{"id":1870,"date":"2023-12-15T03:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T03:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awtaproducttesting.swim.net.au\/news\/high-visibility-safety-garments-testing-to-meet-as-4602-1\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T03:00:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T03:00:38","slug":"high-visibility-safety-garments-testing-to-meet-as-4602-1","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/awtaproducttesting.swim.net.au\/it\/news\/high-visibility-safety-garments-testing-to-meet-as-4602-1\/","title":{"rendered":"High Visibility Safety Garments &#8211; Testing to meet AS 4602.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A draft of the new version of the Australian Standard for High Visibility Safety Garments, AS 4602.1, has been released for public comment by Standards Australia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The draft takes the existing AS 4602.1-2011 and uses it as a base to build from introducing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pants \/ the bottom of half of coveralls for Class N and Class D\/N<\/li>\n<li>New Levels of garment for Class N (Night use) and Class D\/N (Day \/ Night use) differentiated by the amount of high visibility trim on the arms and \/ or legs<\/li>\n<li>Alignment with the new version of AS\/NZS 1906.4-2023 for the new high visibility fabric colours, high visibility trim, and for durability requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The proposed document will allow the specification of particular garment types that will suit different end-uses following an appropriate risk assessment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Standards Australia is seeking public comment on the document with this closing on Thursday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> of February 2024.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DR AS 4602.1-2023 is available from here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/comment.standards.org.au\/Drafts\/b0f77a79-5541-4e88-851e-51d69a5e86a1\">DR AS 4602.1:2023 High visibility safety garments, Part 1: Garments for high risk applications<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/app\/images\/High_vis_garment.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AWTA Product Testing will continue to offer testing services both against the current version of AS 4602.1 and the new version of AS\/NZS 1906.4 as well as against the new version of AS 4602.1 when it is finalised and published.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #808080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>CONTACT US:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you would like further information\/quote on High Visibility safety testing, or our testing services in general &#8211; please contact us as per below:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phone: +61 (03) 9371 2400&nbsp;&nbsp; OR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;Email:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:producttesting@awta.com.au\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"mailto:producttesting@awta.com.au\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:producttesting@awta.com.au\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:producttesting@awta.com.au\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:producttesting@awta.com.au\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:producttesting@awta.com.au\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:producttesting@awta.com.au\">producttesting@awta.com.au<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A draft of the new version of the Australian Standard for High Visibility Safety Garments, AS 4602.1, has been released for public comment by Standards Australia.&#038;nbsp\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-1870","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awtaproducttesting.swim.net.au\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awtaproducttesting.swim.net.au\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awtaproducttesting.swim.net.au\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awtaproducttesting.swim.net.au\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}