It is with great sadness that we have to post this news update, but we have lost one of our own, our good friend and colleague; Andrew Mitchell. Andrew sadly passed away on Sunday 9th January 2022 after battling with a long term illness. Andrew was a major part in the founding of PATTA and quickly became a key member to help form our working standards back in 2018. Andrew has been a [...]
The NEW 5th Edition of the IET Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment The 5th Edition has been written by author, James Eade; the Portable Appliance Testing Trade Association has been involved directly in the writing of it. Having a representative for the industry on the panel at every meeting and discussion along the way has ensured that the new book has been written with the PAT tester in mind. [...]
Covid-19 (Corona Virus) Update from PATTA Without a doubt, we are living through unprecedented times, with much uncertainty in the business world. As you know, PATTA is the trade organisation for PAT Testing Companies in the UK and we represent the interests of all of our members and others in the PAT Testing Industry. If you have PAT Testing booked to be carried out in the next few weeks you may be thinking [...]
The Portable Appliance Testing Trade Association was formed in 2013 to provide a voice for people working in the “PAT” testing industry when they need it and to create opportunities for like minded small business owners to network and grow their businesses together. Events and meetings are happening all the time where decisions are being made that affect our futures, but until now there has been nobody representing us, or putting across our opnions and [...]
Public comment on the 5th edition In case you missed it last week, over in our Facebook group Tim posted an update on the Code of Practice 5th edition progress. If you didn't know already Tim has been actively involved with the IET in the writing of the new book for a couple of years now. The 5th edition is currently available for public consultation. This is your chance to read through it and query any [...]
I thought it would be a good idea to explain to you, our members and supporters, what we’re currently involved in; so that you can see what we’re up to and see how we’re progressing forward. In 2013 the PAT testing Network was established with the aim of attempting to connect people operating in the PAT industry from all over the country, and then together raise standards across the network. This worked but restrictions [...]
The Portable Appliance Testing Trade Association is not intended to be a networking group, or a sales tool for your business; the people who run "PATTA" are as busy as you are, running and working in their own businesses, so they don't really have the time to promote yours too. Additionally if we were going to promote your business and get you leads or sales then we'd charge a lot more for a membership than [...]
The future of PAT This is a very interesting time for the PAT Testing industry, with the UK government taking electrical safety very seriously at the moment. Brexit is likely to bring changes to the legislation, with much to be decided over the next few months. The government were already in the process of setting up a new 'Office for Product Safety' - mainly due to the issue of counterfeit and non-UK standard electrical items, [...]
