PAT, portable appliance testing is also known as in-service inspection and testing of electrical equipment is obliged by UK lawsuit for the businesses in UK. PAT testing is regular task for all UK businesses, they probably have to conduct for every one or two year (depending on many factors). Ideal time for PAT testing depends on type of electronic appliances the particular business use within their premises. It includes but not limited to water coolers, microwaves, PCs, electric fans, heaters, lamps, vacuum cleaners, air purification etc. The appliances that are subjected to PAT testing should not always have to be those are used by the employees but also the appliances that are used by customers, visitors etc. The purpose of PAT testing is, maintain the proper condition of the appliances to avoid any unexpected incidents that may cause due to poor conditions of the appliances. Failure to conduct the PAT testing process in adequate manner certainly expose the business to severe output such as legal action against the business, employee or customer or visitors at risk of an injury which could lead to serious financial penalties, order from court to close down the business, damages to the business reputation etc.
Usually, there are two options for UK businesses to consider when they are to do the PAT testing. One is, having services from certified PAT testing company and the other is, having in-house PAT testing expert. If outside PAT testing company is hired to do the PAT testing, their team will come to the business premise to conduct the test. At the end of checking appliances, they wrap a label on the appliance or at near the plug head. This is to kept as a record that no appliance has missed during the checking process.
Training an in-house expert to do the PAT test could be more convenient option as the PAT testing is a repetitive task. In-house PAT testing expert can monitor the appliances more closely and regularly compared to hiring external PAT testing consultant. There are companies in UK offer PAT training courses for the businesses to train their staffs to be PAT testing experts. One of the reputed PAT training company is TTS Training Services Ltd, it provides PAT test training courses with variety of packages. They usually take one day to complete their course and the most of their trained candidates (95%) have passed the PAT testing examinations as certified PAT testing personals. Visit http://www.pattrainingnow.co.uk/ to know more details about the PAT Training courses.