Inspecting machines yourself with AMTeK: 3 advantages

Improve safety? Do it together with Aboma Inspections

At Aboma Inspections, they believe in looking together at how to improve equipment safety. That is why they use the AMTeK system. With the AMTeK system, Aboma teaches company employees to do their own inspections. And that turns out to have great advantages in practice. 

Inspecting your own machines sounds like the butcher inspecting his own meat. But according to Mario Rovers, AMTeK manager, that comparison does not hold water. Indeed, in practice, companies actually experience a lot of benefits from machine inspections by employees themselves. "To ensure the safety of employees and the environment, equipment and other work equipment must be inspected periodically. This is also stipulated by law," Mario said. "The same law also states that anyone who considers themselves competent may inspect. But how do you demonstrate that? One way is to join the AMTeK system. Aboma is an independent inspection body and with AMTeK it offers employers a tool to fulfill the legal inspection obligation themselves as well as to demonstrate the expertise of their inspectors."

In practice

Self-inspection looks like this in practice: first, the employee takes the AMTeK training. This consists of a theoretical and a practical part. After completion, the employee may start inspecting himself. The moment an AMTeK inspector needs guidance, an appointment is made and an Aboma inspector visits. Not to check, but to perform the inspection together with the company employee. The AMTeK inspector performs the inspection, the Aboma inspector looks on and gives guidance where necessary. "It is not a question of right or wrong, but a pleasant idea for the employee that someone is watching you perform the inspection. You can ask questions, you're welcome to do so! That way you immediately know where you might need support. And we see in practice that people really like this."

The 3 benefits

Self-testing through AMTeK has three main advantages, according to Mario: 

1. You can schedule the inspection yourself, such as when the machine also needs major maintenance.

2.When people inspect the machine they themselves work with, they often look more critically and
more conscious.

3.One gains a better understanding of the use of the machine. "Nice example of the latter was an AMTeK inspector who had to inspect an excavator. This turned out to have damage on the underside. Because it was his own machine, he also discovered the cause, which was the low loader ramp. After this was adjusted, the damage was also history. In short, self-inspection is not only cost-saving, but also contributes to efficiency and knowledge on the shop floor."