Industry Certification Scheme

A number of building and construction product industry associations choose to operate certification schemes to assist their members to offer high quality and conforming products to the market.

The APCC Guide includes a concise summary of these schemes, what they offer and how they operate.

Schemes included in the APCC Guide are:

Product	Scheme	Link
Reinforcing & Structural Steel	Australian Steel Institute (ASI)	www.steel.org.au/key-issues/compliance
	Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia (SRIA)	www.sria.com.au/quality_assurance.html
	Australian Technical Infrastructure Committee (ATIC)	www.apcc.gov.au
	National Structural Steelwork Compliance Scheme (NSSCS)	www.steelworkcompliance.com
	Australasian Certification Authority for Reinforcing and Structural Steels (ACRS)	www.steelcertification.com
	ATIC Scheme 10: Requirements for bodies certifying manufacturers of structural steel products	www.apcc.gov.au
	Shedsafe	www.ShedSafe.com.au
Cementitious Materials for Concrete	Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia	www.ccaa.com.au
	Australian Technical Infrastructure Committee (ATIC) Cementitious Materials Registration Scheme	www.apcc.gov.au
Wood Products	Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia (EWPAA) Plywood and LVL Product Certification Scheme	www.ewp.asn.au/register
	EWPAA Particleboard and Fibreboard Product Certification Scheme	www.ewp.asn.au/register
	EWPAA Plantation Timber Certification Scheme (PTCS)	www.ewp.asn.au/register
	EWPAA Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) Chain of Custody	www.forestrystandard.org.au/certified-organisations
	EWPAA Australian Wood Packaging Certification Scheme for Export (AWPCS)	www.daff.gov.au/biosecurity/expert/wood-packaging
Glazed Products	Australian Window Association (AWA)	www.awa.org.au
	The Window Energy Rating Scheme (WERS)	www.wers.net
Electrical Products	Electrical Equipment Safety Scheme (EESS)	www.equipment.erac.gov.au/Public/
	Approved Cables Initiative (ACI)	www.australiancablemarkers.com/committees/aci-approved-cable-initiative
Plumbing Products	WaterMark	www.abcb.gov.au
Insulation	Insulated Panel Council Australasia Ltd	www.insulatedpanelcouncil.org

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Industry Certification Scheme