Precis

(Revised 20 November 2017)

Standards are documents setting out specifications, procedures and guidelines. They are designed to ensure products, services and systems are safe, reliable and consistent.

They are based on industrial, scientific and consumer experience and are regularly reviewed to ensure they keep pace with new technologies.

They cover everything from consumer products and services, construction, engineering, business, information technology, human services to energy and water utilities, the environment and much more.

There are three kinds of standards: international, regional, and national.

International standards are developed by ISO, IEC, and ITU. Countries can adopt these standards directly for their national use. Wherever possible, Standards Australia embraces the development and adoption of international standards.

Regional standards are prepared by a specific region, such as the European Union, which develops EN standards. Similarly, joint Australian/New Zealand standards can be considered regional standards.

National standards can be developed by a national standards body (like Standards Australia) or other accredited bodies. Standards developed under the brand of Australian Standard® are developed within Australia or are adoptions of international standards.

There are other technical documents that provide guidance and assistance on implementing Standards, including Handbooks and Technical Reports. For more information on the various Standards Australia products, please refer to our Standardisation Guide SG-003: Standards and Other Publications.

Australian Standards and Australian/New Zealand Standards

Country	Number	Year	Description
AS/NZS	1170.0	2002	Structural design actions – General principles
AS/NZS	1170.1	2016	Structural design actions – Permanent, imposed and other actions
AS/NZS	1170.2	2016	Structural design actions – Wind actions
AS/NZS	1170.3	2016	Structural design actions – Snow and ice actions
AS	1170.4	2007	Structural design actions – Earthquake actions in Australia
AS/NZS	1269.0	2005	Occupational noise management – Overview and general
AS/NZS	1269.1	2005	Occupational noise management – Measurement and assessment of noise immission and exposure
AS/NZS	1269.2	2005	Occupational noise management – Noise control management
AS/NZS	1269.3	2005	Occupational noise management – Hearing protector program
AS/NZS	1269.4	2014	Occupational noise management – Auditory assessment
AS/NZS	1270	2002	Acoustics – Hearing protectors
AS	1319	1994	Safety signs for the occupational environment
AS/NZS	1336	2014	Eye and face protection – Guidelines
AS	1353.1	1997	Flat Synthetic Webbing Slings – Product specification
AS	1418.1	2002	Cranes, hoists and winches General requirements
AS	1418.10	2011	Cranes, hoists and winches – Mobile elevating work platforms
AS	1418.11	2014	Cranes, hoists and winches Vehicle-loading cranes (EN 12999:2011, MOD)
AS	1418.19	2007	Cranes, hoists and winches – Telescopic handlers
AS	1418.2	1997	Cranes (including hoists and winches) – Serial hoists and winches
AS	1418.8	2008	Cranes, hoists and winches – Special purpose appliances
AS	1418.8	2008	Cranes, hoists and winches – Special purpose appliances
AS	1428.1	2009	Design for access and mobility – General requirements for access – New building work
AS	1428.2	1992	Design for access and mobility – Enhanced and additional requirements – Buildings and facilities
AS	1428.3	1992	Design for access and mobility – Requirements for children and
AS	1428.4.1	2009	Design for access and mobility – Means to assist the orientation of adolescents with physical disabilities people with vision impairment – Tactile ground surface indicators
AS	1470	1986	Health and safety at work – Principles and practices
AS	1530.1	1994	Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures – Combustibility test for materials
AS	1530.2	1993	Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures – Test for flammability of materials
AS/NZS	1530.3	1999	Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures – Simultaneous determination of ignitability, flame propagation, heat release and smoke release
AS	1530.4	2014	Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures – Fire-resistance tests for elements of construction
AS/NZS	1554.1	2014	Structural steel welding – Welding of steel structures
AS/NZS	1664.1	1997	Aluminium structures – Limit state design
AS/NZS	1664.2	1997	Aluminium structures – Allowable stress design
