PAT Testing
The PAT testing is required to meet strict safety regulations in the workplace and employers and landlords should arrange for all their portable electronic devices and equipment to be tested periodically.
By carrying out regular inspections you are enabling us to pre-empt any damage or areas for concern which could potentially lead to endangering lives or damage to the workplace. The importance of regular portable appliance testing (PAT) cannot be understated. For your PAT Testing service in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire please contact us here.
Failure to comply with the strict PAT standards can lead to severe punishments for companies, corporators and landlords, such punishments range from large fines to imprisonment. As a guide public buildings, gyms, offices and leisure facilities need to be inspected every year, industrial and agricultural premises every three years and commercial, educational and residential premises every five years.
PAT testing includes:
- Visual inspections
- Earth-bond tests
- Insulation-resistance tests
- Flash testing
- Load tests
- Earth-leakage test
- Functional checks