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Installation and maintenance companies subject to industrial or mining safety regulations

To be able to practice as a professional in certain activities subject to industrial or mining safety regulations, it is necessary to possess the necessary theoretical-practical knowledge and, in some cases, to have previously obtained a certificate or card issued by the competent Public Administration, as well as to also belong to an authorized installation or maintenance company (autonomous entrepreneur or legal person) that has submitted a responsible declaration regarding compliance with regulatory requirements.

It is important to highlight that any company (whether it is a legal person or an "autonomous") that does not meet the established requirements and, therefore, is not registered in the corresponding registry, can not exercise its activity in the Community of Madrid, what the users of this type of services they must always hire the services of an installed installer or maintainer company.

In the Community of Madrid, the competent body to register these declarations and make the appropriate inscriptions is the General Directorate of Economic and Industrial Promotion, which is also in charge of controlling the actions of professionals who work in these areas and of companies in those that must develop their activity.

To help citizens locate companies authorized to carry out this type of activity and allow them to ensure that someone offering their services is truly qualified to do so, the Community of Madrid has developed the search engine for installation and maintenance companies, in which are registered all the legal persons of this type that act in the region and that are registered in its registry, as well as the autonomous businessmen that have given their express consent

It should be noted, however, that those companies from other autonomous communities that have presented the corresponding documentation in their community of origin are also authorized to act in the Community of Madrid, even if they are not registered in its registry. To see if a company from another autonomous community is authorized, you can access the information gathered by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism in the Industrial Integrated Registry (The installation and maintenance companies are registered in the Section b from the register).

Search engine installer companies and maintainers registered by the Community of Madrid

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Operation of the search engine for installation and maintenance companies registered by the Community of Madrid

The Finder of installation and maintenance companies is a very simple tool to use. When launched, it displays the following options on the screen that allow limiting the search of professionals to the desired field

Field of activity

This drop-down allows you to select the field of activity on which you wish to obtain information. The fields available so far are:

o Pressure Devices.
o Elevators.
o Heating and Sanitary Hot Water (ACS).
o Air conditioning.
o Electricity - Low Voltage.
or Gas.
o Tower Cranes.
o Refrigeration Installations.
o Liquid Petroleum Products.
o Fire Protection.

Specialty

In some fields of activity, there are different ratings depending on the activity to be exercised. Thus, for example, an installation company may sometimes set up an installation, but will not be able to maintain it, while a maintenance company may carry out this activity but not execute the installation.

Likewise, in certain cases, there are different categories of installation companies that are qualified to act only on certain types of installations but not on others with a higher degree of danger. For example, a basic category low voltage electrician installation company may be able to carry out the interior installation of a home but not that of an operating room. To obtain more information about the existing specialties in each field of activity, click the left mouse button on the corresponding section of those shown on the left side.

To facilitate the use of the search engine, once you have selected the Activity Field, the Specialty drop-down will only show you the specialties available in the selected activity field.
If none is selected, the results will include all specialties.

Name and Tax Identification Number of the company or independent entrepreneur

These fields are optional and will only be reflected if they are known and you only want to verify that the professional in question is authorized.

How to be included or excluded from the information available in the Search Engine

If you are an installation or maintenance company registered as a self-employed entrepreneur who has verified that your data does not appear in the search engine and you wish to be included in it, please send a request letter to the Industrial Installations and Regulatory Training Area of the DG of Economic and Industrial Promotion (C / Ramírez de Prado, 5, bis 2ª Planta - 28045) and, once the validity of your registration has been verified, you will be included.

If, on the other hand, you have verified that your data appears in the search engine and you do not want it to be included in it, please send a request letter to the Area of Industrial Installations and Regulatory Training of the DG for Economic and Industrial Promotion (C / Ramírez de Prado, 5, bis 2ª Planta - 28045) and, once the appropriate checks have been made, they will be excluded from the database available to the public.

Field of activity

Pressure installations and equipment

In accordance with the provisions of the Pressure Equipment Regulation and its complementary technical instructions, approved by Royal Decree 809/2021, of September 21, the installation and repair of certain pressure equipment can only be carried out by those installation companies and / or or repair companies that have been authorized to do so.

Pressure equipment includes, for example: compressed air treatment and storage facilities, heating boilers and sanitary hot water of certain areas, refrigeration containers, etc.

Pressure equipment installation companies are classified into two categories:

- Category EIP-1: With the capacity to carry out installations that do not require a project.

- Category EIP-2: With capacity to perform installations with pressure equipment that require a project, as well as those indicated for the EIP-1 category.

On the other hand, companies that repair pressure equipment are classified in the categories, ERP-1 and ERP-2, depending on the complexity of the equipment that is authorized to repair.

Elevators

Heating and Sanitary Hot Water (ACS)

In accordance with the provisions of the Regulation of Thermal Installations in Buildings and its Complementary Technical Instructions, approved by Royal Decree 1027/2007, of July 20, the assembly of this type of installations can only be carried out by an installation company. thermal installations in buildings, their maintenance can be carried out by a company that maintains thermal installations in buildings and their repair can be done by both types of companies.

