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Please note that the SAI Global Standards database is no-longer available

Please contact Katalin Mindum at refserv@visionaustralia.org if you require further information about the standards 

The Vision Australia Library subscribes to SAI Global a database of standards, called SAI Global. This database includes Australian standards (AS), Australian/New Zealand standards (AS/NZS) and international standards (IOS).

The  subscription also includes access to LexConnect  which provides information about which Australian Standards are referenced in Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory legislation

Note: The Library has only subscribed to Australian Standards and they are restricted to use for Vision Australia services and requirements.

To access login information required for accessing the standards you will need to go to the Australian Standards listing in The Hub at thehub.visionaustralia.org/resources/reference-library and make note of the User ID, Password and access instructions. 

Design for access and mobility

• AS 1428.1-2009 Design for access and mobility - General requirements for access - New building work
• AS 1428.2-1992 (R2015) Design for access and mobility - Enhanced and additional requirements - Buildings and facilities
• AS/NZS 1428.4.1:2009 Design for access and mobility - Means to assist the orientation of people with vision impairment - Tactile ground surface indicators
• AS 1428.5-2010 (R2016) Design for access and mobility - Communication for people who are deaf or hearing impaired

• AS 1657-2013 Fixed platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders - Design, construction and installation
• AS 1735.1:2016 Lifts, escalators and moving walks - General requirements
• AS 1735.12-1999 Lifts, escalators and moving walks - Facilities for persons with disabilities
• AS 2353-2018 Pedestrian push-button assemblies
• AS/NZS 2890.6:2009 Parking facilities - Off-street parking for people with disabilities
• AS 4299-1995 Adaptable housing
•  AS 4685.1:2014 Playground equipment and surfacing - General safety requirements and test methods (EN 1176-1:2008, MOD)
• AS 5061-2008 Interactive voice response systems user interface - Speech recognition 

Lighting - interior

• AS/NZS 1680.0:2009 Interior lighting - Safe movement
• AS/NZS 1680.1:2006 Interior and workplace lighting - General principles and recommendations
• AS/NZS 1680.2.1:2008 Interior and workplace lighting - Specific applications - Circulation spaces and other general areas
• AS/NZS 1680.2.2:2008 Interior and workplace lighting - Specific applications - Office and screen-based tasks
• AS/NZS 1680.2.3:2008 Interior and workplace lighting - Specific applications - Educational and training facilities
• AS/NZS 1680.2.4:2017 Interior and workplace lighting - Industrial tasks and processes
• AS/NZS 1680.2.5:1997 Interior lighting - Hospital and medical tasks
• AS/NZS 1680.3:2017 Interior and workplace lighting - Measurement, calculation and presentation of photometric data
• AS/NZS 1680.4:2017 Interior and workplace lighting - Maintenance of electric lighting systems 
• AS 2560.2.2-1986 (R2017) Guide to sports lighting - Specific recommendations - Lighting of multipurpose indoor sports centres 

Occupational Health and Safety

• AS 1885.1-1990 Measurement of occupational health and safety performance - Describing and reporting occupational injuries and disease (known as the National Standard for workplace injury and disease recording)
• AS/NZS 2210.1:2010 Safety, protective and occupational footwear - Guide to selection, care and use
• AS 2444-2001 Portable fire extinguishers and fire blankets - Selection and location
• AS 3745-2010 Planning for emergencies in facilities
• AS/NZS 4801:2001 Occupational health and safety management systems - Specification with guidance for use 
• AS/NZS 4804:2001 Occupational health and safety management systems - General guidelines on principles, systems and supporting techniques 
• S/NZS 10002:2014 Guidelines for complaint management in organizations

Electrical equipment

• AS/NZS 3760:2010 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment
• AS/NZS 3820:2009 Essential safety requirements for electrical equipment

Risk Management

• AS/NZS ISO31000:2009 Risk Management - Principles and guidelines
• ISO 31000:2018 Risk management  - Guidelines
• HB 327:2010 Communicating and consulting about risk (Companion to AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009)
• SA/SNZ HB 436:2013 Risk management guidelines - Companion to AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009
• SA/SNZ HB 205:2017 Managing health-and-safety-related risk