Professional PAT Testing Standards Association

Moves to create a professional standards group for PAT testing has come to fruition recently with the setting up of BAPAT, The British Association of Portable Appliance Testers.

The idea came from a group of independent PAT companies and some individuals who wanted to create an agency that represents professional standards and good practice in the inspection and testing of portable appliances.

Working alongside the Health and Safety Executive and the Institute of Engineering and Technology the association is aiming to raise awareness through the Government and Local Authorities to ensure that all PAT engineers are providing and carrying out work to the highest possible standards.

The association wants to ultimately achieve a kind of endorsement of quality through its members and to ensure that people are aware that they stand for quality testing and procedures.

After a little research on this new association it’s obvious that it’s a very new company which at the moment is being run by volunteers. As far as standards go, it has a long way to go before it reaches the heights which some other industry standard associations have achieved in other sectors. However, the concept of a quality standards association can only be a good thing.

What do you think of the decision to create a standards group for PAT testing?

Written by Sara Thomson