Pat Testing
Electrical equipment is present in virtually all workplaces, and that includes portable appliances. Regulation 81 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 state that an employer shall ensure that all portable equipment used in their place of work is periodically inspected and tested by a competent person.
We currently don not have any course dates scheduled, please contact us for more details.
Course Description:
This course is addressed to any staff required to carry out a practical inspection and testing of electrical equipment. This Pat Training Course is ideal for electricians, Maintenance & Engineering personnel
- Legislation and Codes of Practice covering Portable Appliance Testing
- Health and Safety
- What is Portable Appliance Testing
- Visual inspection of portable appliances including housekeeping issues
- Determining Class I and Class II portable electrical appliances
- Testing Class I appliances, Testing Class II appliances, Testing an IEC lead and Testing an extension lead
- Understanding fuse rating
- PASS / FAIL in relation to Portable Appliances
- Labelling
- Record keeping including portable appliance maintenance
- Plug wiring and general information about how electricity works
- Identification and labelling of Portable Appliances
