Portable Appliance Testing – also known as PAT testing – is the process of ensuring that all of the appliances that you, as an employer, require your employees to use are actually safe for them to do so. This can be everything from a computer, to the office coffee making machine. The law actually requires you to ensure that they are safe to use, the specific law being the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989.
This is why portable appliance testing is essential. A qualified engineer carries out visual checks and also uses a pat testing machine to give the necessary readings to identify if the appliance is safe or not. The only way that you can be certain is to have regular PAT testing of all your electrical items.
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