Guest EmilyPort Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Good afternoon, I am just doing some research into emergency lighting testing. Please could you advise if the person who carries out the monthly testing needs to be qualified to do this? Regards, Emily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sutton Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 BS EN 50172:2004 BS 5266-8:2004 is the BS for servicing and testing emergency escape lighting and says, "Regular servicing is essential. The occupier/owner of the premises shall appoint a competent person to supervise servicing of the system. This person shall be given sufficient authority to ensure the carrying out of any work necessary to maintain the system in correct operation." You can interpret that to say the occupier/owner could train one of his employees to be a competent person and carry out the tests or they could bring in a competent person but I think if any work on the system is required then that would need a trained engineer to meet the electricity regulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safelincs Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Hi Emily It might be helpful to separate between the testing and the service element of the maintenance regime. If an emergency lighting system has key switches integrated (with a 'fish key'), everybody is able to power switch the supply to the emergency lights off to see if they keep burning for the period required (usually 3 hours). The corrective actions might best be left to an electrician, though. The person doing the testing should have a minimum of understanding with regards when to do the tests and where to find all the emergency lights. Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 I've been given the task of emergency light testing. However. I've told my manager that we have electricians on site to carry out this task as I'm not an electrician. And they would be best suited to identify and correct problems while doing there inspection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green-foam Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 ................and your question is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 We carry out regular flick tests on our emergency lighting (business) my question is do I need to also have this done annually by a qualified electrician also or can we do this in-house? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyB Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 You don't have to be an electrician to do the 3 hour test, just competent and know what to do. Nothing in law says it has to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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