hello,
ive been offered a pat tester, which has a current ca;ibration
sticker, up to sept 08.
however,the guy who is selling it cannot find its certificate-it was
bought from a woman whose husand had died, and she couldnt find a
cert.
ive been looking at courses,pat testing seems like a good career,and i
just want to check whether customers will expect to see the
certificate, or will the calibration sticker be enough?
thanks

HI

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:07:11 -0700, wrote:

hello,
ive been offered a pat tester, which has a current ca;ibration
sticker, up to sept 08.
however,the guy who is selling it cannot find its certificate-it was
bought from a woman whose husand had died, and she couldnt find a
cert.
ive been looking at courses,pat testing seems like a good career,and i
just want to check whether customers will expect to see the
certificate, or will the calibration sticker be enough?

All depends on the customer... g

If you were thinking of making a living from it you'd be wise to spend
the smallish sum and get a current calibration cert for it.

Without the certificate then you can't trace the calibration back to
anywhere - and calibration stickers can be purchased very cheaply from
the likes of RS g

Not sure what the insurance / liability situation is regarding PAT
testing - you'd want to make sure that you didn't get held liable for
loss of property or life if an item you'd tested could be proved to be
/ have been unsafe....?

Regards
Adrian

On Oct 8, 1:57 pm, Adrian wrote:
HI

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:07:11 -0700, wrote:
hello,
ive been offered a pat tester, which has a current ca;ibration
sticker, up to sept 08.
however,the guy who is selling it cannot find its certificate-it was
bought from a woman whose husand had died, and she couldnt find a
cert.
ive been looking at courses,pat testing seems like a good career,and i
just want to check whether customers will expect to see the
certificate, or will the calibration sticker be enough?

All depends on the customer... g

If you were thinking of making a living from it you'd be wise to spend
the smallish sum and get a current calibration cert for it.

Without the certificate then you can't trace the calibration back to
anywhere - and calibration stickers can be purchased very cheaply from
the likes of RS g

Not sure what the insurance / liability situation is regarding PAT
testing - you'd want to make sure that you didn't get held liable for
loss of property or life if an item you'd tested could be proved to be
/ have been unsafe....?

Regards
Adrian

Plus, if you damage any equipment while testing it, i.e the flash test.