PAT - Portable Appliance Testing Certificate

Course details

Portable electrical 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. 

This PAT - Portable Appliance Testing Training Course is designed to help you familiarise yourself with testing technical appliances, training you to be able to know how to assess and minimise risks, carry out inspections and understand the safety procedures that need to be in place when using portable appliances at work.

This course is suitable for employers and employees in low-risk workplaces such as shops or offices, who have the responsibility to ensure workplace health and safety. No previous training is required for this course, which can be accessed online from any device.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course learners will be able to readily demonstrate that they can:

• Carry out different types of PAT examination.
• Combine inspection and testing together.
• Demonstrate good knowledge of health and safety with electricity.
• Prevent faulty equipment from harming employees.
• Show how they display and record the actions they have performed.

Who should take the course

This technical course is primarily for individuals who are responsible for shared electrical appliances. This would include people like;

• Electricians
• Property Owners
• Maintenance staff
• Facility management staff
• Shop Owners

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the course learners will be able to readily demonstrate that they can:
• Demonstrate expertise in performing PAT principles
• Understand the relevant statutory provisions for PAT
• Carry out different types of PAT examination.
• Combine inspection and testing together.
• Learn how to perform an initial visual examination
• Understand the process of attempting risk assessments
• Learn key strategies of reporting and record-keeping
• Master key strategies and techniques of electrical installation testing
• Carry out different types of PAT examination.
• Combine inspection and testing together.
• Demonstrate good knowledge of health and safety with electricity.
• Prevent faulty equipment from harming employees.
• Show how they display and record the actions they have performed.
• Gain an in-depth understanding of electrical units and appliance classification
• Explore key tactics of attempting safety precautions

Assessment

At the end of the course, there will be an online assessment, which you will need to pass to complete the course. Answers are marked instantly and automatically, allowing you to know straight away whether you have passed. If you haven’t, there’s no limit on the number of times you can take the final exam. All this is included in the one-time fee you paid for the course itself.

Course Curriculum

Module 01: Introduction to PAT
Module 02: Relevant Statutory Provisions for PAT
Module 03: Risk Assessment
Module 04: Reducing and Controlling Risks
Module 05: Electrical Units and Appliance Classification
Module 06: Initial Visual Examination
Module 07: Instruments for Testing and Equipment Inspection
Module 08: Electrical Installation Testing
Module 09: Safety Precautions in Electrical Testing
Module 10: Reporting and Record-keeping


  Updated on 31 May, 2021