Test & Tagging

In brief

Maximum interval between tests for any new untagged or out-of-date tagged appliance before use in any workplace:

• Building sites and hire equipment — 3 monthly.
• Factories, work areas and cleaning equipment — 6 monthly.
• Schools and all other areas not mentioned — 1 yearly.
• Hotels, motels and rest homes — 2 yearly.
• Some office and protected appliances — 5 yearly, otherwise 1 yearly.
• All appliances in all workplaces must have a current test tag at all times.

Legal requirements

Government legislation has been in place for years encouraging employers to minimise the risk of accident by electrical fault. The Electricity Act 1997 reinforces that obligation — Regulation 69b: “Works, electrical installations, fittings, electrical appliances, and associated equipment must be designed, constructed, maintained, installed and used so as to be electrically safe”.

Health and safety

WorkSafe places a duty of care on employers and employees to ensure the safety of everybody at work: “as may be necessary to prevent danger, all systems shall be maintained so as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, such danger”.

Regular scheduling

We set up a testing schedule that suits your business — so tags never expire and you’re never caught out during an audit.