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High Visibility Standards

At Quality Winter Clothing we have garments that have been both constructed and tested to comply with, the most appropriate International High Visibility standards, Australian and European in the case of High Visibility, the combination, representing “INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE”, in our opinion.

In Australia we have High Visibility Standards that relate to clothing - AS/NZS 4602 High Visibility Safety Garments describes the design of garments that constitute a High Visibility Safety Garment.

AS/NZS 1906.4 Retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes. Part 4: High –visibility materials for safety garments
The standard specifies the photometric, colorimetric and physical property requirements for high-visibility materials for outdoor use, or retroreflective materials for use at night or in other dark conditions, or a combination of the two, to be used for the manufacture of or incorporation into, industrial safety garments designed to be worn in situations where the wearer needs to be highly visible.

Acceptance of material from overseas Background material complying with EN 471 is acceptable for use in Australia and New Zealand as Class F material in all situations where colours for normal use as specified in Clause 2.3(a) and Table 2.1 are required.

EN 471 – Specification for High-visibility warning clothing.
The European standard, has considered water penetration for garments to be worn in foul and/or cold weather, so waterproofing is a facet of EN 471 but not an issue for AS1906.4.
As at the date of writing all Quality Winter Clothing High-visibility products are water resistant.

Where either the material or the pattern is Not To High Visibility Standards, then even if the colour is Fluorescent or otherwise, then that garment is just another pretty coloured one and should not be used by workers in a high risk situation.

So in summary, unless a garment states compliance to at least one of the above mentioned
Standards, even if it is very similar to one that does, there is a very large chance that the
garment does not comply, as there are costs of compliance.

Guidelines for Quality Winter Clothing products compliance:
Complies as stated on the label of the garment as well as within supporting documentation.