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i have been suspended from work regarding my PAT test machine been out of calibration,i work full time as a PAT Tester.
There is no re-call proceedure set up, i carry a spare meter so sent this to head office to be repaired to cover me when mine went in,this spare machine went missing from head office i told my line manager my machine was now out of calibration he said he would chase spare this went on for months i have e mails etc proving this, my machine had previously been calibrated by a firm who where not seaward approved and couldnt remove service message so didnt have a prompt when calibration was due as it had been on the whole time, work are now pushing gross misconduct and dictating regulations such as EAWR im massively concerned as had told both my managers have e mails asking for my spare meter back and mine was out of calibration! got asked on site to show my calibration certificate couldnt produce one due to been out of date! guy sent e mail to the head boss, now im going to take the fall
my question is should there be something in place to ensure the machines calibration is monitored
im not self employed is it my responsibility only to ensure machine is calibrated
i realise i have a responsibility as an opretive but have not kept the fact it was out of calibration to myself
really confused as feel i shouldnt be getting fired! i never changed the way i tested always inspected etc as
on salary there was no reason to cut corners!
i know i have a resonsibility but is it totally my fault?
any one with a little more insight to the regs etc EAWR im worried i could get in trouble with one of the professional bodies really stressing im sure i will get slated for not been responsible but i was told to carry on as under pressure to complete programe
Of the tester is out of cal doesn't necessarily mean you can't use it. Pends for how long it is out of cal. And if it is out of cal you can't get the sack if it still works. Use a meter test box to proof it is within a certain range. EAWR says you have to ensure personnel nad site safety. You can test an appliance, pass it somebody takes it to use and dropps it and therfore nolonger safe to use. You pased it five minutes earlier. A PAT - like a MOT - verifies and validates only for that moment of the test.
90 percent of all application you can judge whether they are safe or not. OK you still have to proove it. Unless you put deliberately someone's life at risk you can't get the sack.
In court it has to be proofed to you that an appliance was UNSAFE not the other way round.