Appendix 8

Technical Standards for Plant

(Appendix C from Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace Code
of Practice)
The following table is a list of published technical standards that provide guidance on the
design, manufacture and use of certain types of plant. These technical standards provide
guidance only and compliance with them does not guarantee compliance with the WHS Act
and Regulations in all instances. This list is not exhaustive. See Key on Page 3.
Plant Description

Reference Number

Standard Title

Amusement
Structures
Cranes, including
hoists and winches

AS 3533
AS 1418 (Series)
AS 4991 - 2004
AS 2550 (Series)
AS 1755 - 2000
AS 3000

Conveyers
Electrical
installation
Electrical
installation within
an industrial plant
Earthmoving
machinery

Design

Make

Use

Amusement Rides and Devices

AS 2359 (Series)

Cranes Including Hoists and Winches

Lifting devices
Cranes Safe use
Conveyers - Safety requirements
Electrical installation (known as the
Aust/NZ wiring rules)
Safety of machinery: Electrical
equipment of machines-General
requirements
Earthmoving machinery Protective
structures - General
Earthmoving Machinery Safety
Wheeled machines-Brakes
Earthmoving machinery Basic types
Identification and terms and definitions
Earth-moving machinery - Definitions of
dimensions and codes - Part 1: Base
machine
Earth-moving machinery - Definitions of
dimensions and codes - Part 2:
Equipment and attachments
Earth-moving machinery - Tractorscrapers Terminology and commercial
specifications
Power-actuated (PA) hand-held
fastening tools.
Hand-held motor operated electric tools
Safety General requirements
Industrial fall-arrest systems and
devices - Harnesses and ancillary
equipment
Industrial fall-arrest systems and
devices - Selection, use and
maintenance
Safety nets-Safety requirements, test
methods
Gas cylinders-General requirements
(known as SAA Gas Cylinders Code )
Gas cylinder test stations
LP (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Fuel
-Vessels for Automotive Use.
Powered industrial trucks

AS 4488.2-1997

Industrial rope access systems

AS/IEC 60204.1
AS 2294.1
AS 2958.1
ISO 6165
ISO 6746-1
ISO 6746-2
ISO 7133

Explosive Powered
tools
Hand-held electric
tools
Fall arrest

AS/NZS 1873 (Series)

AS/NZS 60745
AS/NZS 1891.1
AS/NZS 1891.4
BS EN 1263-1:2002

Gas cylinders

AS 2030.1-1999
AS 2337.2 -2004
AS/NZS 3509

Industrial (Forklift)
trucks
Industrial rope
access systems

Appendix 8 Technical Standards for Plant

Plant Management Procedure

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Plant Description

Reference Number

Standard Title

Lasers

AS/NZS 2211 (Series)

AS 2397

Safety of laser products

Safe use of lasers in the building and
construction industry
Safety of laser products Equipment
classification and requirements
Lifts, escalators and moving walks
(known as the SAA Lift Code)
Safety of machinery
Fixed platforms, walkways, stairways
and ladders-Design, construction and
installation
Abrasive wheels-Selection, care and
use
Code of practice for the guarding and
safe use of metal and paper cutting
guillotines
Vapour degreasing plant Design,
installation and operation Safety
requirements
Low-voltage switchgear and control
gear, switches, disconnectors, switchdisconnectors and fuse combination
units
Functional safety of safety related
systems
Functional safety Safety instrumented
system for the process industry sector
Safety of machinery: Functional safety
of safety-related electrical, electronic
and programmable electronic control
systems
Safety of machinery: Safety-related
parts of control systems-General
principles
Safety of machinery, Electro sensitive
protective equipment
Agricultural tractor power take-offs rear-mounted power take-off types 1, 2
and 3 - General specifications, safety
requirements, dimensions for master
shield and clearance zone
Agricultural wheeled tractors - Roll-over
protective structures criteria and tests
Tractors and machinery for agriculture
and forestry - Technical means for
ensuring safety - General
Overhead protection for agricultural
tractors - Test procedures and
performance requirements
Copper Boilers - Issue 7-2001
Steel Boilers Issue 4-1995
Sub-Miniature Boilers Issue 1-2008
Duplex Boilers Issue 1-2010
Pressure Equipment
Boilers Safety management and
supervision systems
Serially produced pressure vessels

