Why do we need Pat Records?

Electricity at Work Regulations state that for a duty holder they are to "prove that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of that office".

An effective method for the duty holder

The most effective method that a duty holder can take to prove this in court would be by producing records of all of their equipment which has been Pat Tested.

Records are essential for a proper and organised system of testing to be established.

Pat testing records can provide evidence

Pat Testing records can provide evidence in the even of a prosecution and enable the monitoring of electical equipment highlighting potential faults or trends.

Basically, detailed test records are the most effective method for the duty holder to prove that appropriate measures have been taken to avoid accidents.

Appliance Register

The Appliance Register shows each Appliance that has been tested, the unique Appliance ID, Appliance Desciption, Date Tested and Retest Due Date. The Appliance Register also shows the location of the appliance, and this report is sorted by the Location Description (where the appliance was when tested).

Fail Certificates

A Fail Certificate is an element of your Pat testing records and shows the details of each appliance that failed testing. The report is printed on red paper and shows the Location of the appliance, unique Appliance Id, Appliance Description, plus the reason for the failure.

Pass Certificates

A Pass Certificate is an element of your Pat testing records and shows each Appliance that has been tested, the unique Appliance ID, Date Tested, Retest Due Date plus the Full Test Results. This report shows and is sorted by the Location Description.

QA Report

The QA report is an element of your Pat testing records.

It shows which engineer(s) carried out the testing on your appliances, and which Portable Appliance Tester(s) were used.

Certificate of Electrical Safety

A Certificate of Electrical Safety Testing is supplied for you to display on your company premises after they have successfully carried out your Pat Testing.

The certificate displays your company name/address, valid until date and the typically the name of the company which carried out your Pat testing.

Pat Testing Testing Records

All of the above reports (with the exception of the Certificate of Electrical Testing) are presented in a bound folder for easy storage and quick retrieval.