PAT - Portable Appliance Testing Training Course
PAT - Portable Appliance Testing Training Course
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Description
This Online PAT Testing Course / Portable Appliance Testing Training Course is designed to help you familiarize yourself with testing technical appliances, while training you to know how to assess and minimize risks, carry out inspections and understand the safety procedures that need to be in place when using portable appliances at work.
Portable appliance testing equipment is found in the majority of workplaces across the UK. To prevent workplace hazards such as electrical fires and electrical shocks, it’s important that managers and responsible employees are aware of how to perform maintenance check-ups. Learn all about PAT Testing in the UK with this PAT testing course online with a free certificate.
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Who Should Take the Course
Anyone with a knack for learning new skills can take this PAT - Portable Appliance Testing Training Course
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Course Curriculum
This section provides an in-depth breakdown of the course structure, topics covered, and what students can expect from each module.
- What is a Portable Electrical Appliance?
- What are the risks?
- Understanding shock risk
- Electric Shock
- A little about risk assessment
- In-service Inspection and Testing Procedures
- Updated CE and UKCA Marking Regulations
- Setting Up for Appliance Testing
- Equipment Register
- Combined Inspection and Testing Form
- Faulty Equipment and Repair Register
- Summary
- Legislation
- Who is responsible for PAT testing?
- The long-term safety of appliances
- The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA)
- The Management of the Health and Safety at Work Act Regulations 1999
- The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
- The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 (EWR)
- Legal measures
- Summary
- What you need to know about risk assessments
- What is a risk assessment?
- Factors to consider during a risk assessment
- Performing a risk assessment
- Who should perform a risk assessment?
- Operatives’ obligations during
- The Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment
- Issues when planning PATs
- Risk assessments
- Risk Assessment during PAT
- Summary
- Reducing risks: fire safety
- What must you do to ensure fire safety?
- Performing the fire safety risk assessment
- Itemised process of fire safety risk assessment
- Emergency procedures
- What Should Be Included in Your Emergency Procedures?
- Summary
- Electrical Units
- Current
- Voltage
- Resistance
- Ohm’s Law
- Power
- Frequency
- Electrical Unit Multiples and Sub-multiples
- Appliance Classification
- Class 01 Equipment of Appliances
- Class I: Equipment of Appliances
- Class II: Equipment of Appliances
- Class III: Equipment of Appliances
- Equipment Types
- Summary
- The Choice and Different Kinds of Equipment
- Inspecting Equipment
- General Things to Look for During a Visual Inspection
- Inspecting the Equipment
- Formal Visual Inspection
- Manufacturers’ Instruction
- Suitability of the Equipment for the Environment
- Switching and Isolation of Equipment
- Requirements for Functional Switching
- Requirements for Isolation and Switching Off for Mechanical Maintenance
- Emergency Switching
- User Feedback
- The Equipment
- Equipment Failing the Formal Visual Inspection
- Inspecting Hand-Held Equipment
- Inspection of Fixed Equipment
- Summary
- Testing Instruments
- Equipment Testing Instruments
- Continuity Testing
- Insulation Resistance Testing
- Instruments for RCD Test
- Instrument Verification
- Frequency of In-service Inspection and Testing
- Risk Assessment
- Inspections
- Defined Risk Environments
- Review of Frequency of Inspection and Testing
- Summary
- The Protective Conductor Continuity Test
- The Insulation Resistance Test
- Protective Conductor and Touch Current Measurements
- Ring Final Circuit Test
- Polarity Test
- Earth Electrode Testing
- Prospective Fault Current Test
- Functional Checks
- Substitute Leakage Test
- Load Test
- Flash Testing
- Summary
- Correct Selection of Protective Devices Summary
- Test Equipment
- Electric Shock
- Testing Transformers
- Testing a 3 Phase Induction device
- Summary
- The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR)
- Documentation
- Labelling
- Damaged or Faulty Equipment
- User Responsibility
- Summary
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