The specialties existing in this field of activity are the following:

- Realization of thermal installations in buildings: The Installer is responsible for the assembly of the thermal installations in the buildings. You can also carry out repairs, but not maintenance.

- Maintenance of thermal installations in buildings: The maintainer is in charge of the maintenance of the thermal installations in the buildings. You can also carry out repair tasks, but not assembly

Air conditioning

The specialties existing in this field of activity are the following:

Electricity - Low Voltage

According to the provisions of Royal Decree 842 / 2002, of 2 of August, which approves the Electrotechnical Regulation for Low Voltage and its Complementary Technical Instructions, the low voltage electrical installations will be executed by installation companies in low voltage, authorized for the exercise of the activity as established in the corresponding complementary technical instruction.

The Electrotechnical Regulation for Low Voltage, in its ITC-BT-03, classifies installers in Low Voltage, in two specialties or categories:

- Basic category: Installers who have this qualification can perform, maintain and repair electrical installations for low voltage in buildings and industries, infrastructure and, in general, all those within the scope of the Regulation that is not reserved to specialists.

- Specialist category: Installers who possess this qualification can carry out, maintain and repair the electrical installations for low voltage included in the previous section and, in addition, the following: automation systems, technical management of energy and security for homes and buildings; distributed control systems, supervision systems, control and acquisition of data, process control, overhead or underground lines for energy distribution, premises with risk of fire or explosion, operating rooms and intervention rooms, high voltage discharge lamps, signs luminous and similar and low voltage generating facilities.

Gas

In accordance with the provisions of the Complementary Technical Instruction ITC-ICG 09 "Installers and gas installation companies" of the Technical Regulation for the distribution and use of gaseous fuels, approved by Royal Decree 919/2006, of July 28, gas installations They can only be executed, revised and repaired by gas installers who have the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge and who are integrated into a licensed gas installation company.

There are three categories of gas installers:

- Category A Gas Installer: You can carry out all the operations related to the facilities and equipment indicated in section 2.1 of the aforementioned ITC-ICG 09.

- Category B Gas Installer: You can carry out all the operations related to the facilities and equipment indicated in section 2.1 of the aforementioned ITC, with the limitations established for these installers in the 2.2 section of the same.

- Category C Gas Installer: You can carry out the operations indicated in section 2.1 of the ITC-ICG 09 relating to installations and appliances, only in individual receiving installations that do not require a project or change of gas family, with the limitations indicated for these installers in section 2.2 the aforementioned ITC.

Tower Cranes

According to the provisions of Royal Decree 2291 / 1985, of November 8, which approves the Regulation of Lifting and Maintenance Devices thereof (partially repealed by Royal Decree 1314 / 1997), and its Complementary Technical Instruction MIE-AEM2, the installation, maintenance and repair of tower cranes for works or other applications can only be carried out by those entities that are authorized for this purpose.

The specialties existing in this field of activity are the following:

- Installation of tower cranes: The Installer Company is responsible for the assembly of the crane.

- Maintenance of tower cranes: The Conservative Company is in charge of maintenance. You can also carry out repair tasks, but not assembly.

Refrigerating plants

In accordance with the provisions of the Safety Regulation for refrigeration installations and its complementary technical instructions approved by Royal Decree 552/2019, of September 27, refrigeration installations can only be carried out, put into service, maintained, repaired, modified and dismantled by professional refrigerators who are integrated into an authorized refrigeration company.

Cold storage facilities include, for example, fixed cold storage facilities, ice factories and plants for freezing or cooling of various products.
Refrigeration companies are divided into two levels (1 level and 2 level) depending on the complexity of the facilities that are enabled to install or repair.

Liquid petroleum products

According to what is established in the Regulation of Petroliferous Installations, approved by Royal Decree 2085 / 1994, of 20 of October, and in its Complementary Technical Instruction MI-IP05, the execution and maintenance of the installations of liquid petroleum products can only be carried out by people who have the title of Installer of Liquid Petroleum Products (PPL) and who are integrated in an Installer Company of PPL enabled.

There are three different categories of PPL Installers and Repairers:

- Category I PPL Installers: that they can carry out, modify and maintain hydrocarbon facilities of classes C and D, with a storage limit of 10.000 liters, but once the installation is put into operation, they can not access any of the confined spaces.

- Category II PPL Installers: that they can make, modify and maintain hydrocarbon facilities of classes B, C and D without storage limit, but once the installation is put into operation, they can not access any of the confined spaces.

- PPL Repairers (Category III): that they can carry out repair activities for the installation in the confined areas, inside the tank manholes, the degassing, cleaning and repair of tanks and pipes, preparation of the installation to carry out tank tightness tests and to the pipes and their execution, after the start-up of the installation.

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