What Is The Cost Of PAT Testing?

If you are an employer there are a lot of rules that you are required to obey, even though you may not know what they are, or have ever been aware of their existence. A large number of them concern the safety of your employees at work and are things that you may not know about, such as floor safety. Did you know that 40% of all major injuries in the workplace are caused by slips and falls because floors are faulty?

Another thing is all the electrical equipment that you use in your business. Of course, you have computers, and as a good employer you no doubt provide your employees with a kettle so that they can make a cup of tea in the afternoon. Maybe there’s a fridge to supply cool drinks. If you own a factory you may operate all sorts of different electrical machinery. Most businesses simply couldn’t run without electrical equipment, but what happens if that equipment should become unsafe? And anyway, how would you know? It looks OK, and it works. But then you are not an electrician.

This is why you need PAT testing – and no, that’s not the office junior. Neither is it actually a legal requirement. However, what is a legal requirement is that you have to ensure the safety of your employees so far as is practicable. It just makes sense to use portable appliance testing, and it should be carried out on a regular basis in order to ensure that all your portable equipment – basically anything that has a plug – is safe to use.

There are companies that have qualified electricians that can carry out PAT testing up and down the country and issue you with safety certificates or explain why a piece of equipment failed the test.

What is the portable appliance testing price? That is a very fair question, but most companies work out the portable appliance testing price based on the number of appliances that you have that need to be tested.