Lifts
Machinery

AS/NZS IEC 60825.1:

2011
AS 1735 (Series)
AS 4024 (Series)
AS 1657
AS 1788.2 -1987
AS 1893-1977
AS 2661-1983
AS/NZS 3947.3:2001

AS 61508.6 -2011
AS/IEC 61511
AS 62061

ISO 13849.1
BS/IEC 6496-2:1997
AS 1121.1:2007

AS 1636
AS/NZS 2153.1:1997
SAE J167-2011
Miniature boilers

Pressure
equipment

AMBSC Code Part 1

AMBSC Code Part 2
AMBSC Code - Part 3
AMBSC Code Part 4
AS/NZS 1200:2000
AS 2593:2004
AS 2971:2007
AS/NZS 3788:2006
AS 3873 :2001
AS 3920.1-1993

Appendix 8 Technical Standards for Plant

Boiler and pressure vessels In service

inspection
Boiler and pressure vessels Operation
and maintenance
Assurance of product quality Pressure
Plant Management Procedure

Design

Make

Use

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Reference Number
ASME I
ASME II
ASME V
ASME VIII-1
ASME VIII- 2
ASME VIII-3
ASME IX
ANSI / NGV-2
CSA B51 Part 2
ISO 11439:2000
ISO/EN 13458 (Series)

Pressure piping

AS 4041-2006

Machinery
guarding

AS 4024 (Series)
ISO 12100:2010

Scaffolding
Ladders
Spray painting

AS/NZS 1576.1:2010
AS 1577-1993
AS/NZS 4576
AS/NZS
1892.1/1892.2/1892.3
AS/NZS 4114.1
AS/NZS 4114.2

Turbines

BS/EN 60593-2:1996
API 612

Ventilation

AS 1668.2

Woodworking

AS1473

Work boxes- crane

lifted

AS 1418.17
1996
AS 2550
AS 3860-1991
ISO 2374

Standard Title

Design

Make

Safeguarding of machinery general

principles
Safety of machinery General
principles for design
Scaffolding general requirements
Scaffold planks
Guidelines for scaffolding
Portable ladders

Spray painting booths. Part 1: Design,

construction and testing
Spray painting booths. Part 2:
Installation and maintenance
Rules for steam turbine acceptance
tests
Special purpose steam turbines for
refinery services
The use of ventilation and air
conditioning in buildings
Guarding and safe use of wood working
machinery
Cranes (including hoists and winches)

equipment manufacture
Power boilers
Materials
Non-destructive examination
Pressure vessels
Pressure vessels alternative rules
Alternative rules for construction of high
pressure vessels
Welding and brazing qualifications
Basic requirement of compressed
natural gas vehicle fuel containers
High pressure cylinders for the on-board
storage of natural gas as a fuel for
automotive vehicles
High pressure cylinders for the on-board
storage of natural gas as a fuel for
automotive vehicles
Cryogenic vessels Static vacuum
insulated vessels
Pressure piping

Cranes Safe use

Fixed guideway people movers
Lifting appliances Range of maximum
capacities for basic models

Abbreviations Name
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
API
American Petroleum Institute
AMBSC
Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Committee
AS
Australian Standard
ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
AS/NZS
Australian Standard / New Zealand Standard
BS
British Standard
CSA
Canadian Standards Association
Plant Management Procedure

Key:

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EN
IEC
ISO
NZS
SAE

Europaische Norm (European Standard)

International Electrochemical Commission
International Standards Organisation
New Zealand Standards
Society of Automotive Engineers

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