by Claire Chappell | Nov 8, 2022 | PAT Testing
As a business it is vital that you understand what equipment needs to be PAT tested and how often. With costs tight for everyone right now, having an effective PAT testing program for your business can minimise the cost of PAT testing whilst still ensuring that you...
by Claire Chappell | Oct 7, 2022 | PAT Testing
Every employer has a duty of care to their employees to provide a safe working environment. Health and Safety legislation states that all electrical equipment in an office or workspace needs to be PAT tested to ensure it is safe. With so many appliances in all...
by Claire Chappell | Dec 8, 2021 | Equiptest News, Lightning protection system, PAT Testing, power factor correction, Thermal Imaging
Well, here we are at the end of another year! COVID 19 has again been a dominant presence which has presented us and our clients with certain challenges. Despite this we have adapted and changed some of our processes to meet and surpass these challenges. Now as 2021...
by Claire Chappell | Nov 5, 2021 | PAT Testing
We all have electrical equipment around us. Whether in our workplace as employees or employers, as students in student accommodation or just visitors to a premises. it is important that this equipment is safe for us to use and be near. Would you know how to check your...
by Claire Chappell | May 11, 2021 | PAT Testing
During the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in June 2020, 30% of adults in the UK were working from home. Even now, nearly a year later many workers continue to work outside the office environment. The pandemic was the first taste of home working for countless people...
by Claire Chappell | Nov 17, 2020 | fixed wire testing, PAT Testing
Checking electrical equipment in the workplace for safety is a well-established practice, since the original edition of the IET code of practice was published in 1989. The IET Code of Practice (COP) provides guidance on in-service inspection and testing to determine...
