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Procedure to reduce / control the emissions from the Association's fleet vehicles (OP11:V9:20/10/05)
Responsibility
- Support Services Manager, Administrative Officers, servicing garage.
Action
- Support Services Manager to draw up an annual maintenance programme (before the start of April) for the Association's fleet vehicles. This will incorporate a 6 monthly service and annual MOT for each vehicle. The programme exceeds the servicing requirements suggested by the manufacturers.
- The Support Services Manager will set an acceptable emission level for the fleet, based on MOT requirements and the Environmental Transport Association advice.
- In accordance with the annual maintenance programme and the service schedule the Administration Officer will issue an order for vehicles to receive the appropriate service.
- The servicing garage will be asked to carry out an emissions test as part of every annual service. This will be by informal agreement, until new contracts are issued.
- The servicing garage will printout a result of each emissions test. If the emissions do not meet the standard set by the Association, the vehicle will be re-tuned and a new printout produced.
- The emission results for each vehicle will be attached to the service report and forwarded to the Administration Officer to be filed.
- The Administration Officer will provide the Support Services Manager with a summary of the results, analysed by vehicle, to show the emissions test failure rate.
- Leased vehicles will be serviced according to the lease agreement.
- Leased vehicles will require an annual emission test to be carried out as this is not covered by the leasing contract.
Recording
- Copies of the emission test results and services to be kept on the fleet vehicle files.
- The Support Services Managerwill keep a copy of the annual maintenance programme.