Research activities that provide contributions or solutions to important technological issues for both JET and ITER are carried out within the Fusion Technology (FT) Task force (TF) at JET and in the European national laboratories in collaboration with the JET Operator (UKAEA). They cover a wide range of research topics such as tritium in the tokamak, tritium processes and waste management, plasma facing components, other fusion engineering aspects and safety. This paper reports about Plasma Facing Component (PFC), Engineering and Safety related tasks, whereas the tritium related issues of the FT activities at JET are summarised in [1].