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do i need the pat testing qualification or can i just use my pat tester and then keep a log or do you have to give results to niceic or council
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well i`d have to ask how ANYONE could fail such a course..lol....i wonder if anyone has?...I'd take that with a rather large pinch of salt!! lol
I'd have to ask however, how could a fully qualified electrician ever fail such a course, let alone ever really needing to take such a course in the first place... lol!!!
well judging by some of the work we see...lol...Do they do a 1 day course for kitchen fitters? Just so that they can test appliances "relevant to their job"....
Just to point out that there is big changes coming to PAT either way I have it so lets see how it plays
Do tell!
oldtimer, is the consensus that they will let 3-day PA testers do "limited" electrical works eventually?
Glad to hear it mate. Personally, I think it's a travesty that someone with absolutely NO experience, training or qualifications can do a 3 day course to "test" electrical equipment and repair it if it's faulty.
There seem to be lots of "big" firms employing these guys on minimum wage to put stickers on appliances at the moment.
I asked my tutor at college this the other day, he said that in a court of law, the level 3 (2330) qualification that i'm working towards, would automatically override any other pat testing qualification. Is this true? He added that the City and Guilds PAT testing qualification is mainly aimed at persons who have little or no electrical knowledge, landlords, business owners etc.
I asked my tutor at college this the other day, he said that in a court of law, the level 3 (2330) qualification that i'm working towards, would automatically override any other pat testing qualification. Is this true? He added that the City and Guilds PAT testing qualification is mainly aimed at persons who have little or no electrical knowledge, landlords, business owners etc.
I agree but the problem is because the hived off PAT to 2377 I used to get asked are you a qualified PAT tester I used to say yes as a qualified approved electrician I can do this. So why have they got a seperate qualification then and wheres yours ? Hence why I sat it and of course you could say the same for I&T 2390,
One of the places I'm currently sub-contracted to, they do the PAT testing themselves - Bought a tester, watched the DVD and told me because they watched the DVD, they were competent. To be honest by looking at the state of the tools in the workshop, they would all fail on a visual! terrible
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