WorkSafe New Zealand has signed a three-year contract with Standards New Zealand to provide services to support local, trans-Tasman and international Standards for gas and electrical safety.
The level of knowledge and sophistication regarding outside lighting has grown significantly over recent years. New Zealand has historically used the Australian standard AS 4282 to help guide our local industry, but the recent release of a joint update to this standard has filled the gap.
It has particular value for urban planning in that the new standard gives guidance on how to measure and monitor the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting and covers sensitive ‘dark sky’ areas.
Packaging has come a very long way since its humble beginnings of gourds and clay pots. These days, the world of packaging is much more complex, needing to be safe and sustainable while remaining appealing and functional. An international guide has just been revised to help organisations ensure their packaging meets growing consumer needs.
Standards New Zealand constantly reviews standards that are more than 10 years old to ensure they are current and continue to be fit for purpose. As part of this process, we ask for feedback from stakeholders on standards which we propose to withdraw. We are now consulting on 8 joint Standards Australia/ Standards New Zealand standards across some key sectors.
Ensuring the safety of tractors and other agricultural equipment means ensuring the control systems that are in place work as they are meant to. The internationally trusted set of standards for such systems has just been updated, making it even fitter for the farm.
WorkSafe New Zealand has signed a three-year contract with Standards New Zealand to provide services to support local, trans-Tasman and international Standards for gas and electrical safety.
The level of knowledge and sophistication regarding outside lighting has grown significantly over recent years. New Zealand has historically used the Australian standard AS 4282 to help guide our local industry, but the recent release of a joint update to this standard has filled the gap.
It has particular value for urban planning in that the new standard gives guidance on how to measure and monitor the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting and covers sensitive ‘dark sky’ areas.
AS/NZS ISO 45001:2018 Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements with guidance for use has just been published. The new joint standard is an identical adoption of the international standard ISO 45001:2018.
Packaging has come a very long way since its humble beginnings of gourds and clay pots. These days, the world of packaging is much more complex, needing to be safe and sustainable while remaining appealing and functional. An international guide has just been revised to help organisations ensure their packaging meets growing consumer needs.
A decision has been made to terminate the New Zealand-only adoption of ISO 45001:2018 and proceed with a joint Australian/New Zealand adoption of the standard.
Hot on the heels of the world’s first international standard for occupational health and safety comes a new technical specification to ensure those auditing it are up to scratch. ISO/IEC TS 17021-10:2018 defines the skills and knowledge that audit and certification bodies need when they are auditing organisations that have implemented the health and safety standard ISO 45001:2018.
If you’re a builder, plumber, electrician, or painter, WorkSafe has launched four new guides so you can quickly understand your responsibilities and how to manage risks around working with or near asbestos.
ISO/IEC Guide 14:2018 Products and related services – Information for consumers has been updated to reflect changes in product labelling technology and the needs of a wider audience. The guide is useful for those involved in product labelling, like product designers, manufacturers, technical writers, and marketers.
Standards for consumer safety have been developed with the aim of ensuring that products made, or imported, into New Zealand are safe and reliable. The reassurance provided by standards covers hundreds of products for work and play. These include dishwashers, garden hoses, fire protective clothing, and cycle helmets.
Comments are invited until 03/09/2020
View this draftThe comment period closed on 10/07/2020
The comment period closed on 24/04/2020
The comment period closed on 24/04/2020
Amendment applies to the Preface.
View product pageStandard specifies the design, construction and basic performance requirements of lightweight protective helmets intended to mitigate the adverse effects of a blow to the head. This Standard covers impact energy attenuation, helmet stability, load distribution, strength and effectiveness of the retention system and its attachment points, peripheral vision clearance and marking requirements. This Standard applies to helmets used for recreational activities involving bicycles, and wheeled recreational devices (such as skateboards, roller skates, roller blades, hoverboards and kick-scooters, including those that are power-assisted). This Standard does not cover helmets intended to be used by motorcyclists. The design and construction of motorcycle helmets are provided in AS/NZS 1698 or UNECE R22.05. The major changes in this edition are as follows: The addition to the scope of wheeled recreational devices, such as skateboards, roller skates, roller blades, and kick-scooters; Specification of normative product conformity and batch testing requirements; Specification of impact velocities and indicative drop heights; and Clarification of the intent of test site selection.
View product pageStandard specifies the requirements for the design and testing of fall‐arrest devices which travel along a fixed or flexible anchorage line, and those which unreel an anchorage line.
Supersedes AS/NZS 1891.3:1997
View product pageSuperseded by AS/NZS ISO 45001:2018 however AS/NZS 4801:2001 is still available and remains applicable to appropriate/cited regulations in the interim.
View replacement productWithdrawn 06 March 2020
Withdrawn 06 March 2020