AS	1666.1	2009	Wire-rope slings – Product specification
AS	1666.2	2009	Wire Rope Slings – Product Specification – Care and Use
AS	1725.1	2010	Chain link fabric fencing – Security fences and gates – General requirements
AS	1725.5	2010	Chain link fabric fencing – Sports ground fencing – General
AS	1742.1	2014	Manual of uniform traffic control devices – General introduction and index of signs
AS	1742.10	2009	Manual of uniform traffic control devices – Pedestrian control and protection
AS	1742.2	2009	Manual of uniform traffic control devices – Traffic control devices for general use
AS	1742.3	2009	Manual of uniform traffic control devices – Traffic control for works on roads
AS	1851	2012	Routine service of fire protection systems and equipment
AS/NZS	1891.1	2007	Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices – Harnesses and ancillary equipment
AS/NZS	1891.2	2001	Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices – Horizontal lifeline and rail systems
AS/NZS	1891.3	1997	Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices – Fall-arrest devices
AS/NZS	1891.4	2009	Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices – Selection, use and maintenance
AS/NZS	1892.1	1996	Portable ladders – Metal
AS	1892.2	1992	Portable ladders – Timber
AS/NZS	1892.3	1996	Portable ladders – Reinforced plastic
AS/NZS	1892.5	2000	Portable ladders – Selection, safe use and care
AS	1940	2017	The storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids
AS	2187.0	1998	Explosives – Storage, transport and use – Terminology
AS	2187.1	1998	Explosives – Storage, transport and use – Storage
AS	2187.2	2006	Explosives – Storage and use – Use of explosives
AS	2187.3	2016	Explosives – Storage, transport and use – Pyrotechnics – Shopgoods fireworks – Design, performance and testing
AS	2187.4	1998	Explosives – Storage, transport and use – Pyrotechnics – Outdoor
AS/NZS	2210.1	2010	Safety, protective and occupational footwear – Guide to selection, care and use
AS/NZS	2210.3	2009	Occupational protective footwear – Specification for safety footwear (ISO 20345:2004, MOD)
AS/NZS	2210.4	2009	Occupational protective footwear – Specification for safety footwear (ISO 20346:2004, MOD)
AS/NZS	2210.5	2009	Occupational protective footwear – Specification for safety footwear (ISO 20347:2004, MOD)
AS	2293.1	2005	Emergency escape lighting and exit signs for buildings – System design, installation and operation
AS	2293.2	1995	Emergency evacuation lighting for buildings – Inspection and
AS	2293.3	2005	Emergency escape lighting and exit signs for buildings – Emergency escape luminaires and exit signs
AS	2316.1	2009	Artificial climbing structures and challenge courses – Fixed and mobile artificial climbing and abseiling walls
AS	2316.2.1	2016	Artificial climbing structures and challenge courses – Flying foxes and challenge ropes courses – Construction and safety requirements (EN 15567-1:2007, MOD)
AS	2316.2.2	2016	Artificial climbing structures and challenge courses – Flying foxes and challenge ropes courses – Operation requirements (EN 15567-1:2007, MOD)
AS	2317	1998	Collared eyebolts
AS	2359.1	2015	Powered industrial trucks – General requirements
AS	2359.10	1995	Powered industrial trucks – Fork-lift trucks – Hook-on type fork arms – Vocabulary
AS	2359.12	1996	Powered industrial trucks – Hazardous areas
AS	2359.14	2005	Powered industrial trucks – Fork arms – Technical characteristics and testing
AS	2359.15	2005	Powered industrial trucks – Fork-arm extensions and telescopic fork arms – Technical characteristics and strength requirements
AS	2359.16	2005	Powered industrial trucks – Safety signs and hazard pictorials – General principles
AS	2359.2	2013	Powered industrial trucks – Operations
AS	2359.5	2005	Powered industrial trucks – Symbols for operator controls and other displays
AS	2359.9	2005	Powered industrial trucks – Overhead guards – Specification and testing (ISO 6055:2004, MOD)
AS	2423	2002	Coated steel wire fencing products for terrestrial, aquatic and general
AS	2444	2001	Portable fire extinguishers and fire blankets – Selection and location
AS	2550.1	2011	Cranes, hoists and winches – Safe use – General requirements
AS	2550.10	2006	Cranes, hoists and winches – Safe use – Mobile elevating work
AS	2550.19	2007	Cranes, hoists and winches – Safe use – Telescopic handlers
AS	2550.3	2002	Cranes, hoists and winches – Safe use – Bridge, gantry, portal (including container cranes), jib and monorail cranes
