Industry Term Abbreviations
TERMS | DEFINITION |
SAI | “Five Ticks” Standards Mark |
API | American Petroleum Institute |
ASTM | ASTM International, formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials, is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services. |
ABCB | Australian Building Codes Board – Is a Council of Australian Government (COAG) standards writing body that is responsible for the development of the NCC, |
ACTIVE FIRE | Australian CSIRO Certificaiton. The CSIRO ActivFire® Scheme is an Australian Government Agency who verify & certify fire products which may be installed into Federal and State Government Departments. |
NCC | Australian National Construction Code – minimum necessary requirements for safety & health. Incorporates all on-site construciton reuirements into a single code and comprised of the BCA (Building Code of Australia) & PCA (Plumbing Code of Australia) |
AS | Australian Standards |
BENCHMARK | Bench Mark Product Certificate |
BS | British Standard |
GLOBAL MARK | Cerfiying Body – will test/certify a product to an Australian Standard |
JAS-ANZ | Cerfiying Body – will test/certify a product to an Australian Standard |
FM | Factory Mutual Research – international leader in third-party testing and certification services. Test property loss prevention products and services |
FDA | Food & Drug Authority |
FPA | FPAA – Fire Protection Association of Australia – Association for fire safety, providing information, services and education to the fire protection industry and the community. |
GL | Germanischer Lloyd |
CE | Marking & Testing so your products are certified and approved to sell throughout the European market. CE Marking ensures products share health, safety and environmental standards. CE compliance is mandatory for all products supplied to the European Union |
PTL | Plumbing Testing Laboratory – Accredited by NATA (National Association of Testing Authorities) |
WATERMARK | Potable Drinking WaterMark Product |
AFAC | The Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) is the peak body for public sector fire, land management and emergency service organisations in Australia and New Zealand |
FPAS | The Fire Protection Accreditation Scheme |
NFIA | The National Fire Industry Association (NFIA) is an Australia-wide community of Fire Protection contractors and their people, suppliers, friends and stakeholders |
UL | Underwriters Laboratory – Global safety science testing, verificaiton and certification |