Careers Resources Client portals Contact us About us Industrial Offshore energy Renewables Global locations News and updates Inspection Lifting equipment examinations, NDT and DROPS surveys to maximise safety and integrity of equipment across the industrial sector. We understand that managing safety critical equipment to the highest level of industry standards is vital for our customers. Regular inspections are essential for early detection of potentially dangerous defects. Sparrows can take quick remedial action to preserve the reliability of your equipment and avoid the equipment becoming unsafe to use. At Sparrows, we go further than basic inspection; as an ongoing preventative action, we troubleshoot with regular investigations to ensure early identification of potential issues and resolve inherent ones. As a specialist in the field of lifting equipment, we provide our clients with thorough examinations, management and testing. Both Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) and Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) are ingrained in everything we do and we work in compliance with SI2307, SI2306, SI2183 and SI2184. Sparrows Inspection Services have the capabilities to produce bespoke examination schemes. An examination scheme is a risk-based inspection methodology to ascertain the optimum thorough examination regime. The benefits of which include a reduction in the risk of equipment failure, increased safety of equipment with additional oversight and management, and reducing the number of on-site inspection days by adopting a sustainable approach for statutory thorough examinations. To carry out diligent inspections, rope access is used as a safe, flexible, and efficient way of undertaking inspection at height. It is integrated into all parts of our service delivery and can be streamlined to work to individual customer requirements. We make it a priority to train people so that we can speed up processes and create simplicity around inspections. Our NDT (Non-Destructive-Testing) services include: Structural Inspections Crane & mechanical handling equipment Pipework & Pressure Vessels Drilling & Subsea Tools Special Periodic Surveys (SPS) Using a range of traditional and advanced techniques: Visual inspection (VI) Magnetic particle inspection (MPI) Liquid penetrant inspection (LPI) Ultrasonic inspection (UT) Eddy current inspection (EC) Wire rope NDT (E-Mag/MRT) Phased Array Ultrasonics (PAUT). Our client portal (Connect) offers maximum convenience, providing 24/7 online access to all your inspection records. It is interactive, allowing you to upload supporting documents such as drawings, materials lists, photographs, calibration reports etc. Reports available through Connect portal include: Reports of Thorough Examination Crane Examination Checklists Cargo carrying unit (CCU) reports Suite Of NDT Reports, MPI, LPI, UT, ECI, PAUT Hull integrity management reports Wall thickness reports Threaded connection inspection reports Visual inspection reports Hose management EX inspection Why Sparrows? Sparrows Offshore Services Limited is a UKAS Accreditated Inspection Body to ISO/IEC 17020 for both Lifting and NDT, meaning we are accredited by a government agency to perform an accredited scope of inspections. We offer robust inspection quality management with assured and verified competent inspectors, demonstrating our commitment to impartiality and independence in our inspection service delivery, whilst showing commitment to continual improvement. Save costs with Sparrows by using multi-disciplined inspectors completing multiple scopes per mobilisation. Assured competence of personnel - one of only 30 organisations globally to hold OPITO accredited Competency Management System. At Sparrows, we offer a paper-free efficient service with all reports delivered online with inspectors all having iPads to speed up the reporting process. Downloads Inspection services Download pdf options: English Rope access Download pdf options: English ABS recognized DROPS inspection – US Download pdf options: US English More resources Contact us. We are on hand 24/7, across the world, to support you with any challenge. Select region Select a region Americas Europe Africa Middle East India Caspian Asia Pacific Australia What is your enquiry about? Select an enquiry type Sparrows products and services Training Careers/jobs Supplying products/services to Sparrows Other © Copyright 2021 Sparrows Offshore Group Limited. All rights reserved. Policies and statements Terms and conditions DELIVERY ASSURED They let you easily navigate your way around the site and allow us to improve its performance. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn more about how we use cookies. Accept and close We’re growing – join our team Positions available across our global network of operations for a wide variety of roles. Find out more