Inspection and testing

What the standards require

Visual inspection and testing of construction wiring switchboards every six months.
Portable safety switches need daily checking using pushbutton test before use, and then every three months by a competent person.
Fixed safety switches require monthly pushbutton test and then every 12 months by a competent person.
Relocatable construction premises (site sheds and amenities) tested every six months.
Electrical equipment on construction and demolition sites, every three months.
All records of inspection and tests are to be kept.
Records are to include –
- register of all equipment;
- record of formal inspections and tests;
- repair register; and
- record of faulty equipment.
Tag new equipment with test or re-test date.
Fit a durable, non-reusable, non-metallic tag to compliant equipment.
Construction wiring, switchboards, fixed safety switches, fixed and transportable equipment do not need to be tagged.
Non-compliant equipment must be withdrawn from use immediately, a warning label attached, and it sent away for repair or disposed of or destroyed.

Last updated July 18, 2005

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