Portable Appliance Testing or PAT Testing is part of your Health & Safety and involves the inspection and testing of electrical items to ensure of their safety to users.
It is a requirement for all employers or self employed, to ensure that all electrical work equipment is safe. Equipment should also only be used for the activity that it was designed to be used for and must also be properly maintained so that it is always in good condition.
There are a number of Regulations to ensure that companies, employers and the self employed abide by this legislation. Some of these are outlined below.
The UK Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) requires that:
"Every employer shall ensure that work equipment is so constructed or adopted as to be suitable for the purpose for which it is provided".
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