Australian Safety Testing, C tick Testing and Approval, EMC Testing, Australia, New Zealand

About Us

AUSTEST LABORATORIES is an INDEPENDENT, Australian owned testing and certification company assisting manufacturers, importers and exporters in gaining access to local and international markets.

Upon quote acceptance, each testing and/or approvals project is assigned a dedicated project manager (no faceless people here), who you’re able to discuss all aspects of your project with, at any time via our unique, web based project management tool. Want an up to date status of your job with us?, log on 24/7 and see the current status, send communications to the assigned test engineer and directly upload documentation, see past projects and quotes, even request new projects on-line.

History

Austest was formed in 1991 to cater to AUSTEL (previous name for ACMA) based customers requiring NATA conformance test reports for obtaining AUSTEL approvals and has since grown to become the most comprehensive "full service" compliance test facility in Australia by encompassing testing and approval services covering Electrical Safety, Energy Efficiency, EMC(emissions and immunity), Telecommunications, Wireless and Environmental product compliance.

Austest became part of the Approval Specialists group in May 2008 which brought together testing and certification facilities in Sydney, the NSW Central Coast, Melbourne (formerly Comlabs) and Adelaide.

Austest works closely with other Approval Specialists companies to provide a complete certification service with additional facilities in Auckland NZ (Harvest Laboratories) and offices and agents in many Asian and Latin-South American countries.

Globally Recognised, Accredited Testing

As an independently audited ISO:17025 accredited testing laboratory, you can be assured of quality testing that is locally and globally recognised. Some manufacturers base their testing decisions solely on the cheapest price, often to find the report they receive is unaccredited, to an old or obsolete version of the standard or missing some of the mandatory tests. Austest Laboratories reports are accepted locally by Australian and New Zealand electrical safety regulators and certification agencies (private/JASANZ and State), the Australian Communications and Media Authority, (ACMA), programs administered by the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, the NSW Govt IPART ESS (Energy Saving Scheme), and the Victorian State Government under their VEET scheme.

Globally, our reports are recognised in South Africa by ICASA, the FCC and Industry Canada, the iDA in Singapore, JATE in Japan, CE for Europe and under the globally accepted CB Scheme.

CB Scheme

As a member of the internationally recognised CB Scheme for electrical safety testing, Austest produces CB safety reports for a huge range of electrical products. Our CB reports, in conjunction with TUV Rheinland of Japan who provide our CB Certificates, open up world markets for your products.

CB Scheme Listing of Accredited Standards: http://members.iecee.org/IECEE/IECEEMembers.nsf/ShowScopeV2?openform&SelectedEntity_CleDoc=ADMN-6YNGCJ

CB Scheme Accreditation Certificate: http://www.iecee.org/cbscheme/Certificate_of_Acceptance/tl103.pdf

A2LA Accredited

Our Sydney, NSW Central Coast and Melbourne facilities are A2LA (the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation) accredited for a vast range of standards. Austest has chosen A2LA as our accreditation provider, giving our customers the widest possible global reach for acceptance of accredited reports. A2LA has accredited more than 2000 organisations and is a signatory to several multilateral mutual recognition arrangements including the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC), and the InterAmerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC). A2LA and NATA (National Association of Testing Authorities) are both signatories to the ILAC and APLAC MRA’s for mutual acceptance of test data and reports.

Accreditation listing of our Sydney Safety, Telecoms and EMC facilities: http://www.a2la.org/scopepdf/2765-02.pdf. Accreditation listing of our Melbourne Safety and Telecoms facilities: http://www.a2la.org/scopepdf/2765-01.pdf

ACMA Recognised

Our Sydney and Melbourne offices are recognised testing authorities by the ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) for testing to Australian telecommunications products covering interfaces such as ADSL2/2+, VDSL2, ISDN, 3G & PSTN. Our Sydney office is also an ACMA Certification Body for the ACMA,

New Zealand Telecom Access Standards Listed

Accredited for testing modems, IP phones, internet appliances with FXS, FXO and ADSL, we also work in conjunction with our New Zealand accredited lab to provide full NZ Telecom testing and certification services including telepermit submissions and compliance folder holding.

Europe, U.S.A, Singapore, South Africa

Accredited reports are provided for CE marking testing to various EN standards, while our open area test site on the NSW Central Coast is A2LA accredited for FCC Part 15B emissions testing for the U.S.A. Our telecommunications and EMC reports are accepted by iDA in Singapore, HKTA in Hong Kong and ICASA in South Africa. Ask about our telecommunications report acceptance for other countries including South Korea and Malaysia.

Confidentiality

Our sites are independent facilities, we are not linked or owned by any manufacturer. As an ISO 17025 quality system compliant company, work undertaken by Austest Laboratories is not disclosed to any party including officers of Government regulatory departments unless under an order or act of Australian law, or with our customer's written permission. Any information relating to identity of clients and/or their products is held in strictest confidence.