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Does my workplace equipment need PAT testing?
Which electrical equipment is under your control?
Include movable, portable, stationary and fixed equipment supplied for work. A plug is not the legal boundary.
Choose an industry and at least one equipment or work type.
More help with PAT and electrical equipment checks
Use these when you need more detail before appointing someone. This questionnaire is decision support, not a professional assessment or a legal determination.
Guides, technical explanations and references
- Do I need PAT testing?
- How much does PAT testing cost?
- Who can carry out PAT testing?
- PAT testing vs visual inspection
Duty and technical sources
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require electrical equipment that may cause danger to be maintained so far as is reasonably practicable. They do not prescribe annual PAT testing. Inspection and test frequency should follow equipment type, use and environment.
- HSE PAT frequently asked questions — Legal position, competence, records and risk-based frequency
- HSE INDG236 — Low-risk equipment checks and suggested initial frequencies
- Electricity at Work Regulations regulation 4 — Legal maintenance duty for electrical systems and equipment
Published price evidence
- Safety-PAT — Publishes a £25 site rate for up to ten appliances and a per-appliance structure for larger batches in its stated area.
- PAT Checked — Publishes a £70 minimum call-out and item rates by volume for its Midlands service.
- London PAT — Publishes £80 plus VAT for up to 50 items and volume pricing for Inner London.
Equipment risk sets the check and interval
The maintenance decision starts with equipment, use and environment, then selects checks capable of finding the foreseeable defects.
Check against HSE PAT guidance- 01InventoryOwner, location, equipment type, class and condition
- 02Risk groupMovement, environment, users and fault history
- 03User checkVisible damage and safe reporting before or during use
- 04Inspect or testFormal visual checks and suitable measurements where needed
- 05Act and reviewIsolate defects, keep records and change intervals using results
- Equipment scope and risk groups
- Inspection and test method
- Itemised results and exclusions
- Defect actions and reviewed intervals