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Entity in Charge of Maintenance: An expert guide to their role and responsibilities

Original broadcast date: May 19th 2021, 16:00 CET (15:00 BST)

Presenter: Hans Kuijpers, Senior Technical Consultant

An Entity in Charge of Maintenance (ECM) is responsible for ensuring rolling stock is safe to operate by following documented maintenance and quality processes.

In this webinar, Ricardo's management systems expert, Hans Kuijpers, explains the responsibilities of an ECM and the necessary inputs (or adaptations) for management system, including.

Provide an overview of the regulatory environment
Highlight opportunities to use the regulations to improve your processes
Explain the relationships between the operator, the ECM management function and other ECM parties - including the relative incentives for improvement

This is an essential briefing for any individuals or organisations - including operators, maintainers, fleet managers - who, under regulation 2019/779 (Regulation 18A of ROGS in the UK), are deemed responsible for the maintenance of vehicles on the mainline railway.

Hans Kuijpers is a Senior Techical Consultant based in Ricardo's Utrecht office. His prime focus is on the set up and improvement of Management Systems for railway operators and asset maintainers, mainly with regard to safety management and workshop certification.

In the field of safety management Hans performs advisory, coaching, safety management or compliance management for mainline ral, metro and tram systems for an international clients. He also conducts audits and accident investigations.

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