About Test & Tag

Short answer, we have to... All businesses have a duty of care under work health and safety laws to ensure equipment is safe to use. Insurance policies require regular testing to maintain public liability insurance. The main reason is it ensures you and your business have made required steps to ensure everyone within the business is safe from potential electrical hazards. The Standards Australia workplace standard that covers this part of business is AS/NZS 3706:2022

How often to test and tag varies. Construction, Mining, Equipment Hire and Demolition industries must have equipment tested and tagged every 3 months with quarterly colour coded tags.

All other businesses are required, at a minimum every 12 months. Some appliances or environments classed as "Hazardous" like workshops, production facilities, commercial kitchens, warehouses are required more frequently and assessed case by case.

Some items require less frequent testing due to application or positioning.