Portable Appliance Testing City & Guilds 2377-12

The aim of the course is to ensure that personnel are familiar with the use of a Portable Appliance Testing Machine and can apply it safely and correctly to test portable appliances.

On completion of the course the delegate will be able to:

• Understand the need for portable appliance testing.
• Reasonably assess the required test period of a range of appliances.
• Distinguish between classes of appliances.
• Use a portable appliance tester, safely and accurately.
• Know when and how to perform a 'flash' test.
• Establish and maintain an accurate record of appliances, testing frequencies and a test history.
• Recognise and know how to overcome a range of problems peculiar to portable appliance testing.