PAT Engineer Vacancy 300+ Tests A Day

[russty]

Came across an advert on the job center online for a PAT engineer in the Birmingham area with an average 300 tests a day able to be carried out.
Dont know if it allows me to post the link but:-

Directgov jobs and skills search - Job details



Some average numbers there, discuss??

 

[malcolmsanford]

On a 10 hour day that is 30 an hour so one every 2 minutes ......................think it's a "who's turn to get out of the van today" job.

 

[Sparky Ninja]

Works out to a test between 1 and 2 minutes.
Can't be done.


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[IQ Electrical]

Works out to a test between 1 and 2 minutes.
Can't be done.


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You pich up at the average office desk, 6-way multiplug, flexes to printers, pc, monitor, fan, phone charger, laptop etc. etc. it can take 10 minutes to trace the cables and check the fusing!

 

[Octopus]

Hum, I got approached to test about 30 items the other day, my price is £2.50 for up to 50 items, minimum charge being £50.00

A FM company has quoted £180.00

Loooks like my price is a little on the low side!

 

[Dcf]

I'll get the sticker gun from asda for that one.no electrical experience required.

 

[telectrix]

can just about fill in 300 stickers in a day. testing? what's that? 3 pins on the plug, passed.

 

[i=p/u]

they'l say most items are class 2 and only need visual but still not enough time for visual

 

[72-van]

300 pat tests a day ???

Is this firm accredited by any of the trade bodies if so they need to get A SERIOUS TALKING TO ..

As for the visual inspection ,,it takes longer than the machine testing as the time is taken getting the cable etc untangled from the mess of spaghetti junction handbags and pairs of winters shoes ..

bet its min wage ..

 

[Bigboy247]

I saw this on the agencys site and they said on there site £0.35 per test comission only, what a joke maybe if you only put stickers but never test that many items in ten hours rip off agencys again.

 

[septeluna247]

I recently had an office with 1000+ items, and the most i could manage, on the best day, a saturday, no one in to wait to turn PC's off or move out of the way etc was on average 20 an hour. And without getting the title of Mr State-the-bleedin-obvious, you still have to plug it all back in after its been tested. And that takes time!!! so, 300 for an average day......naaaah, 300 for a 15 hour testing day....maybe?

 

[IQ Electrical]

I recently had an office with 1000+ items, and the most i could manage, on the best day, a saturday, no one in to wait to turn PC's off or move out of the way etc was on average 20 an hour. And without getting the title of Mr State-the-bleedin-obvious, you still have to plug it all back in after its been tested. And that takes time!!! so, 300 for an average day......naaaah, 300 for a 15 hour testing day....maybe?

Which is, in effect, almost 2 days.

 

[Hawca]

Madness, my electricians who carry out pat testing push out any where between 120 to 180 items a day depending on acess etc, 300 a day whist sounds great for making money would set alarm bells ringing.

 

[scp]

It is possible to test between 300 to 500 items per day and fuse checks etc, as most plugs are molded now days so its just a quick flick with a terminal screw driver fuse size and carrier checked in a couple of seconds, with the current testers testing time of the machine is anything from two to five seconds depending on the type of test, but the biggest key to it is either having your tester setup correctly to store the data fast ie presets in the memory, iec lead, vdu, cpu etc so you dont have to type them in everytime.
But the biggest change came to the industry with the pda wich means that in a couple of clicks the data is input and is ready for invoice when you leave the site instead of paperwork that could take up to a month to process it can now all be emailed to the client instantly saving the need for office staff therefore cutting the office overheads so a cheaper price per test, with the biggest firms now charging approx 50p per test.
It has killed the one man band at a quid per test plus vat but im affraid thats technology for you and all the silly comments above stem from dinosaur's in the industry who havnt invested in decent testers or a good it infrastructure.
Im sure if you google the major players in the industry they all have the major accreditations, yes there are ex toilet bog cleaning firms who use unqualified staff and lick it n stick it engineers and should never have brought there way into the industry but as a test engineer of fiveteen years I have seen many good companys and engineers and worked with the company who brought this type of testing to the forefront of this industry and has paved the way for quick and convenient testing so instead of having to say to a client we can do a maximum of a hundred tests per day and your site at 50, 0000 bits is impractical to test it has allowed the industry to thrive and bring some well needed money back into it so future lives can be saved.
And my final point is I have even tested the nic/eic offices as well and we all know they wouldnt have cowboys in there own place.

 

[72-van]

It is possible to test between 300 to 500 items per day and fuse checks etc, as most plugs are molded now days so its just a quick flick with a terminal screw driver fuse size and carrier checked in a couple of seconds, with the current testers testing time of the machine is anything from two to five seconds depending on the type of test, but the biggest key to it is either having your tester setup correctly to store the data fast ie presets in the memory, iec lead, vdu, cpu etc so you dont have to type them in everytime.
But the biggest change came to the industry with the pda wich means that in a couple of clicks the data is input and is ready for invoice when you leave the site instead of paperwork that could take up to a month to process it can now all be emailed to the client instantly saving the need for office staff therefore cutting the office overheads so a cheaper price per test, with the biggest firms now charging approx 50p per test.
It has killed the one man band at a quid per test plus vat but im affraid thats technology for you and all the silly comments above stem from dinosaur's in the industry who havnt invested in decent testers or a good it infrastructure.
Im sure if you google the major players in the industry they all have the major accreditations, yes there are ex toilet bog cleaning firms who use unqualified staff and lick it n stick it engineers and should never have brought there way into the industry but as a test engineer of fiveteen years I have seen many good companys and engineers and worked with the company who brought this type of testing to the forefront of this industry and has paved the way for quick and convenient testing so instead of having to say to a client we can do a maximum of a hundred tests per day and your site at 50, 0000 bits is impractical to test it has allowed the industry to thrive and bring some well needed money back into it so future lives can be saved.
And my final point is I have even tested the nic/eic offices as well and we all know they wouldnt have cowboys in there own place.

OK then tell us what kit you use !

i have seaward primetest 300 and the patguard software codes setup etc etc and i cant do this amount of tests ..

i think you a one post Troll .. but i am happy to be proven wrong.