pat testing

[brs73]

whats the crack with pat testing
i know you can train a monkey to do it(bit like plumbing i suppose)
is it worth doing
good earner?pain in the ****?
what d'ya reckon??

 

[Adam W]

It's worth being able to do in case you haven't got any other work on, or so you can offer clients a wider range of services and prevent someone else poaching them, but to say it's boring and repetitive is an understatement; any more than a couple of hours of it and I start to lose the will to live.
I can't believe there are people who do it full time!

 

[brs73]

i did speak to somebody who had done it for five years!!
he wasn't a spark ,think he used to sell suits.
i remember doing a few when i was an apprentice(1992 ish) do you need an actual qualification and can you just use your megger(1552)???

 

[Adam W]

I did the qualification (2377-200) but I found it very basic from a spark's point of view.
You CAN do it with a megger (or any other approved tester) but it's easier with a dedicated tester - plug it in, clip the earth lead on, then push the buttons.

While it's true that any muppet can do pat testing, only a spark should test fixed equipment such as hand driers, a/c units, cookers etc, a spark would have a better understanding of how and why things work, and a spark would be better at fixing minor problems such as refitting plugtops.

 

[brs73]

cheers novus
how much was the course and the tester
roughly how much do people charge
a bit curious how much my initial outlay would be
cheers

 

[Adam W]

I paid £270 for the course. Testers are quite expensive - prices are from about £800+ although the company I work for acquired one for a lot less than that. Ebay?

 

[maddfridge]

whats the crack with pat testing
i know you can train a monkey to do it(bit like plumbing i suppose)
is it worth doing
good earner?pain in the ****?
what d'ya reckon??

hi there

pat testing is a therapeutic way of going insane done for a few months in offices got sore knees stabbed by staple pens it is amazing what is stored under office desks

will start a new thread on that one