LEV Commissioning – Getting It Right

The UK’s National Conference for LEV Duty Holders

Free Professional Development Conference | 11 September 2026

7 expert speakers • HSE participation • Free attendance • Lunch included

Places are filling quickly. Early booking is recommended.

Hear directly from:

✔ HSE

✔ BOHS

✔ Industry experts

✔ Leading commissioning practitioners

Leave with practical evidence you can immediately apply in your own organisation.

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Why This Matters

LEV Commissioning is the decisive moment where legal responsibility meets proof of exposure control.

Practical guidance, expert insight and defensible compliance strategies for LEV Duty Holders.

Competent commissioning provides verifiable evidence that an LEV system is effectively controlling exposure and performing as intended.

HSE Focus for 2026 and Beyond

LEV commissioning is now a declared inspection and intervention priority.

“Commissioning is not simply producing a document —
it should prove that exposure is controlled.”

Who Should Attend

• Duty Holders with COSHH responsibilities
• Health & Safety Managers
• Facilities and Engineering Managers
• Occupational Hygienists
• Compliance Managers
• Senior personnel overseeing LEV contractors

This conference is designed to help Duty Holders:

• Understand what “adequate, competent commissioning” really looks like
• Ask the appropriate technical questions of LEV designers, installers and commissioning engineers
• Ensure commissioning is aligned with HSE expectations
• Interpret commissioning data with confidence
• Strengthen oversight of LEV contractor performance
• Improve long-term LEV management and compliance outcomes

The aim is simple: better commissioning decisions, stronger exposure control, and more defensible compliance under COSHH.

Conference Programme

Every presentation has been selected to answer one practical question:

“How can Duty Holders confidently demonstrate that their LEV systems achieve adequate control under COSHH?”

Throughout the day, speakers will explore the legal expectations, competence, design, commissioning, exposure assessment and practical performance that together create a defensible chain of evidence.

Each topic will be delivered as a focused 20–30 minute presentation, immediately followed by a 20-minute dedicated Q&A session.

There will also be a final panel discussion at the end of the day.

• (HSE)   What Does HSE Expect from LEV Duty Holders?

Rob Williams, Principal Inspector

• (BOHS)   Competence – The Foundation of Reliable LEV Assurance

Professor Kevin Bampton, CEO,

• (OXYL8)   Building a Defensible Commissioning Strategy

Bill Cassells, MD

• (Armstrong) Getting Commissioning Right Before It Starts

Joss Warren, Snr Associate

• (Armstrong)   Exposure Assessment & LEV Commissioning

Francesca Moore, Snr Associate

• (Orbis)   DSEAR – When Special Hazards Change the Commissioning Process

Natalie Hurdwell, MD

• (OXYL8)   Commissioning in Practice – Lessons from Industry

Dan Colledge, Director

• (Expervent)   Seeing Good and Poor LEV Performance in Practice

Dr Ben Dannatt, Director

Ask the Experts – Panel Discussion

Final Roundup/Close

“Commissioning is not simply the production of a report—it is the process of creating defensible evidence that an LEV system is achieving adequate control.”

The emphasis will be on performance-based and practical outcomes — ensuring Duty Holders leave with greater confidence in specifying, reviewing and defending LEV commissioning decisions under COSHH.

“Commissioning is not simply the act of producing paperwork.”

It should provide verifiable, definitive proof that the LEV is controlling exposures.