Our Service

We understand that disruption to your daily routine can cost you money, having several staff standing around whilst there work stations are inspected is not only inconvenient but also unprofessional. Our engineers work with your staff and try to inspect in a way to cause minimum loss of work time. Out of hours is available at no extra cost, we believe it should not cost you extra for out of hours working, for that reason, we offer an out of hours service, should you require it, at no extra charge.

Upon arrival our engineer will make himself known to the person responsible for overseeing the inspection. He will then familiarise himself with the site and company health and safety policies. Next he will make himself aware of sensitive areas such as server rooms and liaise with the responsible person with regards to the inspection requirements of those areas and make arrangements as to when testing can be performed.

Throughout the inspection process he will report to the site contact with respect to failures or important safety issues found. If the inspection will take more than a day to complete he will report at the end of the day leaving a written copy of any matters requiring attention.

Upon completion hour engineer will make certain the site contact is fully aware of matters requiring attention and will not leave until the client has signed the jobsheet to indicate they are happy with the work.

Following Inspection a fully itemised bound report will be sent to the client listing items,serial numbers if applicable,locations, class, fuse values and any comments by the engineer. A separate report for failures will accompany the report as well as a laminated certificate of testing. Copies of the engineers qualifications, test units certificate of calibration and our liability insurance certificate will also be included in the report.

Guidance on testing

What is a Portable Appliance?

The Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) Code of Practice gives guidance on the various equipment types:

Portable appliance

An appliance of less than 18kg in mass that is intended to be moved whilst in operation or an appliance which can easily be moved from one place to another, e.g. kettles, vacuums, food mixers.

Movable equipment (transportable)

This equipment is either:

· 18 kg or less in mass and not fixed, e.g. electric fire, or

· equipment with wheels, castors or other means to facilitate movement by the operator as required to perform its intended use, e.g. air conditioning unit..

Hand Held equipment or appliances

This is portable equipment intended to be held in the hand during normal use, e.g. hair dryer, soldering iron.

Stationary equipment or appliances

This equipment has a mass exceeding 18kg and is not provided with a carrying handle, e.g. refrigerator, cooker.

Fixed Equipment/appliances (Fixed fused spur)

This equipment or an appliance which is fastened to a support or otherwise secured in a specific location, e.g. bathroom heater, hand dryer and patient lifting equipment..

Appliances/equipment for building in

This equipment is intended to be installed in a prepared recess such as a cupboard or similar. In general, equipment for building in does not have exposure on all sides because one or more of the sides, additional protection against electrical shock is provided by the surroundings, e.g. built in electric cooker.

Information technology equipment

Information technology equipment includes electrical business equipment such as computers and mains powered telecommunications equipment, and other equipment for general business use, such as mail processing machines, VDU's, photocopiers, data terminal units, typewriters etc.

Who should carry out the Inspection and Testing?

The Electricity at Work Regulations (1989) state that:

"No person shall be engaged in any work activity where technical knowledge or experience is necessary to prevent danger, or where appropriate, injury, unless he possesses such knowledge or experience, or is under such degree of supervision as may be appropriate having regard to the nature of the work"

“The tester must have an understanding of the modes of electrical, mechanical or thermal damage to electrical equipment and appliances and their flexes, which may be encountered in any environment.”

The IEE Code of Practice states; “those carrying out the inspection and testing must be competent to perform the process of inspection and any testing carried out. They need to understand the safety requirements and the correct methods of testing appliances whilst regarding the safety of people who may use the appliances as well as those around them whilst testing.”

“Training must include the identification of equipment and appliance types to determine the test procedures and frequency of inspection and testing. Persons testing must be familiar with the test instruments used and in particular their limitations and restrictions so as to achieve repeatable results without damaging the equipment or the appliance”

Appliance testing costs reduced

In line with the current market climate, we have reduced the cost per item rate .More...


Testing now bookable up to 12 months in advance

We understand that your testing may not be due at this moment. For this reason we offer the ability to book your testing well in advance. We will contact you with confirmation via email and again closer to the date to remind you and confirm details of the work to be carried out.. More...