Depends what you mean by management? If you work for a company and/or you need to someone to simply look after a database of equipment information and to organise for a nice chap or chapess to come round and do the actual PAT - If the person is not making any technical judgements etc, then training is very limited I would think. Read the HSE guidance book/leaflets/website etc so the general requirements & reasoning are understood Know who to contact for the PAT Be computer literate to run a database - if not provided by the PAT people Understand your own procedure for issuing/withdrawing equipment from use Now standby for the various overboard geeky responses

Wolfie, Perhaps it may be just as well putting your personnel through the C&G PAT training? That way you could use this towards proof of competence for the inspection personnel. It would also explain how the IET system works. It is NOT just an annual check! HTH Paul