Electrical Certification Testing of any electrical device for Health & Safety Compliance.

Portable electrical appliance testing and tagging to AS/NZS 3760 for safety and OSH compliance for all businesses.

General Essential Safety - Electrical Product Safety Obligations
All Electrical and Electronic Products sold in NZ are required to be safe.

Compliance with NZS (or AS/NZS) Standards, is necessary for a product to be recognised as being safe. Alternatively, where due to innovation or the introduction of alternative materials, products cannot comply with the applicable Standards, such products may be certified as complying with AS/NZS 3820 (Essential safety requirements for low voltage electrical equipment).

Safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment – review of Standards


Three Standards covering the safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment, including second-hand and repaired equipment, are being revised. The public comment period is to start late November and publication is scheduled for the first half of 2010.
Review of AS/NZS 3760:2003
Use of the Standard for In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment AS/NZS 3760:2003 reduces the risk of electrical shock to users of electrical equipment. The Standard provides the overall method and process for inspecting and testing electrical equipment that is designed for connection to the mains supply by a flexible cord and plug.

The Department of Labour and the Ministry of Economic Development are sponsoring a review of the Standard. 'AS/NZS 3760 will be a lot more definitive and will include a lot more information to address electrical shock more accurately,' says Peter.

The review will consider the following points:

• enhancing user safety by adding new information for the testing of three phase residual current devices (RCDs) and electrical equipment
• updating the Standard to reflect the impact of new technology in electrical equipment
• the need for a means of determining the knowledge and skills of a 'competent person'
• corrections and editorial improvements from user feedback.

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