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Richard Comfort

Jan 1, 1970
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Does anyone have any information on the legal requirements to pat test, such
as what qualifications are needed if any?
if the pat tester machine has to be calibrated or not? and do you have to
have public liability insurance.Answers to any of these questions or
directions to a web site with this information would be gratefully received

Thanks.
 
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Teddy Rubberford

Jan 1, 1970
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Richard Comfort said:
Does anyone have any information on the legal requirements to pat test,
such
as what qualifications are needed if any?
if the pat tester machine has to be calibrated or not? and do you have to
have public liability insurance.Answers to any of these questions or
directions to a web site with this information would be gratefully
received

Thanks.

Try
http://www.pat-testing.info/
 
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Andrew Gabriel

Jan 1, 1970
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Does anyone have any information on the legal requirements to pat test,

You will not find any law which mentions PAT testing. However, there are
4 Acts and Statutory Instruments which place various responsibilities
on employers and workers, and PAT testing has been devised as a method
to meet a number of the safety requirements in those Acts. If you can
find some other way to meet those requirements, you are free to do that
instead, but generally that will be difficult and pointless to invent
some other scheme.
such as what qualifications are needed if any?

There is a C&G certificate in PAT testing, 2377/02 IIRC. Holders have
demonstrated their competence to perform PAT testing (the HSE accepts
this qualification for this purpose). Electricians are not normally
trained in PAT testing, so you should ensure people undertaking PAT
testing do have this certificate. There's also 2377/01 which covers
management of PAT testing -- normally the two are taken together over
two days. The qualification is intended to be attainable by those
who are not electricians -- the prerequisit would be familiarity
wiring plugs and understanding the difference between milliohms and
megohms (which is something electricians on the course often have
trouble with, sadly;-). In an office or a small company, it is a
good idea to have someone who has done the two day training and holds
the certificates, even if you subcontract the actual testing, although
this would mean you can do it yourselves. If you do subcontract PAT
testing, make sure the person(s) undertaking testing hold 2377/02 or
you are likely to be wasting your money -- as I indicated before,
simply being a qualified electrician or a member of a trade body
doesn't really mean anything much with regards to PAT testing.
BTW, it's usually quite easy to spot someone who doesn't know how
to perform PAT testing -- they normally start by connecting the
appliance under test to the PAT tester.
if the pat tester machine has to be calibrated or not?

I think they all do, but not frequently.
and do you have to have public liability insurance.

That's always advisable, to protect yourself from being sued. This
can happen even if you didn't do anything wrong. I am not aware of
any legal requirement for it though.
 
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H. Neary.

Jan 1, 1970
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PAT machines have to be calibrated annually just like other test equipment
and they should also have a monthly visual inspection which is recorded into
a log book

Gavin
Bilge! They have to be tested at a period dictated by the consistancy
of the test results. Additional factors include any likely damage due
to the environment or storage tha PAT tester is subject to.


Visual inspections should be immediately prior to use. Recorded visual
inspections are,as with PAT testers usually based initially on the IEE
reccomendations, but may be modified if justified by the "log".

Xmas tree lights do not require monthly inspection!!

HTH

HN
 
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