Portable appliance testing commonly referred to as PAT testing is a systematic approach in ensuring your portable appliances are safe for continued use. A competent and trained person needs to make the decision about whether the item is safe and uses a variety of assessment methods.
PAT testing is the process of ensuring the appliance is safe, the process that we need to follow to make the decisions that an appliance is safe could be done by most people.
To do PAT testing you need to complete some training and be assessed as competent. Most people after such training could become a PAT tester.
The TTS certificate of competence – In-service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment (PAT Testing) training course is available to be conducted over 1 day at your site or one of our training venues (local PAT testing courses) around the UK.
The course contains both theory and a big focus on practical PAT testing to allow candidates to be assessed as competent in PAT Testing.
We will cover:
Hazards of electricity,
Classification of appliances,
Dangers and safety requirements,
Regulation requirements,
IET Code of Practice,
Recording results
Using a PAT Tester.
Our PAT competency course is suitable for all. We aim the course at the non-electrically trained. PAT testing requires basic electrical knowledge / training and being competent in knowing what is safe and what is not.
If you can wire a plug, you should be able to pass a PAT testing course (if you can’t wire a plug, you will be able to by then the end of the course!).
Our pass rate for this course is in excess of 95%.
This is a 1 day course typically run 9am -4pm. The course timings can be adjusted to suite your business needs.
To successfully complete our PAT Testing course you will need to pass a 30 question multiple choice test and a practical assessment.
This multiple choice exam is open-book.
Successful candidates will achieve:
TTS Certificate of training for in-service inspection and testing of electrical equipment (PAT).
On completion of this course learners will have a greater understanding of:
Regulations role and responsibilities
Insulation and earthing
Classification of appliances
Preliminary inspection, test precautions
Using a portable appliance tester
Essential tests
Optional test
Labelling
Reporting and recording
Practical training
Practical assessment
Portable appliance testing commonly referred to as PAT testing is a systematic approach to ensuring your portable appliances are safe for continued use. A competent and trained person needs to make the decision of whether the item is safe and uses a variety of assessment methods.
We have recently seen self-study PAT testing courses online and our opinion is that although self-study online learning is great for certain subjects we feel PAT testing is not one of them. We do offer tutor-led live online PAT testing courses that take a full day and has practical elements included – this is a great compromise between self-study and full face to face training.
A very common error is people call PAT testing PAC testing. PAT testing is Portable Appliance Testing.
We will run our PAT testing course anywhere, we regularly go to client sites in England, Scotland, and Wales. We also have run courses in Europe for some of our customers.
PAT testing is the process of ensuring the appliance is safe, the process that we need to follow to make the decisions that an appliance is safe could be done by most people. To do PAT testing you need to complete some training and be assessed as competent. Most people after such training could become a PAT tester.
Of course, all successful learners will receive a certificate, if you complete the competency course, you will receive a certificate from us (TTS) and this is accredited bt UKRS. if you complete the City and Guilds version of the course, you will receive a City and Guilds certificate. There is no requirement for one over the other.
A quick search about PAT testing and just about everyone claims to be a “PAT testing expert”. Any PAT testing course worth doing will follow the IET Code of Practice (Currently 5th edition). Please ensure your “PAT Testing Expert” courses follows this.
A PAT tester is the test and measurement instrument needed to complete the full PAT test. It measures levels of resistance and it needs to be checked at suitable intervals. Most manufacturers and the IET Code of Practice state that this should be annual. We can arrange for your PAT tester to be calibrated if you require.
