Pat testing, why some guys become sticker jockeys

[oracle]

Erm...that should be "none of us IS budding Shakespeare's, which is still wrong...none of us is a budding Shaekespeare would be best.

On an earlier point, as I am retired, and actually like PA testing, I would happily take £1000 basic, and just not bother trying to make any more...I probably wouldn't last beyond the first month though!

You misspelled Shakespeare several times though.

 

[pirate]

Actually, only once...one was a thick-fingered typo, which, sadly, is something of which I am capable, frequently.
(Did you see what I did there?) Double safe!

 

[gnuuser]

when it comes to equipment safety I would rather have things done and documented properly!
Ive seen too many occasions where companies were nailed to the wall for fraudulent paperwork.

 

[gnuuser]

I know of one company who had not got the annual pat testing done, so he sent one of the young girls on shop floor out to buy a load of stickers and went round putting them on all the items. he edited the pdf from the previous years pat testing. reckons he was going to get it done properly after the annual store audit from head office!

that the reason I serialize (serial numbers) documents and retain copies

 

[bigspark17]

What are electricians charging per item atm, i say electricians not sticker monkeys. I dont do much pat testing and when i have its been small stuff for regular customers. Have a hotel to do soon with 500 ish items, was thinking £2 /item..?

 

[oracle]

Work out how much your day is worth and quote on days not items

 

[Deleted member 105166]

We charge:
£2.50+vat per appliance
£1.50+vat for detachable IEC320 leads, & extension leads up to 32A
Chargeable extras: fully rewiring a connector, rebushing a flexible cable inlet on an appliance, supply & fitting replacement plugtops, replacement fuses, supplying plugtop RCD adapters, testing >32A and 3phase cable sets, etc...

We mainly test within the entertainment & events industry.

 

[cliffed]

Takes about 5 mins to do the tests correctly,per item.

 

[Pete999]

5000 per month or 1250 per week or 250 per day or 30 per hour ..... every day

Sooooooo boring

It's life Jim (Murdoch), but not as you know it (ref Star Trek)