What is the Best Type of PAT Testing Course Available in UK

Following PAT testing course is beneficial for novice PAT testers and electricians to be a qualified PAT tester. Novice PAT tester can be someone who is willing to work as PAT tester, employee of an organization that wants to have in-house PAT testing team, who want to start their own PAT testing firm or become PAT test training course provider etc. For electricians, it is an additional qualification to have PAT testing certificate. However, they all should make sure to undergo professional PAT testing course that are widely available in UK.

There are PAT testing courses that come with different options and for different prices. One example is PAT test learning materials that come as DVDs. These DVDs may provide visual and audible resources to learn PAT testing, but is not better than face-to-face live training. If a question arises during the lesson, the student is not able to ask questions and clear out the issue if DVDs are used. Therefore, the better way to follow PAT test course is participating in live training course. These courses also differs from one to another by course duration, price or some other features. As most of the PAT testing tasks are visual inspections, PAT tester does not has to have thorough knowledge on portable electrical appliances much as electricians. So, one day PAT training course is sufficient for a person to qualify as skilled PAT tester whether he/she has first hand experience in handling electrical appliances or not.

When it comes to selecting a PAT testing course, there are several facts to take into account. The course should include all the essential lessons of PAT tests including use of tools (manual or automatic), what to check on electrical appliances, what are the signs to notice regarding any defects, use of labels and also how to manage the test with appliance users etc. For example most often the PAT tester may asked to conduct the PAT test during working hours, which means the appliances in question may be in use (microwaves, computers, printers, photo copiers, table lamps). So the PAT tester should need to have good communication skills to manage the process with users of the appliances. Another fact is the price which should be within an affordable range. Check how and where the PAT testing course can be arranged. Are they willing to visit office premises or they want students to visit their location or both? Are their services limited to particular region only or they are available in all major cities in UK? By checking these aspects you can select the most convenient PAT testing course provider as per your needs.