Testing and Tagging Services
Gold Coast & Brisbane
South East Electrical is a Gold Coast company with specialists in testing of electrical equipment. Ensure compliance with local laws by contacting South East Electrical for your Gold Coast electrical auditing.
Did you know, every workplace needs to have their electrical appliances tested and tagged at least once per year?
Knowing your responsibilities across all ranges of activities in your workplace is onerous. Rely on South East Electrical’s knowledge to keep your workplace compliant. We can complete an audit of your workplace and ensure all your equipment is tested and tagged in accordance with workplace health and safety rules.
Our testing and tagging services
Features
Included in our testing and tagging
- All testing and tagging work is documented to prove your OH&S compliance.
- We test and tag all equipment and document this for your records.
- As part of the testing and tagging process we get to inspect your equipment. We can identify possible problems before they occur.
- Compliance checks
- Visual inspections
- Insulation resistance
- Earth continuity/leakage testing
Annual testing and tagging is the best way for Gold Coast businesses to prevent electrical problems before they occur. Common electrical problems identified in test and tag include damaged pins, frayed cords and bent and overloaded cabling.
Testing And Tagging Requirements
It is your obligation to ensure the safety of your workplace and that includes regular testing of your electrical equipment. Queensland workplace health and safety rules show testing intervals from 3 months to 5 years depending on which industry you operate in. South East Electrical’s software automates test and tag intervals by notifying us when your equipment is due for testing. We contact you for an appointment, keeping your equipment always compliant with the regular auditing relevant to your industry.
A durable tag must be attached after inspecting and testing to clearly show the test date and the next scheduled test and inspection date.
A tool showing the inspection and testing tag (blue impact drill with tag off handle)
Intervals for testing are determined by consulting the Electrical Safety Regulation 2013 and AS/NZS 3760 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment.
- Use the inbuilt test button (at least monthly)
- An operating time/current test by a competent person at least annually
- Use the inbuilt test button – immediately after it is connected and immediately before it used, first time each day
- By a competent person, at least every 3 months
- If equipment is double insulated, at least every 12 months by competent person
- If not double insulated, at least every 6 months by competent person and connected to a safety switch
- Use the inbuilt test button – at least every 6 months
- An operating time/current test at least every 12 months by competent person
- Use the inbuilt test button – daily or before each use, whichever is longer
- By a competent person, at least every 12 months
- Use the inbuilt test button, at least every 6 months
- An operating time/current test by a competent person, at least every 12 months
- Longer test intervals may apply. Consult the Electrical Safety Regulation 2013 and AS/NZS 3760 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment
- Use the inbuilt test button at least every 3 months or before each use, whichever is longer
- An operating time/current test by a competent person, at least every 12 months
- Longer test intervals may apply. Consult the Electrical Safety Regulation 2013 and AS/NZS 3760 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment
- Use the inbuilt test button at least every 6 months
- An operating time/current test by a competent person, at least every 2 years
- Use the inbuilt test button at least every 3 months
- An operating time/current test by a competent person at least every 2 years
- If equipment is double insulated, at least every 12 months by competent person
- If not double insulated, at least 6 months by competent person and connected to a safety switch
- Use the inbuilt test button – at least every 3 months
- An operating time/current test at least every 6 months by competent person
- Longer test intervals may apply. Consult the Electrical Safety Regulation 2013 and AS/NZS 3760 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment
- Use the inbuilt test button – daily or before each use, whichever is longer
- By a competent person, at least every 3 months
- Longer test intervals may apply. Consult the and AS/NZS 3760 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment
Items you must have tested and tagged regularly
The following electrical items require testing and tagging:
- Power equipment such as drills and welding equipment
- Power boards
- Extension cables
- Portable power equipment
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We cover Brisbane also. Check out our Brisbane test and tag page.
