As a chartered Electrical Engineer I have visited a local training supplier and spent a morning with the senior engineer running through the processes and the IET code of practice; also undertaking practical PAT testing using a machine deigned for the task. I have a certificate of competence and attendance at the training session.
The portable tools are effectively in domestic use and are mainly power tools; soldering irons plus domestic equipment. Also are various 12 and 16 volt power packs .
As a rail power supply and contact system engineer I do not deal with domestic wiring on a daily basis .
Is this suitable training and experience to undertake the PAT testing? I have been challenged by a DNO training technician engineer as being "Too distant from practical matters?"
