On-Site PAT Training Courses
If you want to carry out PAT Testing in your own organisation - why not consider bringing our PAT Testing course to your premises? Our training course is set-up and ready to go, and we can train up to 12 people in one session. For more details about an in-house course give us a call on 0845 459 4295.
The training course will look at a variety of appropriate inspection and test procedures as well as dealing with common faults and defects. You'll get hands-on experience of pat testing a variety of common appliances using a range of pat testing equipment from various manufacturers. If you have already purchased a pat tester, we can work with you on the course to ensure that you can get the best from it. Alternatively we can give you unbiased advice on the best machines to buy.
An in-house course is perfect if you have more than 4 people to train - we can train up to 12 people if you have that many staff who want to learn. All we ask of you is a large comfortable room to carry out the training; It needs to be quite large with lots of tables for the practical work. If you don't have a dedicated training room we will be happy to advise you further.
This is the standard programme - it can be amended to suit your requirements if you prefer.
| Programme | |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Introduction, Welcome and Objectives |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Background - The legal requirements - what exactly does the law require? What should be tested, and how often? Who is responsible for the testing, and who will be blamed if there is an accident? |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | BREAK |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | Electrical Appliances - What types of equipment do we have to test? Class 1 and Class 2 appliances. How to carry out a simple examination. Checking plugs, cables and fuses |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch Break |
| 1:30 - 2:45 | User Checks, Visual Inspection and Testing. Demonstration and hands-on practical work - testing a variety of different appliances. Important notes of safety. Avoiding damage to equipment under test |
| 2:45 - 3:00 | BREAK |
| 3:00 - 4:00 | User Checks. Visual Inspection and Testing. More practicals and demonstrations, including testing ICT equipment |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Conclusion and Final Discussion |
The course content is based on the latest guidelines from the IEE (Code of Practice for In-Service and Inspection of Electrical Equipment) as well as many other officical documents from sources such as the Health and Safety Executive. However, unlike many others, our course is also based on Common Sense - in other words helping you find a system which works for you, increasing your safety, complying with the law, without create undue bureauracy.
| Meet your trainer | Tim James |
Tim is widely regarded as the UK's leading expert in the field of PAT Testing, with nearly 25 years experience in the field. He started PAT Testing in 1985 whilst working as a school science technician, and has held senior posts in local government and industry. He ran a large PAT testing company for many years, heading a team of engineers testing approx 300,000 items per year. As a tutor in PAT testing Tim has trained hundreds of people over the years, who have benfitted from his knowledge and experience. Tim teaches from practical example and common sense, not from a text book - his courses are not lectures but interactive training sessions designed to put across the message in an easy to understand way. Tim's skills as a tutor are in great demand - he has run PAT testing courses for many companies including Shell Oil (in Gabon in West Africa,) Leeds University (training all their technical staff to conduct PAT testing across the campus) Drax Power Station, Emirate Airlines, Royal College of Music, Sodexo (defence) and many more.
