Registrations are for individual EWS assessors and a single registration cannot be made for entire companies or more than one assessor in the same application. There is no limit to the number of assessors to be registered from the same organisation if suitably qualified but they must be applied for individually. On being approved to submit EWS-1 forms, the forms can only be accepted if bearing the name of the approved assessor.
We strongly recommend that the assessor completes their registration themselves as, in our experience, delegation of the task is prone to error and omissions that will delay the processing of your application.
If delegation of the application is unavoidable, the person completing the application should fill in the first name and surname of the assessor and not their own name during the registration process as this then correctly links the application to the assessor as opposed to the person applying on their behalf.
The EWS-1 forms enable five different options to be selected comprising
A1,
A2
and A3 and B1 and B2.
Based
on advice from RICS, the competency requirements of the assessor differ depending on whether the
building is
designated as A1-3 or B1-2.
The EWS-1 form states that for A1-3 forms, ‘the signatory would need the expertise to
identify
the
relevant materials within the external wall and attachments and whether fire resisting
cavity
barriers and fire stopping have been installed correctly. However, this would not
necessarily
include the need for expertise in fire engineering.’
For B1-2 forms,
’the
signatory would need expertise in the assessment of the fire risk presented by external
wall
materials and should be a member of a relevant professional body that deals with fire
safety
in the
built environment. This could be a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Fire
Engineers
or
equivalent.'
For the submission of forms featuring buildings designated A1-3, the assessor must be a member
of at
least
one of the professional bodies under Option A and applicants must provide evidence of
this.
You must be a Full Member of any of these professional bodies and not an Associate, Technician etc grade member in order for your application to be accepted.