Bishop Lifting Equipment: Taking a Load off your Mind

Bishop have been supplying lifting equipment worldwide since 1982. We invite you to read on and explore the range of lifting gear UK products and services we offer.

Our Goals

1. Prioritising safety above all else.
2. Providing our customers with bespoke best in class service.
3. Finding solutions to any lifting requirement.
4. Ensuring customer satisfaction.
5. Continually improve and add value through training and innovation.

Health and Safety and Quality Management

At Bishop we embrace the need for internationally recognised standards for Quality Assurance and Health and Safety. We are ISO 9001 and ISO 18001 accredited and proud to be full members of LEEA, the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association. We also have SafeContractor SSIP approval.

 

 

Services

Bespoke advice and solutions

We are more than just a supplier of lifting products. We also offer expert advise on which products are suitable for your lifting needs. We have engineers on hand to handle your enquiries and offer the best possible advice for solving your specific problems. Our Engineers will advise on the most appropriate, cost effective equipment to use. This can often improve safety levels and save you money.

Supply

We endeavor to supply quality products at the most competitive prices. We only supply equipment from quality manufacturers. Our product range is vast and continually growing, As such we offer our customers a one stop shop for all of their lifting, pulling, lashing, materials handling and height safety requirements. We invite you to explore our brochure to give you an idea of the scope of our product range. In addition, we keep large lifting gear UK stocks at our Cardiff Depot, ensuring urgent needs are met.

If you don’t find exactly what you are looking for within this website then please get in touch as the products listed here represent under 5% of our product range.

Lifting Gear Hire

We have an extensive lifting equipment hire fleet with which to service customer needs with same day turn arounds where required. Due to our associations with other lifting gear hire companies we offer nationwide hire capabilities at some of the best prices on the market.

The range of equipment we have available for hire is vast and includes:

• Lifting Equipment
• Tools
• Plant and Machinery
• Access Equipment
• Height Safety Equipment
• Non-Mechanical Plant
• Survey and Safety Equipment

Inspection

At Bishop we realise that our staff is the most valuable asset we possess. This is why we continually invest in training and staff development. All of our engineers carry high levels of accreditation from the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA). This enables us to perform all manner of LOLER and PUWER inspections.

Thorough Examination Reports together with EC Declarations of Conformity are available to our customers through our online portal. They are accessible at any time and from anywhere, ensuring that lost certification is a thing of the past. It also provides an easy means of checking which equipment is in need of inspection.

Whether it is a shackle you need inspected or a crane, make Bishop your first port of call.

We are proud inspection partners of:

 

 

Servicing and Repair of Lifting Gear UK

Whether it is a chain sling which requires replacement parts or a fall arrest block which needs servicing, we provide a comprehensive repair and re-certification service which encompasses the vast majority of lifting, height safety, material handling and hydraulic equipment. If it can be repaired, Bishop can do it!

Proof Testing

Under current legislation, manufactured items of lifting equipment such as overhead runway beams, fork attachments and lifting beams require certification. This must include the safe working load of the equipment in question. In order to certify the equipment, it must be proof load tested to a factor safety above the intended safe working load. This factor of safety varies depending on the type of equipment.

We are able to undertake all manner of proof load tests ensuring our customers remain compliant with their legal obligations.

Design and Manufacture

If you require an entirely bespoke lifting solution, our highly qualified design engineers would be happy to assist. We have experience undertaking projects ranging from the design of a lifting beam to the design, fabrication and installation of crane structures such as swing jibs and overhead crane systems.

Some of the projects we have worked on recently can be seen below.

Design, fabrication and installation of an overhead crane system for GE Healthcare.

Design, Fabrication and installation of 2 x 74m Runway beams, including curved sections at the Welsh Water Site,
Talybont Reservoir.

Training

We provide a range of training courses for customers wishing to ensure their employees utilise safe use procedures and best practices. We can even train people in the inspection of lifting equipment, enabling them to perform inspections in house on behalf of their employers.

Please see below some of the courses we offer:

• Lifting and Slinging Safely

For those who have or are required to have ‘hands on’ knowledge and/or responsibilities involving the use of lifting equipment used within their operational environment.

• Lifting Gear Examiners

Users of lifting gear and those involved in the inspection or statutory examination of lifting gear in service. It is also suitable for those who are involved with, or give advice to, users of lifting gear.

• Lifting Gear Examination Refresher

Users of lifting gear and those involved in the inspection or statutory examination of lifting gear in service. It is also suitable for those who are involved with, or give advice to, users of lifting gear.

• Lifting Operations Instructor

This course is aimed at employees who have been identified and/or selected to carry out ‘in-house’ instruction on lifting operations.

• Management of Lifting Operations

Those with a working knowledge of lifting equipment and responsible for, or involved in, the practical aspects of lifting and slinging operations. It is especially suitable for those who manage or likely to manage other Banksmen/Slingers e.g. Service Engineers, Technicians and Supervisors, Managers, Safety Officers etc., and any person who offers or is likely to offer advice and/or assistance to, users of lifting equipment.

• Safe Operation of an Overhead Travelling Crane

Those identified to use, or responsible for others who use overhead travelling cranes. Delegates must be over the age of 17, be physically fit, have good eyesight, hearing ability and be able to judge distances.

• Vehicle Banksman

All identified personnel who are required to/and or are responsible for assisting in the maneuvering and loading/unloading of vehicles.

• Safe Use of Permanent Lifting Magnets

Users of permanent magnetic lifters. Those carrying out “in service” inspection of permanent magnetic lifters. It is also suitable for those who are involved with, or give advice to, users of permanent magnetic lifting equipment.

• Wire Rope Examiners

Those with a working knowledge of wire ropes and involved in the inspection, statutory examination, and/or safe use of wire rope in service. It is also suitable for those who are involved with, or give advice to, users of wire rope and associated equipment/products.

• Wire Rope Inspection – LEEA Accredited

Companies/Units who require employee training on the examination and safe use of wire rope carried out at their premises. Specifically those with a working knowledge of wire ropes and involved in the inspection, statutory examination, and/or safe use of wire rope in service. It is also suitable for those who are involved with, or give advice to, users of wire rope and associated equipment/products.

• Wire Rope Inspection Refresher – LEEA Accredited

Those with a working knowledge of wire ropes and involved in the inspection, statutory examination, and/or safe use of wire rope in service. It is also suitable for those who are involved with, or give advice to, users of wire rope and associated equipment/products.

• Wire Rope Socketing

Those involved in the maintenance and socketing of wire ropes.