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Who Should Your Pat Testing be Affiliated With
When looking for a PAT testing company it is of value making sure they have accreditation and membership with these bodies and agencies.
National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (NICEIC)
The NICEIC is the front running independent voluntary regulatory body for electrical protection matters in the United Kingdom. It upholds and publishes registers of electrical contractors that have been measured against Scheme requirements, including the national electrical safety standard BS 7671 along with IEE Wiring Regulations. The registers NICEIC upholds and publishes consist of the national Roll of Approved Contractors (founded in 1956), and the Register of Domestic Installers. NICEIC affords a range of manufactured goods certification activities focusing on portable, transportable and set electrical goods covering the design, installation, testing, commissioning and repairs of electrical fixings in trade, manufacture and domestic environments. Ensuring that everyone of the PAT testing companies that use them have qualified testers. The company has in its service more than 70 permanent assessing engineers and over 100 associate assessors across the United Kingdom that visit registered contractors checking their technical capability and examine samples of their work. There is a head office team of more than 80 people including electrical engineers and professional support teams.
British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM)
The British Institute of Facilities Management is the United Kingdom’s forefront institute representing the interests of individuals who practice facilities management and others who earn a living in organisations providing facilities management related products or services. Since its development in 1993, the BIFM has remained the fastest developing expert body in the UK and is the largest countrywide FM organisation in the world. Most of its members are individual experts and there is a growing corporate membership educating its members in the value of good PAT testing practice.
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and lessen injuries. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is a registered charity founded in excess of 80 years ago and seeks to crusade for change, influence opinion, add to discussions, teach and inform – for the good of all. By providing good, advice, resources and training, RoSPA is enthusiastically working towards the support of safety and the prevention of accidents in all areas of living – at work, in the home, and on the roads, in education, at leisure and on (or by) water which is helping raise awareness about what PAT testing is.
Electrical Safety Council
The Electrical Safety Council is an self regulating non-profit-making establishment, registered as a charity, started to look after the safety of customers. Backed by all sectors of the electrical industry including local and national government, the Council deals with all electrical safety matters on behalf of consumers. The Council is a powerful force in the field of electrical safety for the protection of customers, working with other establishments to improve standards and encourage good practice. The Council’s remit is also shown in its mission, which is: To lessen electrical accidents and injuries. The Electrical Safety Council means to fulfill its mission through activities, cooperation and enterprise so that peoples needs on matters of electrical protection are allowed the fitting precedence and helping people comprehend why they need PAT testing.
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Formerly the Institution of Electrical Engineers and Institution of Incorporated Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology is one of the planets main professional organisations for the engineering and technology community. IET has more than 150,000 members in 127 countries and has offices in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. The Institution offers a worldwide information network to manage the swapping of information and facts. It promotes the constructive responsblity of Science, Engineering and Technology in the world. The IET represents the engineering profession in matters of civic worry and help governments to make the public concious of technological matters. It also gives advice on many areas of engineering, regularly guiding Parliament and other agencies and making sure that the role of PAT testing is high on the schedule.
City & Guilds Qualifications
The Electricity at Work Regulations require electrical arrangements to be repaired to prevent danger. The rules include all electrical gear that can be joined to a source of electrical energy and that may inflict personal harm. This type of gear can take the form of electrical/electronic appliances, tools, heating apparatus and test instruments, etc. An amount of Health and Safety Executive documents, BS and BS EN publications, the Electricity at Work Regulations and IEE Code of Practice for In-service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment and the IEE Electrical Maintenance document may be referred to for authoritative guidance on maintenance procedures. The City & Guilds 2377 “Certificate for In-service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment” course is designed to ensure that working electricians or others accountable for the repair of electrical gear understand applying the Institute of Electrical Engineer’s code of practice, for in-service inspection and testing of electrical equipment, and making sure that persons that have responsibility for PAT testing are to a proficient level.
PAT testing should only be carried out by professionally certified people. You chance not only your personal safety but those of the people about you, if you do differently.
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