Product Compliance Scheme (PCS)

Australian Certification Services has developed a certification scheme in order to offer certification for products generally related to the water industry where either by regulation or industry requirements independent third party certification may be required. The certification may be offered with the use of a Certification Mark the ‘CMARK’ which may be displayed directly on the product or referred to in product literature.

A number of types of certification are offered within this scheme and are described below.

FULL CERTIFICATION

A certification scheme has been developed aligned to meet requirements as specified in various Australian Standards to include the criteria described in HB 18.28 (ISO/IEC Guide 28). The certification scheme includes initial testing of products and inspection of factory and quality management system and ongoing surveillance.

Following successful evaluation the applicant is issued with a formal certificate of conformity identifying the product models subject to the certification. In certain circumstances the applicant may also be issued with a licence to utilize the Certification Mark the ‘CMARK’ which may be displayed directly on the product or referred to in product literature as direct evidence of certification.

TYPE TEST CERTIFICATION

A certification scheme has been developed by Australian Certification Services where an organization wishes to demonstrate through third party certification that a particular product or material conforms to a standard. The process of certification involves design evaluation and independent testing to determine product compliance with the standard.

Following successful evaluation the applicant is issued with a formal certificate of conformity identifying the product models subject to the certification and the related standard/s. The certificate would have duration of five years and may be renewed at expiry subject to reevaluation.