Electrical Products

SAI Global Product Certification offers a wide range of certification schemes tailored for electrical products. These certification services include:

StandardsMark™ is a System 5 certification scheme. It is used to certify manufacturers of electrical equipment to specific product performance standards. The '5 ticks' StandardsMark™ certification requirements are:

Testing of sample products by independent accredited laboratories
Verification of test reports
Audit of the manufacturing site for initial and ongoing compliance.

Further information about StandardsMark™

Electrical Type Test certification is a System 1 certification scheme. This Scheme is recognised as an 'External Approval Scheme' by the Minister of Fair Trading NSW. Through this Scheme manufacturers can demonstrate product safety compliance as required by the Electrical Product Regulators in Australia and New Zealand. Under this Scheme, the minimum requirements are

Testing of product samples by independent accredited laboratories
Assessment of test reports.

IECEE CB Schemeis an International Scheme for mutual recognition of product safety certification between participating countries. Developed by the Worldwide System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrical Equipment (IECEE), the CB Scheme is the first truly international system for acceptance of test reports dealing with the safety of electrical and electronic products. The main objective is to facilitate trade by promoting harmonisation of the national standards with international standards and co-operation among product certifiers worldwide.

SAI Global is the accredited National Certification Body (NCB) for Australia and New Zealand. SAI Global issues internationally recognised CB Certificates that exporters can use to gain local electrical approval in overseas countries.

CE Program – Low Voltage Directive (LVD)2006/95/EC (ex-73/23/EEC) is offered for those selling their electrical equipment designed for use with a voltage rating of between 50 and 1000V ac and between 75 and 1500 V DC in the European Union. It seeks to ensure that electrical equipment with certain voltage limits provides a high level of protection to the European community.

Further information about our CE Program

CE Program – Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive2004/108/EC is offered to those selling their electrical and electronic appliances and equipment in the European Union. It seeks to ensure that electrical and electronic products do not cause excessive electromagnetic interference and are not overly affected by electromagnetic interference themselves.

Further information about our CE Program

IECQ HSPM (Hazardous Substance Process Management) QC 080000 is a framework for the management of hazardous substances control and defines the requirements for establishing processes that identify and control any introduction of hazardous substances into electronic products. QC 080000 was developed using ISO 9001:2000 as the framework. With QC 080000, organisations can implement a HSPM system to cover the key requirements of various global directives (such as RoHS and WEEE) by using a single document.

SAI Global has been approved as a Supervising Inspectorate (SI) to offer third party certification for this new specification.

NEW! Important changes to AS/NZS 3800:2005 - Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres - Repair and overhaul

It is important that you are familiar with the new certification requirements for workshops that repair and overhaul equipment being used within explosive atmospheres.

‘MP87.2:2007 Australian and New Zealand Certification Scheme for explosion-protected electrical equipment (ANZEx Scheme) - Recognized Service Facilities Program – Basic Rules and Procedures’, is a nationally accepted program and a requirement of the Department of Primary Industries NSW. The Department’s aim is to transition all licensed facilities to this new scheme by 2011. Organisations currently certified under AS/NZS 3800:2005 can expect a smooth transition. As part of the certification process SAI Global can also provide StandardsMark certification to ISO 9001:2008 Quality management systems a mandatory requirement of this scheme.

AS/NZS 3800 Workshop Scheme has been designed to help organisations demonstrate commitment to the safe overhaul and repair of electrical equipment used in explosive atmospheres. Obtaining certification through the SAI Global AS/NZS 3800 Workshop Scheme will provide assurance to stakeholders of your concern for the safety issues relating to your activities. Please note that ISO 9001 certification is a pre-requisite to gaining AS/NZS 3800 certification.

Second Party Inspections and Assessments are based on the requirements of our clients, as opposed to a specific Standard. The compliance can be to a process or to a product, against an agreed specification. The purpose of a second party inspection and assessment is to provide the customer with objective evidence of compliance to a specification, as agreed between customer and supplier.

Laboratory Recognition is offered to those laboratories which do not carry ILAC member accreditation for a specific standard and/or test method. These laboratories can be added to the SAI Global Recognised Laboratory Listing following an assessment of their test facilities to the specified standard and/or test method. The laboratory itself must also be able to demonstrate conformity to ISO/IEC 17025 in the test methods that will form the basis of the test report(s) supplied to SAI Global.