Five Tier Safety Service
TRaC's safety services are offered as a series of support choices. This tier structure approach provides at least one suitable option which will fit all budgets and ensure that safety compliance requirements are not compromised or neglected
As an LVD Notified Body, National Certification Body (NCB) for Safety, IECEE accredited Certification Body Test Laboratory (CBTL), and North American NRTL partner laboratory; TRaC is ideally placed to provide testing and documentation support to ensure products are electrically safe and suitable for placement onto the world markets.
Additionally, it is possible that there may be instances where products compliance status with respect to Low Voltage Directive (LVD) needs to be verified, in order to ensure:
- correct documentation is in place, which includes references to the correct Directives and test standards
- any in-house electrical safety testing has been performed correctly
- the information in the standards have also been interpreted correctly
- all safety testing for the markets of choice have been considered and applied.
TRaC can provide a selection of service options which are tailored to the individual requirements of the customer providing the most cost effective solution which adequately covers the legal and regulatory requirements
Tier 1 – Documentation review
Tier 2 – Basic safety assessment (pre-compliance)
Tier 3 – Full LVD testing for CE marking
Tier 4 – Full LVD and North American approval (or IECEE CB certification in place of NRTL approval)
Tier 5 – Full LVD, CB and North American approval
TRaC five tier Safety service in detail
| Service offered |
Tier 1 Documentation review |
Tier 2 Basic safety assessment |
Tier 3 Full LVD testing for CE marking |
Tier 4 Full LVD, North American approval or IECEE CB certification |
Tier 5 Full LVD, CB and North American approval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What do you get? |
A limited review of your technical file in association with hardware to highlight any deficiencies |
A limited product review to highlight any deficiencies against the relevant LVD harmonised standard |
Full product assessment and testing against the requirements of the relevant LVD harmonised standard |
Full product assessment for LVD and testing, certification for North America or IECEE CB report |
Full product assessment and testing certification for Europe, North America and report for world wide certification |
| Positives with this route |
Quick, cost effective and ensures the D of C is correct (Directives and standards applied) |
Gives a level of confidence for the compliance status of the product for self certification purposes |
Comprehensive assessment against the full requirements of the LVD
harmonised standard and thus fully acceptable for CE marking purposes |
Comprehensive assessment against the full requirements for North
American / International standards distribution in North America and
further afield |
Comprehensive assessment against the full requirements of the LVD,
North American and International standards. Fully acceptable for CE marking in Europe, distribution in North America and a report which is accepted by over 43 countries in the world Combined testing for EU, North America and IEC, saving time and money |
| Negatives with this route |
Covers no testing and therefore a high risk route. Not acceptable for North America |
Does not cover testing against the harmonised standards in its entirety
thus, not considered fully acceptable for CE marking purposes Not acceptable for North America |
Slightly longer testing period Not acceptable for North America |
Does not cover global approval | None |
| Associated risk of acceptance by distributors, buyers, trading
standards, enforcement agencies or overseas custom's / border controls |
High |
Medium |
Very Low |
Very Low |
Very Low |
For more information about the services offered by TRaC, Safety please contact safety@tracglobal.com
