CE marking • UKCA marking • Product conformity training
CE & UKCA Conformity Course
Tailored training on CE and UKCA conformity assessment for manufacturers, importers, distributors, system integrators and engineering teams placing products on the EU and UK markets.
The course covers both established conformity routes and the transition from the Machinery Directive to the new EU Machinery Regulation, helping experienced CE teams understand what must change in their existing compliance process.
Request Course InformationAlready familiar with CE marking under the Machinery Directive? The course shows what changes, what remains familiar and how to adapt your existing compliance route for the new Regulation.
Practical CE and UKCA Training for Industrial Products
CE and UKCA conformity are not simply about applying a mark to a product. They require a structured assessment of the product, its intended use, applicable legislation, technical risks, documentation, declarations and market responsibilities.
This course helps participants understand the full conformity route in a practical, industry-focused and customised manner. Training content can be adapted to your products, markets, internal processes and technical challenges.
What the Course Covers
Participants learn how to approach CE and UKCA conformity from product classification through to technical documentation, declarations and market responsibilities.
CE and UKCA Fundamentals
Understand when CE and UKCA marking are required, what they mean, and what they do not mean.
Product Classification
Classify machinery, partly completed machinery, electrical equipment, ATEX products, pressure equipment, assemblies and related products.
Applicable Legislation
Identify applicable EU and UK legislation including machinery, EMC, low voltage, ATEX and pressure equipment requirements.
Risk Assessment
Understand how risk assessment supports conformity, design decisions, documentation and user information.
Documentation and Declarations
Understand technical documentation, operating instructions, declarations of conformity and declarations of incorporation.
Manufacturer and Importer Duties
Clarify responsibilities for manufacturers, importers, distributors, authorised representatives and system integrators.
Machinery Regulation transition
Adapt Your CE Compliance Route to Regulation (EU) 2023/1230
The new Machinery Regulation replaces the Machinery Directive for machinery placed on the EU market from 20 January 2027. For companies already experienced with CE marking, the key question is no longer how CE marking works, but what must change within the existing process.
Understand when modification of machinery may result in the modifying party assuming manufacturer obligations and requiring a new conformity assessment.
Understand requirements affecting safety-related control systems, software and compliance-relevant data where manipulation could create a safety risk.
Review the Regulation’s treatment of machinery and safety functions involving autonomous or self-evolving behaviour.
Understand when product category and risk classification affect the conformity assessment procedure and possible third-party involvement.
Understand the new framework for digital instructions, declarations and access to technical information.
Review technical files, risk assessments, standards strategies, declarations and internal procedures against the new Regulation.
The course can be delivered as a practical gap assessment: what are we already doing correctly under the Machinery Directive, what changes under the Machinery Regulation, and what must our engineering and compliance teams change before 2027?
Key Steps of the Conformity Route
The course walks participants through the practical conformity process using product examples, documentation decisions and typical compliance problems.
Define the Product and Scope of Supply
Determine whether the supply is a complete product, component, partly completed machine, assembly, imported product or modified product.
Determine Product Classification
Product classification determines the legal and conformity route and must be established before declarations or marking decisions.
Identify Applicable EU and UK Requirements
A product may fall under several legal frameworks simultaneously, including machinery, EMC, low voltage, ATEX and pressure equipment.
Perform Risk Assessment
Identify hazards, evaluate risks and define suitable risk reduction measures as the technical foundation of conformity.
Select Standards and Technical Solutions
Use harmonised or designated standards correctly to support conformity and technical justification.
Prepare Technical Documentation
Demonstrate conformity using drawings, calculations, risk assessments, reports, test evidence and instructions.
Issue the Correct Declaration
Determine whether the supply requires an EU or UK Declaration of Conformity, Declaration of Incorporation or another conformity document.
Complete the Marking Route
Complete the conformity process and apply CE or UKCA marking where required.
EU CE and Great Britain Conformity
The course explains how EU and Great Britain conformity routes relate to each other and where separate legal, documentation or market-access decisions are required.
EU CE Marking
Covers applicable EU product legislation, harmonised standards, EU declarations and CE conformity requirements.
Great Britain
Covers applicable UK product legislation, designated standards, UK declarations and the UKCA conformity framework.
Tailored and Customised Course Delivery
The course can be customised to your company’s products, industry, conformity challenges and market-access strategy.
Practical Questions Addressed
Is our product a complete machine?
Learn how to distinguish complete machinery, partly completed machinery and other product categories.
Which conformity route applies?
Determine the applicable requirements based on product type, market destination and legal framework.
What changes under the Machinery Regulation?
Identify the differences that matter to companies already using Machinery Directive-based CE procedures.
Does modification trigger a new conformity assessment?
Understand how substantial modification can affect manufacturer status and conformity responsibilities.
Can existing CE documentation be reused?
Learn where existing documentation remains useful and where updates or additional assessments may be required.
Do we need third-party conformity assessment?
Understand when the conformity procedure can be completed internally and when third-party involvement may be required.
Who Should Attend?
Delivered by an Experienced CE Specialist
The course is delivered by an experienced CE Specialist with practical conformity assessment experience across multiple European countries and a strong understanding of EU and UK product compliance.
The training combines legislation, engineering judgement and real industrial examples so participants can make practical and defensible conformity decisions.
The course can be delivered in English, German or additional languages upon request.
Course Materials
Why Choose This Course?
CE and UKCA decisions often appear straightforward, but relatively small differences in product classification, scope of supply, modification or market destination can significantly change the conformity route.
For companies already familiar with CE marking, the course also provides a structured way to prepare for Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 without unnecessarily rebuilding conformity processes that already work.
Book a Tailored CE & UKCA Course
Whether your company manufactures, imports, modifies or integrates products, we can tailor the course to your products, markets and existing conformity processes — including preparation for the Machinery Regulation.
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