We can all take measures to prevent damage and breakdowns to our Air Compressors and associated equipment caused by extreme cold temperatures. Here are a few tips from us.

• Drain all Air Receivers, Condensate Drains and Electronic Drain Valve etc of water to prevent ice forming
• If possible; insulate any Oil/Water Separators that exposed to the elements
• All Rotary Screw Air Compressors need to be covered or have small heaters installed inside so they don’t drop below freezing. Please contact us for further information about an installation
• We’d be happy to assist you by carrying out a site survey for your specific circumstances
• If you need any De-icing Salt for the icy conditions to come please contact the office for a special offer price of £9.95 (exc Vat) per 25kg bag. Please call 0114 2432347 and quote NOV09

We will be closing on Friday 23rd December until Tuesday 3rd January. We will still be offering our breakdown service to any customers who will be open over the festive period so do not hesitate to contact us with any problems and we will get a Compressed Air Engineer to you asap.

Good news for our suppliers, we are updating our online banking which means all payments we send will go by the Faster Payment Scheme rather than by BACS. The new System will be fully up and running in January.

We are happy to welcome a new member to the Servicing Team. We have a new Compressed Air Engineer who has his 17th Edition and specialises in Refrigerant Dryer Servicing. It’s great to welcome another highly experienced engineer to Algar Air.

Everyone at Algar Air would like to wish all our Customers, Suppliers and our website visitors a wonderful Christmas and a very prosperous 2012! We look forward to continuing/establishing new working relationships during the coming year. Thank-you for all of the on-going support.

All the Engineers who needed to renew their CSCS Certification have in October and November being taking the relevant examinations, Peter & Gary – Operators, Mark Supervisor and Stephen Algar Managerial & Professional; Congratulations to each of them as they have all passed their Construction Skills Health & Safety Examinations.

It is extremely important to keep your Written Scheme of Examination up to date so all your Compressed Air equipment is scheduled to be inspected at the correct intervals. If you don’t have Scheme already or haven’t received your review form please contact head office on 0114 2432347. If you would like more information on the regulations please visit our ‘Legislation Page’ on our website.

Duties to include:

• Electrical installations of Compressed Air Equipment
• Inspections & Testing of Electrical Systems
• Breakdown problem solving
• Compressed Air Pipework installations
• General on-site maintenance
• Face-to face liaison with Customers
• Other duties will be involved

Personal Specifications:

• Clean/Low points Driving License
• 17th Edition (Ideally)
• Knowledge of Compressed Air
• Excellent communication skills; written as well as verbal
• Flexibility; normal working hours are 7.30am-5pm with out of hours, weekend and away work required at times
• Basic Health & Safety knowledge (Ideally CSCS Certified)
• Forklift Truck/Scissor Lift/ Booms License (Ideally)

Salary

Negotiable

The sources of hazardous waste in compressed air systems are.

• Condensate
• Oil from servicing
• Used oil filters elements
• Desiccant
• Air filter elements
• Air end/pump items

Our Waste Carrier Licence Number for your records is CB/WM3184TH. If you’d like a copy of our certificate please email info@algarair.co.uk or each engineer carries a card.

**You may not need to register if you produce less than 500kg of Hazardous Waste per year

• To promote the use of safe and reliable power
• To improve the services they offer industry
• To encourage and help members to develop their professional competence
• To bring the experience of members to bear on the conduct of business in industry for the common good

In the Compressed Air Industry where safety, reliability and compliance are essential we are happy to be approved and surveyed to show all our customers and suppliers that we conform to the highest standard. In due course, we will be sending out surveys to all our current customers so help us achieve this.

Maintaining the health and well-being of employees can have the potential to benefit an organisation in the following ways.

• Reduced absenteeism
• Improved productivity
• Losing fewer experienced staff through retirement on ill health grounds
• Attracting and retaining the best staff
• Improving staff morale
• Improving employee relations

Here at Algar Air we work with all members of the team to promote health & fitness; actively encouraging exercise and healthy eating. Here are a few examples.

• The Bank Holiday Friday for the Royal Wedding saw the 1st Golf Tournament for Algar Air. The second coming up this Saturday 18th June
• Part of the Admin Team have had a massive achievement in their weight loss goals over the last year losing in excess of 8 stone!
• Algar Air provides the Westfield Advantage Health Scheme
• Most members of staff take part in regular exercise including regularly attending the Gym, 5 a-side League Football, Zumba/Dance Exercise Classes and one member of the Team who regularly walks the 8 mile round trip to work and back!

Welcome to our new look Website! Many thanks to Dan Wrigley at Both Realities for putting up with all my alterations and for his hard work at renovating the site. We now have a new sleek and more efficient site which will be more user friendly. We’ve added the news page so please keep coming back for regular equipment, news and legislation updates.

Please read on for more details of the position:

Duties to include:

• Service and maintenance of compressed air systems & equipment
• Breakdown problem solving
• Compressed Air Pipework installations
• General on-site maintenance
• Face-to face liaison with Customers
• Other duties will be involved

Personal Specifications:

• Clean/low points driving license
• Engineering qualification (ideally)
• Experienced in compressed air with knowledge of piston and screw compressors
• Experienced in electrics or general maintenance (ideally)
• Excellent communication skills; written as well as verbal
• Flexibility, normal working hours are 7.30am-5pm with out of hours, weekend and away work required at times
• Basic health & safety knowledge (ideally CSCS certified)
• Forklift truck/scissor lift/ booms license (ideally)

Please contact Mrs Simone Kidd by email or via the contact page

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