by automotive skills);

Summary and Future Review

PAS 43 as part of BSI at dating process, PAS 43 will continue to be reviewed and updated as industry standards and regulations are amended; by continuing to involve all of the major stakeholders in the industry it will both represent and remain relevant to the parties for whom it was originally devised.

Those organisations working within the break down and recovery industry are recommended to obtain a copy of PAS 43: 2008 which can be obtained from the BSI (http://www.bsi-global.com/en/Shop/Publication-Detail/?pid=000000000030165343).