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Standards

What are standards?

“Standards are voluntary documents that set out specifications, procedures and guidelines that aim to ensure products, services, and systems are safe, consistent, and reliable."

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According to Standards Australia (2023) there are three categories of standards as follows:

Type of standards

Definition
International Developed by ISO, IEC, and ITU for countries to adopt for national use.
National Developed by a national standards body (like Standards Australia) or other accredited bodies.
Regional Prepared by a specific region, such as the European Union’s EN standards.

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Key database

Engineering Workbench provides access to all Australian standards, as well as a range of standards from the ASTM International, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), British Standards (BS) and more.

Access information

  • 8 users at once only, try again later if you cannot access
  • Most standards can be viewed online using the Document Viewer
  • Standards can be downloaded and copied to other devices but only some can be printed

Required tools to access standards

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Find a standard

Engineering Workbench example

  1. Use the search box to search by standard number (e.g. AS 1428) or keyword (e.g. disability access).
    Example search for AS 1428 on Engineering Workbench
     
  2. From the search results page select the relevant standard. Take note of the document's status, publication date, and whether it has been superseded by a newer version.
    AS 1428 search results showing the document's status, publication date, and whether it has been superseded by a newer version 
  3. Select the relevant standard from your search results. Clicking the standard will open it in the Document Viewer. Use the tabs at the top of the page to see its full record, including a summary, document history and export links.

Summary of AS 1428

  1. Most standards can be read online in the Document Viewer. To download a standard, click the Get Secure PDF button at the top right of the page. 

Downloaded standards can only be opened using the Adobe Acrobat Reader app with the FileOpen plugin. To download a standard you must also configure your browser download settings, as the PDF files cannot be opened in the browser window.

For Chrome, type/copy in chrome://settings/content/pdfDocuments into the address bar. This will open the PDF documents page. Enable the option to Download PDFs.

For Firefox go to Settings>General>Files and Applications>Applications and change PDF action to "Always Ask" or "Save File".

For Edge type/copy in edge://settings/content/pdfDocuments into the address bar. This will open the Site permissions/PDF documents page. Enable the option to Always download PDF files.

Other databases to find standards

Note: Access Engineering only provides commentary on specific engineering codes and standards.