AS	2550.5	2016	Cranes, hoists and winches – Safe use – Mobile cranes
AS	2741	2014	Shackles
AS	2865	2009	Confined Spaces
AS/NZS	3000	2007	Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules)
AS/NZS	3001	2008	Electrical installations – Transportable structures and vehicles including their site supplies
AS/NZS	3002	2008	Electrical installations – Shows and carnivals
AS/NZS	3010	2017	Electrical installations – Generating sets
AS/NZS	3017	2007	Electrical installations – Verification guidelines
AS/NZS	3100	2017	Approval and test specification – General requirements for electrical equipment
AS/NZS	3112	2017	Approval and test specification – Plugs and socket-outlets
AS/NZS	3190	2016	Approval and test specification – Residual current devices (current- operated earth-leakage devices)
AS/NZS	3199	2007	Approval and test specification – Cord extension sets
AS/NZS	3199	2007	Approval and test specification – Cord extension sets
AS	3533.1	2009	Amusement rides and devices – Design and construction
AS	3533.2	2009	Amusement rides and devices – Operation and maintenance
AS	3533.3	2003	Amusement rides and devices In-service inspection
AS	3533.4.1	2005	Amusement rides and devices – Specific requirements – Land-borne inflatable devices
AS	3569	2010	Steel wire ropes – Product specification
AS	3569	2010	Steel wire ropes – Product specification
AS	3745	2010	Planning for emergencies in facilities
AS/NZS	3760	2010	In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment
AS/NZS	3820	2009	Essential safety requirements for electrical equipment
AS/NZS	3845.1	2015	Road safety barrier systems and devices – Road safety barrier systems
AS/NZS	3845.1	2015	Road safety barrier systems and devices – Road safety barrier systems
AS/NZS	3845.2	2017	Road safety barrier systems and devices – Road safety devices
AS/NZS	3845.2	2017	Road safety barrier systems and devices – Road safety devices
AS	4100	2016	Steel Structures
AS	4142.1	1993	Fibre ropes – Care and safe usage
AS/NZS	4249	1994	Electrical safety practices – Film, video and television sites
AS/NZS	4389	2015	Roof Safety Mesh
AS	4497.1	1997	Roundslings – Synthetic fibre – Product specification
AS	4497.2	1997	Roundslings – Synthetic fibre – Care and use
AS/NZS	4576	1995	Guidelines for scaffolding
AS	4674	2004	Construction and fit out of food premises
AS	4687	2007	Temporary fencing and hoardings
AS	4991	2004	Lifting Devices
AS/NZS	31000	2009	Risk management – Principles and guidelines
AS/NZS	60065	2012	Audio, video and similar electronic apparatus – Safety requirements (IEC 60065, Ed.7.2 (2011) MOD)
AS	60204.1	2005	Safety of machinery – Electrical equipment of machines – General requirement
AS	60529	2004	Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
AS/NZS	60598.1	2017	Luminaires General requirements and tests (IEC 60598-1, Ed. 8.0 (2014) MOD)
AS/NZS	60598.2.1	2006	Luminaires Particular requirements – Luminaires for stage lighting, television, film and photographic studios (outdoor and indoor)(IEC60598.2.17, Ed. 1.0 (1984) MOD)
AS/NZS	60825.1	2014	Safety of laser products – Equipment classification and requirements
AS/NZS	60825.3	2016	Safety of laser products – Guidance for laser displays and shows
AS/NZS	61439.1	2016	Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies – General rules (IEC 61439-1, Ed. 2.0 (2011), MOD)
AS IEC	61672.1	2004	Electroacoustics – Sound level meters Specifications
AS IEC	61672.2	2004	Electroacoustics – Sound level meters – Pattern evaluation tests
Other	BPS 001	2007	Best Practices in Testing & Tagging of Electrical Equipment to AS/NZS 3760
BS	7906.1	2005	Use of lifting equipment for performance, broadcast and similar applications. Code of practice for installation, use and removal of above stage equipment (excluding trusses and towers)
BS	7906.2	2000	Lifting equipment for performance, broadcast and similar applications. Code of practice for use of aluminium and steel trusses
BS	7909	2011	Code of practice for temporary electrical systems for entertainment and related purposes
BS	8406	2009	Event stewarding and crowd safety. Code of practice (UK)
DIN	56950.1	2012	Entertainment technology – Machinery installations – Part 1: Safety requirements and inspection
IEC	60825-4		Safety of laser products – Laser guards
IEC	61508	2010	Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems – Part 1: General requirements (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508)