The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) has launched the “Does it comply?” initiative at the offices of Standards Australia, in Sydney’s CBD.

The event was attended by 40 senior executives from the electrical and communications industry, and the first person to sign the pledge to stamping out non-compliant products was NECA national chairman Wes McKnight.

“There is no place for non-compliant products in any area of our industry today,” Wes says.

“Electrical contractors that knowingly purchase and install non-compliant goods are putting their customers and their business at risk. As the new regulations come into effect contractors need to understand the consequences as this behaviour will no longer be tolerated,” he adds.

The next step in this process is to get contractors in the electrical and communications industry to ‘sign the pledge’. Contractors do this by watching a webinar on the ‘Does it Comply?’ website and then testing their knowledge with 10 simple questions.

It is hoped that this will be the beginning of groundswell response to the industry only accepting compliant products across Australia.