Standards & Testing
Standards & Testing
Standards & Testing
Assuring Strength, Durability, Stability and Safety in the Classroom
AS/NZS 4610 is the Australian standard for furniture specific to Schools and covers strength, durability, stability and safety. AFRDI BLUE TICK for Schools means testing and certification to ensure that products are not only safe, but that they will last, thus contributing to sustainability, and minimising use of the earth’s resources. The Australasian Furnishing Research and Development Institute (AFRDI) is an independent not-for-profit technical organisation providing standards, testing, product certification and research for buyers and sellers of furniture.
AFRDI testing facility operates from the campus of Tasrnanian University, Launceston. BFX Furniture is the only Australian company to have a school desk tested and certified to the highest Strength, Durability, Stability and Safety in the Classroom — Level 6 Severe.
Standards & Testing
Strength &
Safety
Keeping Children & The Workplace Safe
TESTED & CERTIFIED BY AFRDI
Safe Emissions
Board Manufactured to Comply with Very Low Formaldehyde Emission Level E0
CERTIFIED
SGS
AS/NZS ISO 9001
Products Tested for Strength and Safety
TESTED & CERTIFIED BY
SGS
GECA
Environmental Safe Products
CERTIFIED BY GECA
Sustainable company
AS/NZS ISO 14001
Environmental Management System
CERTIFIED BY CACS
Quality
Assured
AS/NZS ISO 9001
Quality Endorsed Management System
CERTIFIED BY CACS
CETEC
Keeping Australian Classrooms & Workplaces Healthy
TESTED & CERTIFIED BY CETEC
ISO 5970 — Meeting Australian and International Standards
ISO 5970 is the standard for furniture specific to School children and covers functional sizes, including guidelines on dimensions of chairs and tables.
Adopting the ISO 5970 Standard means the BFX product is measured against the industry organisations endorsed principles to ensure the learning environment for your child is world class.
As an approved supplier contract No. 800-09 to the Queensland Government Education Department, BFX is responsible for maintaining and continually improving on the standards set and endorsed by the Queensland Government.