Industries

Sectors we work in

Compliance work across electrical, electronic, telecommunications and medical equipment, drawing on engineers with more than sixteen years each in the field. The regulatory method is the same everywhere; what changes by sector is which standards apply, which certifier handles the product family, and where projects typically go wrong.

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Medical devices

Electrical safety to the IEC/AS 60601-1 series, including collateral and particular standards, and EMC to IEC/AS 60601-1-2
TGA conformity assessment evidence and ARTG inclusion support
Essential principles mapping and technical file structuring
Parallel pathways: EU MDR and IVDR, UK MHRA, and FDA where relevant

Medical work rewards structure. Most delays we see are documentation gaps, not test failures — an essential principles matrix that does not trace to evidence, or a risk file that has not kept up with design changes.

Materials handling — forklifts and industrial vehicles

Machinery safety assessment against the AS/NZS 4024 series
On-board electrical and control system review, including AS/NZS 60204.1
Battery chargers and traction battery packs — EESS scope, RCM and UN 38.3 for lithium
EMC for vehicle-mounted electronics and telematics
EU Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 for export, applicable from 20 January 2027

The vehicle, its charger and its telematics module are three different regulatory problems, and importers routinely treat them as one. The charger is often the item that is actually in scope of the EESS.

Home electronics and appliances

EESS in-scope determination and risk level classification
Safety testing to the AS/NZS 60335 and AS/NZS 62368-1 series
RCM marking to AS/NZS 4417.1 and 4417.2, and EESS registration
ACMA EMC compliance, and GEMS energy efficiency registration where the product is a regulated class
Responsible Supplier representation for overseas brands

This is the highest-volume category we handle and the one where scope arguments are most common. Marketing a product as "commercial" does not put it outside the EESS if a regulator considers it suitable for household use.

Lighting

Luminaire safety to the AS/NZS 60598 series, and drivers to AS/NZS 61347
EESS classification — many luminaires and drivers sit at Level 2
EMC to CISPR 15 and photobiological safety to IEC 62471 where applicable
GEMS registration for regulated lamp types

Driver and luminaire are frequently certified separately, and the combination is what actually gets supplied. We check that the pairing is covered by the evidence, not just the parts.

Energy products — inverters, batteries, BESS and PV modules

Grid-connected inverters to AS/NZS 4777.2:2020 Amendment 2:2024, mandatory for CEC applications since 23 August 2025
Battery energy storage systems to AS/NZS 5139, and battery listing under the 2018 Best Practice Guide or SA TS 5398:2025
PV modules to the IEC 61215 and IEC 61730 series, tested by IECEE CB-scheme accredited laboratories with periodic factory inspection
Clean Energy Council approved product listing — the precondition for STC eligibility and the federal battery rebate program
EESS registration for inverter importers, which sits outside the CEC process entirely and is frequently missed

This is the category where scheme eligibility, not testing, decides whether a product can be sold. A technically excellent inverter that is not listed at the time of installation generates no certificates, and no distributor will touch it.

EV charging and energy equipment

AC and DC charging equipment to the AS/NZS 61851 series
Inverters and grid-connected equipment to AS/NZS 4777.2, and Clean Energy Council listing where required
EESS scope and RCM, ACMA EMC, and communications module approvals
Battery energy storage to AS/NZS 5139 and the installation standards that constrain the product

Product approval and grid connection are separate gates with separate evidence. Equipment that is perfectly compliant as a product can still be unsellable because it is not on the required list.

Commercial kitchen and food service equipment

Safety to the applicable AS/NZS 60335-2 particular standards
EESS scope assessment for commercial-rated equipment
RCM, EMC, and certificate of conformity lodgement
Gas appliance certification coordination where the product is dual-fuel

Commercial kitchen equipment is where the in-scope question is hardest, and where we most often provide a written scope position the supplier can rely on if challenged.

Commercial furniture and interior fit-out

In-furniture power rails, outlets and USB modules — AS/NZS 3100, AS/NZS 3112 and EESS scope
Assessment of imported power modules against Australian plug and socket requirements
Height-adjustable desk actuators and control boxes — safety and EMC
Compliance evidence packs for tender and specification responses

Specifiers increasingly ask for compliance evidence at tender stage. Having it ready is often worth more commercially than the approval itself.

