A gas engineer quality audit is a business checking the work its own engineers do: one job at a time, against the standard the business has committed to. This template walks that check in the order an auditor moves through a property — the engineer's competence for the work, the meter and pipework, the tightness test, each appliance with its flue and ventilation, the readings, the paperwork, what the customer was told, and how the site was left — and ends with an action list and two signatures. Fill it in here and download the PDF without an account, or speak while you walk, and the document writes itself.
Why gas businesses audit their own work
In Great Britain, gas work done for payment must be carried out by a business on the Gas Safe Register, and the Register inspects samples of its engineers' work. A business that waits for that inspection to find out how its engineers are working is learning too late. Regular internal audits — a few jobs per engineer per year, more for new starters — find the gaps first, while they are still a training conversation rather than an unsafe situation.
An audit also protects the engineer. A record of good work, checked by someone else and signed, is useful evidence if a job is ever questioned.
After completion, or while it happens
A post-completion audit visits a finished job and looks at what was left behind: the installation, the readings on the paperwork, the customer's experience and the state of the site. A work-in-progress audit watches the engineer at work, which is the only way to see whether the supply was isolated before work started, whether the tightness test was really done, and whether the analyser was used properly.
The form handles both. Mark the type of audit at the top, and answer N/A to anything you could not see on this visit — an N/A is never counted against the engineer.
What is scored, and what is only recorded
Every check is Satisfactory, Not satisfactory or N/A, and the score is the share that passed among those that applied. Each appliance on the job adds its own checks, so a three-appliance job is judged on all three. Flue tests that only apply to open-flued appliances appear only when you choose that flue type.
Readings — the tightness test drop, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and their ratio, the analyser's calibration date — are typed as recorded and never scored. Whether they fall inside the manufacturer's limits is a check of its own, answered by the auditor.
A failed flue, tightness, ventilation, safety device or combustion check appears in the report's findings as a safety item. Anything you find unsafe on the day should be dealt with under the gas industry unsafe situations procedure before you leave, whatever the audit score says.
From findings to training
The last sections turn the audit into something the engineer can act on: a few questions put to them about the job, an action list where each item has a severity, an owner and a date, and an overall result. The engineer signs to confirm the audit was discussed with them, not to say they agree with every point.
Common questions
Who should carry out a gas quality audit?
Someone competent in the same type of gas work — usually a senior engineer, supervisor or technical manager in the business, or an outside assessor the business has engaged. They should hold the competence categories for the work being audited.
Is this the same as a landlord gas safety record?
No. A landlord gas safety record is issued to the landlord after an annual safety check. This audit is the business checking an engineer's work. It certifies nothing and does not replace any record the engineer must issue.
How often should each engineer be audited?
That is for the business to set. Many aim for a few audits per engineer each year, more often for new or recently assessed engineers, and an extra audit after a complaint or a failed check.
What happens if the auditor finds something unsafe?
Deal with it under the gas industry unsafe situations procedure on the day — make it safe, label it and tell the responsible person — and record it in the audit. A failed safety check is listed as a safety finding in the report.
Do readings count towards the score?
No. Readings are recorded as found. The auditor answers a separate check on whether they are inside the manufacturer's limits, and that check is scored.