RCM = Safety + EMC + Importer Declaration
1. Safety (Product Safety Certification)
Product safety certification includes two parts: electrical products are divided into regulated electrical products (Prescribed Product) and non-regulated products (Non-prescribed product).
1). Regulated electrical products are classified according to AS / NZS4417.2 and include electric heating equipment, refrigeration equipment, power tools, parts, etc. Three of them, the Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, are the most active in the certification process. Regulatory appliances are required to obtain a Certificate of Approval issued by the monitoring department, and the identification is required (the certificate number must be marked) . The first letter of the certificate number shows which state or region the certificate was issued from. Such as:
(1) Q04051 (Queensland) --- Q Number
(2) W2015 (Western Australia) --- W Number
(3) V03101 (Victoria) --- ESV Certificate V Number
(4) NSW18099 (New South Wales) --- DOFT Certificate NSW Number
2). Non-regulated electrical appliances can be sold directly without certification, but manufacturers must ensure that the product's electrical safety complies with the Australian standard AS / NZS3820: 1998 (Essential Safety Requirements for Low Voltage Electrical Equipment); the monitoring department will issue compliance for products that meet the standard Certificate of Suitability. The electrical products that have obtained the certificate of conformity can be marked with a certificate number. The last letter of the certificate shows which state or region issued the certificate, such as:
(1) CS / 431 / Q (Queensland)
(2) CS / 108 / NSW (New South Wales)
2. EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)
Australia's electromagnetic compatibility compliance program is based on the Radio Communications ACT 1992 and covers a wide range of products, including motor-driven and heat-generating electrical products, power tools and similar products, electric lights and similar equipment, TV receivers and audio equipment, information technology products, industrial science and medical equipment, ignition engines and arc welding equipment. The plan divides products into three categories based on the danger level of electromagnetic interference caused by the products. The second and third products must be marked with C-Tick. However, regardless of the product category, it must meet the relevant EMC standards.
One type of product: Products that have only a slight impact on devices using wireless spectrum, such as manual switches, simple relays, brushless squirrel cage induction motors, AC power / power transformers, resistors, etc. Such products can be voluntarily applied for the use of the C-Tick mark when they are produced and sold.
Category 2: Products that have a greater impact on devices using wireless spectrum, such as microprocessors or digital devices with clocks, rectifiers or slip-ring motors, arc welding equipment, switching power supplies, photometric regulators, and motors Speed controller, telecommunications terminal equipment of information technology (CISPR 22) category (from the third category to the second category since November 7, 2003).
Three types of products: Products that have a serious impact on devices using the wireless spectrum, such as industrial, scientific and medical instruments and equipment group 2 (CISPR11).