PAT Testing for Offices
Office equipment is often low risk, but a tidy asset list can hide damaged cables, worn extension leads and items that move between desks, meeting rooms and home working. City PAT helps businesses choose a sensible approach to inspecting and testing portable electrical equipment.
20 + YEARS
LANDLORDS
MULTI-SITE
Focus on how equipment is used
We can scope work around desks, shared kitchens, printers, meeting spaces and storerooms. Identify equipment owned by the business, items brought in by staff and anything moved frequently or used in a tougher environment. Let us know about occupied workstations, reception hours and rooms that cannot be taken offline at short notice. An office does not automatically need every appliance formally PAT tested every year. HSE guidance supports a risk-based maintenance approach, including user checks and visual inspection where appropriate. Testing can form part of that programme when the equipment and circumstances warrant it.
Keep the workday moving
Agree a logical order of rooms, a contact to authorise access and how defects should be reported. If you manage more than one office, include all site addresses in the enquiry so the scope can be planned together. PAT concerns movable equipment; fixed wiring and building fire systems require their own inspections and maintenance..
Is annual PAT a legal requirement for offices?
No. The law requires electrical equipment to be maintained safely, while the checking method and interval depend on risk.