Australian WHS/OHS Acts throughout all states and territories stipulate that Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) have duty of care under common law to maintain a working environment that is safe and without a risk to health.
The Test and Tag Professionals
Sanifield understand that, in a working environment, safety is paramount. To meet latest government legislation, all workplaces must have their portable electrical equipment tested and tagged regularly. We use the latest technology to comply with the current standards (AS/NZS 3760:2010).
Electrical safety testing is intended to ensure that risks arising from electrical hazards are maintained at acceptable levels during the useful life of the equipment. AS/NZS Standard 3760: 2010 specifies the frequency and interval between inspection, record retention period and what parameters of the equipment should be tested; these include (where appropriate):
>Visual inspection of electrical device and external mains supply components
>Protective earthing resistance
>Testing of insulation
>Leakage current limits
>Insulation resistance limits
>Maximum tripping times
Risk Mitigation
As part of this responsibility, all portable electrical appliances should be tested in accordance with AS/NZS Standard 3760: 2010. If equipment is not safe and causes an accident, both the employer and the person who provided the equipment/appliance may be liable.
Cost Savings
Preventative maintenance in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations helps improve the lifespan of equipment and therefore reduces the frequency of purchasing new equipment.
Testing and maintenance at regular intervals help detect any issues before they escalate and therefore help control the costs associated with equipment downtime and maintenance.
* We do not tag & test ‘Medical Devices’ as defined in AS/NZS 3551:2012 and AS/NZS 2500:2004. Medical devices and electrical devices used in patient care areas require electrical testing, specialised calibration and may require software upgrades; this should be conducted by manufacturer-approved biomedical instrument testing engineers.
Medical Devices as defined in AS/NZS 3551:2012 is any instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, in vitro reagent or calibrator, software, material or other similar or related material:
a) Intended by the manufacturer to be used, alone or in combination, for human beings for one or more of the specific purpose(s) of:
>Diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease,
>Diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury,
>Investigation, replacement, modification, or support, of the anatomy or of a physiological process,
>Support or sustaining life,
>Control of conception,
>Disinfection of medical devices,
>Providing information for medical or diagnostic purposes by means of in-vitro examination of specimens derived from the human body;
and
b) Which does not achieve its primary intended action in or on the human body by pharmaceutical, immunological or metabolic means, but which may be assisted in its intended function by such means.
