Re: Test Tagging of electrical equipment?
Posted: 02 Jun 2010, 09:23
Ah the test and tag issue. We just went through that here, I am the Safety Officer for the College so have advised admin on when and time frames etc. Qld legislation says that if the appliance if connected to RCD safety switch that cuts down the time between tagging. It was done yearly for all areas except manual arts which was every 6 months. Office areas only need to be done every 5 years.
When the fella was in the prep room I noticed that he was tagging everything for 6 months, when I questioned this he quickly rang his boss and we got the whole "Hostile environment" spiel for labs. My reasoning is that this is meant for industrial labs not school labs, we had a big argument and needless to say we won't be employing them again.
It can be a huge rort and a money maker for some electricians who want to rip off unsuspecting and uninformed schools.
Yes in my experience the test taggers do seem to be in a class of their own when it comes to brain power
Here is the link to the information for qld
http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/fair-and- ... ging#often
When the fella was in the prep room I noticed that he was tagging everything for 6 months, when I questioned this he quickly rang his boss and we got the whole "Hostile environment" spiel for labs. My reasoning is that this is meant for industrial labs not school labs, we had a big argument and needless to say we won't be employing them again.
It can be a huge rort and a money maker for some electricians who want to rip off unsuspecting and uninformed schools.
Yes in my experience the test taggers do seem to be in a class of their own when it comes to brain power
Here is the link to the information for qld
http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/fair-and- ... ging#often