Technical testing organization
Technical testing organizations are companies that test technical systems , equipment and objects of all kinds in order to minimize dangers and avoid damage.
tasks
In technical testing organizations qualified personnel verified as evaluators not only classified installations, motor vehicles (see general inspection ), energy systems and equipment , but also people in particularly difficult situations (see. Assessment of driving ability ). You monitor compliance with standards and norms as well as official requirements for services and products. B. IT systems and processes in companies. Technical testing organizations can also act as project developers for energy and transport concepts , appraisers and consultants in the field of environmental protection , construction technology, real estate valuation and as certification bodies (e.g. for EN ISO 9000 ff). Some of these organizations work as service providers for ministries, for example TÜV Rheinland AG as a project sponsor in BMWi programs .
Most technical testing organizations maintain academies that deal with advanced training in technical and commercial professions.
Testing organizations
According to ISO 17020 there are three different types of testing organizations. The first type are inspection firms or technical inspection firms that do not engage in design, purchase, construction and only provide inspection services. The second type of testing organization are inspection departments in large companies that are involved in design, purchasing, etc. Such an inspection department only offers its inspection services to its own company. The third type of testing organization corresponds to the second type, but also offers its services to third parties.
Testing organizations in Europe
There are currently several competing technical testing organizations of various sizes in Europe, which have subsidiaries and holdings at home and abroad. In Germany, the five TÜVs ( TÜV Süd , TÜV Rheinland , TÜV Nord , TÜV Saarland and TÜV Thuringia ) only perform a few official tasks. Most of the state testing monopolies assigned to technical testing organizations , such as the technical testing of motor vehicles or the assessment of fitness to drive , have now fallen as a result of liberalization and deregulation. Since January 1st, 2008 there are no test monopolies in Germany for elevator tests and driving license tests . The testing monopoly on individual operating permits in Germany was lifted at the beginning of 2019.
Some European testing organizations are:
company | founding | Seat | country | Employee | sales | Sales in euros (exchange rate December 31 of the respective year) | was standing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Société Générale de Surveillance | 1878 | Geneva | Switzerland | 80,510 | 5.830 billion CHF | 4.383 billion | 2013 |
Intertek | 1885 | London | United Kingdom | 30,000 | £ 1.374 billion | 1.596 billion | 2011/2010 |
Bureau Veritas | 1828 | Paris | France | 59,000 | 3.902 billion euros | 3.902 billion | 2012 |
Dekra | 1925 | Stuttgart | Germany | 28,340 | 2.16 billion euros | 2.16 billion | 2012 |
MOT South | 1866 | Munich | Germany | 18,758 | 1.82 billion euros | 1.82 billion | 2012 |
TÜV Rheinland | 1872 | Cologne | Germany | 17,947 | 1.6 billion euros | 1.6 billion | 2013 |
TÜV Nord | 1869 | Hanover | Germany | 9,925 ( full-time equivalent ) | 1.056 billion euros | 1.056 billion | 2013 |
TÜV Saarland | 1871 | Sulzbach / Saar | Germany | 650 | 0.072 billion euros | 0.072 billion | 2011 |
TÜV Thuringia | 1990 | Erfurt | Germany | 1,000 | 0.064 billion euros | 0.064 billion | 2009/2012 |
Other companies:
- ÖTI - Institute for Ecology, Technology and Innovation , Vienna
- TÜV Austria : Employees 2005: 550
- TVFA of the Vienna University of Technology
- GTÜ : Society for Technical Monitoring mbH
- ATHIS : Accredited Technical Hygiene Inspection Body
- KÜS : Motor vehicle inspection organization freelance motor vehicle expert e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Technical supervision . Archived from the original on October 10, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ↑ Steffen Dominsky: There is no monopoly for full acceptance . In: kfz-Betrieb. Retrieved June 10, 2020 .