Pat testing business setup

[ackbarthestar]

Hi guys thanks for all the info so far, but my question was can i do this with just the course and no city and guilds as not qualified
Thanks eddie

The wiring regulations and similar health and safety information are guides. They are not legislative. However, domestic installation work comes under the building control regulations which is statutory.
Most adherence to electrical guides is so that you obtain credibility with your customers encouraged by self assessment organisations.
However, don't attempt doing PAT if you have no knowledge of electricity as you will not know how to repair an appliance that is faulty.
May I suggest you get PI and PL insurance in place before you take on this work.....

 

[Paul L]

Competence is the word i believe that is widely used in these matters. I am an electrician so would be deemed competent but my boss wanted me to take the city and guilds course for PA testing so i did.

Two of my colleagues who are classed as handy people also took the course and although one of them passed she says that she wouldn't feel in any way competent to carry out pa testing so passing a 2 day course doesn't necessarily make you competent.

So i suppose the question is do you feel as though you would be competent because its not just about plugging it in to a machine. You need to be able to interpret the test results, know if the fuse and cable size is correct for the rating of the appliance and have a keen eye for visual problems.

If you feel comfortable in taking the responsibility for this then go for it, if not i would leave it alone because there are ramifications to making mistakes with anything electrical.

Its very boring too lol.