Gate Safety with GateSafe

Gate safety should not be overlooked. There have been in the past where injury or death has occurred due to improperly fitted gates or installs lacking simple safety features such as safety edges.

GateSafe are a charity/organisation who's sole purpose is to help raise awareness/provide training and information for installers and gate owners so to prevent any serious mishap:

Gate Safe:

• Promotes year-round awareness of the importance of automated gate safety
• Educates professionals by delivering specialist accredited training every month to those looking to improve their understanding of automated gate safety
• Manages a national register of Gate Safe trained installers
• Undertakes site and desk surveys to provide an independent safety assessment of a gate / barrier
• Operates the Gate Safe MOT scheme
• Provides advice on automated gate safety and manages a dedicated help line / publishes a range of dedicated FREE guides
• Regularly introduces new initiatives designed to improve the safety of automated gates and barriers
• Provides guidance on gate safety by design

Their website is full of practical information with userguides for installers, electricians, premises management and homeowners: https://gate-safe.org/help-and...

Installers can attend a half day course and included with the training fee will be a lifetime directory listing on the installers map, well worth doing in our opinion: https://gate-safe.org/training...