Industrial control, machinery and switchboards

Control panels and assemblies to the AS/NZS 61439 series
Electrical equipment of machines to AS/NZS 60204.1
Industrial EMC — emissions and immunity for the intended environment
Risk assessment facilitation and machinery safety files

Purpose-built and low-volume equipment rarely suits a full certification route. We scope the evidence proportionately rather than defaulting to the most expensive path.

Telecommunications and radio equipment

ACMA telecommunications and radiocommunications labelling obligations
Radio and RF exposure testing, and host integration of certified modules
International type approval — FCC, ISED, EU RED, UK, and DJID (SDPPI) for Indonesia
Spectrum and interface requirement checks per market

A module's own approval rarely carries all the way into the host. Host testing, antenna configuration and RF exposure are where the real work sits.

Children's products and toys

Toy safety to the AS/NZS ISO 8124 series, and the ACCC mandatory safety standard for toys for children up to and including 36 months
Electrical and battery-powered toys — EESS scope, RCM, and the button and coin battery mandatory standards
Assessment against overseas equivalents where the product also targets the EU (EN 71 / Toy Safety Directive) or the USA (CPSC children's product certificate and third-party testing)
Labelling, age grading, warnings and packaging review
Recall exposure review where a comparable product has been recalled overseas

Children's products carry the lowest tolerance for a documentation gap of anything we handle, and the button battery standards catch a surprising range of products that nobody thinks of as toys.

Ladders, steps and consumer hardware

Assessment against the AS/NZS 1892 series and applicable ACCC mandatory standards
Gap analysis of overseas test reports against Australian test methods
Label, rating and instruction review
Recall risk assessment where a similar product has been recalled overseas

Overseas reports for these products often test to a different method entirely, so a report that looks complete can support nothing. We say so in writing rather than letting it be discovered later.

Also supported

Alongside the categories above we regularly handle power supplies and chargers, IT and audio-visual equipment, battery-powered products and battery packs, pumps and motors, HVAC and refrigeration equipment, personal care appliances, laboratory and test equipment, and inks, coatings and chemical consumables requiring AICIS assessment.

We also support infrastructure and project work, including telecommunications infrastructure, where the compliance question is usually about the equipment specification and the evidence a principal contractor will accept.

What sector experience actually buys you

Regulations do not vary by industry — the same EESS, ACMA and marking obligations apply to a forklift charger and a kettle. What varies is everything around them:

Which particular standard applies. The AS/NZS 60335 series alone has dozens of part 2 standards. Choosing the wrong one is an expensive way to discover a product is untested.
Which certifier is efficient for the family. Certifiers have different scopes and different queues. The right choice can be weeks.
Where the category typically fails. Every product family has recurring failure modes. Knowing them lets us check for them before a laboratory bills for finding them.
What the buyer will ask for. Retailers, specifiers and principal contractors often want more than the legal minimum. Building that into the evidence pack up front avoids a second round later.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions

Our product does not fit any of these categories. Can you still help?

Almost certainly. The categories above are where we have the deepest history, not the limit of what we handle. The method is the same whatever the product: establish the intended use, determine which regimes it falls under, assess the evidence you already hold, and close the gap. If a product genuinely sits outside our competence we will say so and point you elsewhere.

Does sector experience actually change the outcome?

It changes the cost and the timeline more than the outcome. Knowing which particular standard applies, which certifier handles that product family efficiently, and where a given category tends to fail is what stops a project paying for the wrong test twice. The compliance obligation itself is set by the regulation, not by us.

Can you provide references in our sector?

We do not publish client names, and much of our work is commercially sensitive. We are happy to discuss comparable engagements in general terms during a consultation, and to arrange a reference where the client has agreed to it.

We sell the same product into several sectors. Does that complicate things?

Sometimes significantly. Intended use drives risk classification, and a product marketed for both household and industrial use is generally assessed on the more demanding basis. It is better to settle that question deliberately at the start than to have a regulator settle it for you later.

Talk to an engineer

Working in a sector not listed here?

The method does not change. Tell us the product and its intended use, and we will tell you which regime applies and what evidence you need.

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