Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) is an important part of a company’s or individual’s responsibility to health and safety. This is done using a series of specialised testing procedures on your portable appliances.
A business or company will contract a PAT Engineer to carry out testing on appliances in their workplace. The Engineer will then perform a series of tests, visually and using their PAT testing equipment, so that the appliance can be deemed as either safe to use or unsafe to use. Those appliances passing the tests and deemed as safe will be given a passed label and entered into the Engineer’s database as passed, those items failing the tests will be given a failed label and entered into the database as failed. These failed items will be recommended as unsafe for use until repairs are made or the item is replaced.
PAT testing is short for Portable Appliance Testing and is the recognised way for companies and businesses to ensure that their electrical equipment is safe for use by their staff and members of the public who enter their premises.
This site is intended as a guide to both the legal implications and to the technical requirements. The frequency of portable appliance testing is determined by several factors. This includes the type of equipment and its classification, the frequency it is used and/or moved and the environment in which it is operating. Our PAT Testing Engineers will specify your exact requirements. We use the IET Code of Practice for In-service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment 4th Edition guidelines to help determine this. We provide our clients with total peace of mind in knowing that we take care of legislative and compliance issues, leaving you to focus on your own business. This same principal also applies to our domestic customers, whatever their needs.