- Australian Standard ("AS")
An Australian Standard is a published document establishing the minimum community expectations to ensure the safety, quality, performance and consistency of products, processes or services in Australia. Australian Standards cover a wide variety of subjects including the consumer products and services, environment, construction, energy, water and utilities.
How an Australian Standard is developed
Once a project approval for a new Standard or an amendment to an existing Standard has been approved, The process of drafting the Standard (or changes) is undertaken by a committee comprising relevant subject matter experts. In some circumstances an international Standard may be adopted (in part or in full) as an Australian Standard. The process for developing a Standard includes the following steps;
- Project Proposal
- Project Kick Off
- Working Draft
- Committee Draft
- Committee Review
- Public Comment Draft
- Committee Ballot
- Publication