Portable Appliance Testing

Portable Appliance Inspection and Testing or PAT Testing as it is also known as, is an important part of any Health & Safety Policy.

If your working environment has any electrical appliances with a plug attached, then these are classed as Portable Appliances. To minimise the risk of a potential fire or the risk of an electric shock to either an employee or the general public, or for insurance purposes, it is important to have these appliances safety tested to promote a safe working environment.

This service is also available as an annual contract, see our contracts section...

• Preliminary Visual Inspection
• Earth Bond Testing
• Insulation Testing
• Flash Testing
• Load Test
• Earth Leakage Measurement
• Functional Check
• Full Test Report issued

The purpose of the Electricity at Work Regulations is to prevent death or injury to anyone from any electrical cause as a result of, or in connection with, work activities. For Example: the act quotes:

"As may be necessary to prevent danger, all systems shall be maintained so as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, such danger

also:

"an employers duty includes the provision and maintenance of plant and systems at work that are, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health;."
The above legislation is just a small example of what is required. It clearly identifies the importance of providing safe electrical equipment within the work place, Portable Appliance Testing ensures all electrical portable equipment is safe to use at the time of testing

The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 puts on employers a general duty of care to their employees. Specifically it quotes:

"It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and the Welfare at work of all his/hers employee"