This should be getting done every six months by whoever is testing and tagging your tools, leads and plug in machinery. The equipment and software I use has a visual test check list, when I'm testing an item with safety interlocks/guards etc, I confirm their presence and functionality and note that in the comments section of the test results for each item. — Steve H
One of the banes of my life, some procurement officer trying to beat me down on my pricing using as a basis a "quote" from a muppet who has brought a basic PAT off TradeMe and almost knows how to turn it on, so I'd agree some due diligence is required.I would hesitate to use most "Test and tag" companies to confirm additional guard/interlocks are in place. There are still a lot of providers in this industry who are relatively untrained in anything but the specific tester they are using — MattD2
This should be getting done for all testing & tagging, whether outsourced to an Electrician/Electrical Contracting Company, or Test & Tag Service, or an inhouse DIY tagger- regardless of who put the sticker on, the person responsible for the site (electrical installation) is responsible for ensuring that the person testing is competent to do the job in accordance with the applicable standards and Regulations.but I would recommend some good discussion and understanding of what each company is signing up for before outsourcing these types of checks. — MattD2
The machinery in question is your typical workshop stuff, Drop saws, lathes, grinding wheels etc, and an initial check that guarding is in place has been competed. The checks that I want to carry out at a yet to be determined frequency would be a record that the guards are still in place and are undamaged (this would be in addition to regular pre-use checks that we do not want to keep records of). — Chris Hyndman
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