HSE guidance welcomed

The Association for Professional
Appliance Testing has welcomed
the HSE guidance document,
‘Maintaining portable electric
equipment in low risk
environments’.

A spokesperson for the
Association commented: “We
recognise the need for the industry
to change its practices in adopting a
more risk based approach to
maintenance, inspection and test
and that there is no place for the
misleading scare tactics which some
companies adopt in selling the need
for PAT Testing. We do believe
however, that businesses will benefit
by undertaking risk based routine
electrical equipment inspection and
testing for all electrical equipment,
for a safe workplace for all.”