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Considering a PAT testing job with Hawkesworth appliance testing, anyone got any info/ experiance with them?
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My company was PAT tested by Hawkesworth Appliance Tesing last month, 2000+ devices.
Hawktest match other PAT testing companies pricing and we also received free microwave leakage test.
Engineer that was doing PAT testing had some sort of special pen that was linked with his mobile, so when the job was done, he send us report with list of all devices that were tested (also report was available on the their web site).
I was happy with the service and probably will use the same company next year (if they will match the same price for the service.)
Cos I was "spying" engineer when he was workinghow do you know the service was good
no engineer was now walking with measure tape and check each cable length... 99% of the cables we have are standard 1m or 1.5mdid they check all the length of the lead
Yes he did open most of the plugs and replace some fuses (old fuses were returned to me at the end of the service)did they open all the plugtops
Report had some faults listed and it also specified if there was a visual check done or the lead was tested. Visual check was done on the servers cables and some other devices that could not be switched off.did they look for any faults
For me it means that this company is up to date with technology.Also sending a report from your mobile means none of the results were checked by anyone, they could have done visuals on all of them etc
Why overpay when you can get similar quality of service for less money.Not everyone believes that the cheapest price is the only thing to consider,
I just wanted to share my opinion about the quality of service that was done in my company by Hawkesworth Appliance Testing.
Just noticed that this post is about working for Hawktest so my opinion is a little bit off topic.
It was first time that our company was using PAT testing service and I was a little bit sceptical about the whole "PAT testing" thing, so was following engineer (when he was not looking) for few hours
Cos I was "spying" engineer when he was working
no engineer was now walking with measure tape and check each cable length... 99% of the cables we have are standard 1m or 1.5m
Yes he did open most of the plugs and replace some fuses (old fuses were returned to me at the end of the service)
Report had some faults listed and it also specified if there was a visual check done or the lead was tested. Visual check was done on the servers cables and some other devices that could not be switched off.
For me it means that this company is up to date with technology.
Also I've like the fact that I could see the report after few minutes when the job was finished.
Why overpay when you can get similar quality of service for less money.
(I'm assuming that other companies will test the cables the same way that Hawktest did,
can't say for 100% as this was 1st PAT testing service )
Cmon... It's 21st century, most of the companies do have that kind of service as a standard (UPS, Royal Mail, DHL)If thats some of the stuff Hawkesworth blurbs about PAT testing to win customers, I.E.. electronic form filling, results online etc, then we all know what to do next with our customers and method or posting PAT results don't we, lol..
Anyway I've decided to go with hawktest, cos they had the best prices.
There was also something about legal responsibility if one of the staff will get electric shock, Hawktest will cover that with their insurance (correct me if I'm wrong)
I was also thinkig to replace all power cables and power sockest to EU type - so they don't have to be tested next year
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