Helpful Guidance and Useful Links
This is where we post links to helpful guidance elsewhere on the internet; this could be links to websites, documents, etc.
If you know of something that we should link to, include a link in the comments section below.
Electrical Safety Links
Maintaining Portable Electrical Equipment – HSG107
Electrical Safety at Work – Safe Working Practices
British Standards for electrical safety
CE Marking
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
There’s loads of information about CE Marking here.
Managing Workplace Risks
Fire Risk Assessments
The responsible person for a workplace must carry out and regularly review a fire risk assessment of the premises. This will identify what they need to do to prevent fire and keep people safe.
This is good to be aware of as the fire risk assessment often includes safety from appliances.
Information on Electrical Injuries – as someone that works with electrical equipment it is important a PAT tester understands the injuries they could get if they’re not sensible in their approach to work.
Socket Overload Calculator – help you work out the maximum appliances that should be plugged into an extension block.
Links to things you may need in your business
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service allows:
- applicants to keep their DBS certificates up to date
- employers to check a DBS certificate
