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  • Welcome: Before We Begin...

    Welcome to the Seaward family & your online training course, during this training course we would advise that you have the following items available:

    • Guide to PAT Testing
    • Your Product & Accessories
    • Your Product User Manual
    • Appliances you may like to test as part of a practical trial
    • Pen & Paper

    Please remember to register your Seaward tester & be kept up to date with our product support


    As soon as you're ready, please feel free to move onto your first section & press play on your video link: Good Luck!

  • Course Overview

    The Seaward Guide to PAT Testing Training Course will help to contribute towards current industry guidance, competency, and the mechanics of PAT Testing.

    You will demonstrate your knowledge during our on-line assessment; broken down into 8 chapters totaling 5Hours and 35 minutes of video time & flexible exam time and once successful you will receive a certificate which you can download and print for your records.


    This online course covers the changes made from the IET 4th Edition Code of Practice to the IET 5th Edition Code of Practice and has no content relating to Seaward product.

    If you would like to find out how to use your Seaward Tester, please view our product courses.





    • What Is PAT?

      in this section we will cover the following topics:

      • What is PAT
      • The PAT Process
      • Why companies PAT
      • Guidance & Standards

      The video viewing time is around 21 minutes, after viewing this video we would advise that you proceed onto  Knowledge Base 1 available in the link below


    • Legislation & Competency

       in this section we will cover the following topics:

      • Legislation
      • Risk Assessment
      • Competency
      • Who can PAT

      The video viewing time is around 55 minutes, after viewing this video we would advise that you proceed onto  Knowledge Base 2 available in the link below


    • Basic Theory & Terminology

      in this section we will cover the following topics:

      • Basic Theory
      • Terminology
      • Ohm's Law

      The video viewing time is around 30 minutes, after viewing this video we would advise that you proceed onto  Knowledge Base 3 available in the link below


    • Types of Equipment, Construction & Risk Assessment

      in this section we will cover the following topics:

      • Types of Equipment
      • Construction Classes
      • Protection Against Electric Shock

      The video viewing time is around 35 minutes, after viewing this video we would advise that you proceed onto  Knowledge Base 4 available in the link below


    • User Checks & Visual Inspection

      in this section we will cover the following topics:

      • Types of In Service Inspection & Testing
      • Safety Precautions
      • User Checks
      • Formal Visual Inspection
      • Counterfeit & Sub Standard Products

      The video viewing time is around 54 minutes, after viewing this video we would advise that you proceed onto  Knowledge Base 5 available in the link below


    • Basic PAT Tests

      in this section we will cover the following topics:

      • Essential PAT Tests
      • Applicable PAT Tests
      • Earth Continuity 
      • Insulation Resistance
      • Polarity Testing

      The video viewing time is around 14 minutes, after viewing this video we would advise that you proceed onto  Knowledge Base 6 available in the link below


    • Advanced PAT Tests

      in this section we will cover the following topics:

      • Advanced PAT Tests
      • Applicable PAT Tests
      • Leakage Testing
      • Protective Conductor Current Testing
      • Touch Current Testing
      • Substitute Leakage Test
      • Residual Current

      The video viewing time is around 40 minutes, after viewing this video we would advise that you proceed onto  Knowledge Base 7 available in the link below



    • Documentation & Record Keeping

      In this section we will cover the following topics:

      • The Need to Keep Records
      • Example Forms
      • Automated PAT Process
      • Manual PAT Process

      The video viewing time is around 33 minutes, after viewing this video we would advise that you proceed onto  Knowledge Base 8 available in the link below



    • Certification

      May we be the first to congratulate you on your successful completion of your course. We really hope that you found our course informative.


      To access your certificate, please click on the link below


      So we can continue to improve the services we offer to you, we would like to give you the opportunity to tell us what you thought of this course – this can be done via our feedback button at the bottom of the page


      We wish you every success with your future endeavours & look forward to seeing you back on the platform soon - don't forget to watch our Aftercare video to find out about the additional Service & Support Seaward have to offer.