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UPF Sun Protection

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This product complies with AS/NZS 4399:2017 and AS 4399:2020

UPF – What does it mean? Ultraviolet Radiation, or UV is present in sunlight. Sunburn is a sign that your skin has received too much sun. Over exposure to UV over many years may cause serious health problems such as skin cancer and cataracts. Garments that are sensibly designed for sun protection reduce your UV exposure. It is often difficult to tell if a fabric offers good sun protection. The Ultraviolet Protection factor (UPF) shows how well a fabric protects your skin from solar UV and lets you select sun protective clothing with confidence. Remember that the garment only protects the skin it covers, protect other areas by wearing a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen and use shaded outdoor areas. UPF ratings range from 15 to 50. Fabrics that rate higher than 50 are labelled UPF 50+.

 

Cool Vents

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The garment features strategically positioned mesh fabrics to allow body heat to escape. 

 

Podium Cool

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Made from specially designed fabric that draws moisture away from the body towards the quick-dry surface, leaving the wearer fresher, dryer and cool.

 

Jb's Dri

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Made from specially designed fabric that draws moisture away from the body towards the quick-dry surface, leaving the wearer fresher, dryer and cool.

 

Embroidery Zip/Hook-Pile Tape

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The garment features hidden zip/hook-pile tape to enable easy access to customise embroidery or screen-printing details. 

 

Waterproof

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Made from a waterproof, coated fabric and featuring taped seams to prevent moisture penetration. 

 

Hood

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The garment features a hood in the rear of the collar. 

 

Shower Proof

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The outer fabric is made from water resistant fabric. 

 

Breathable

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Made from a lightweight fabric that allows air to circulate around the body whilst ensuring ample warmth and protection from the elements.

 

Recycled

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Garment is made from 100% recycled material

 

Stretch

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Garment is made from stretch fabric provides extra comfort

 

Anti-Bacterial

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Effectively reduces development of bacteria and odour

 

New

Keep a look out for our great new colours, sizes and contemporary new styles for 2024.

 

Available in Custom Colours

This product is available in custom. Contact us for more information on how we can customise your apparel.

 

Perfect for School

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A versatile range of easy, breathable basics to last a whole school year.

 

Podium Team Wear

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Designed for active lifestyles, Podium teamwear is manufactured for comfort and available in a wide range of popular, team colours. 

 

Colours of Cotton

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Unlike traditional corporate wear, our range offers the quality, style and versatility you’d expect more from a personal wardrobe.

 

SAI Global Product Certification

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SAI Global Product Certification Services provides third party assurance that a particular product meets the specified requirements of a nominated product standard.  SAI Global Standards-mark™ on the product represents reliability, quality assurance and safety.

 

Benchmark Product Certification

BSI Group ANZ Pty Ltd (BSI) has developed the BSI Benchmark Product Certification Criteria (Benchmark) for manufacturers and suppliers of product certification products supplied into the Australian market. The Benchmark Brand belongs to BSI and is an accredited JAS-ANZ product certification scheme.

 

Category 2 - Intermediate

Gloves of intermediate design, for intermediate risks.

 

Category 3 - Critical

Gloves protect against severe risks like death or irreversible harm

 

Hi Visibility - Day Only

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The garment is highly visible in the daylight.

 

Hi Visibility - Night

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The garment features reflective material for heightened night-time visibility.

 

Hi Visibility - Day & Night

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The garment is highly visible in daylight and features reflective material for heightened night-time visibility. 

 

Anti Fog

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Treatment that prevents the condensation of water on lenses creating the illusion of fog.

 

Polarised

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Polarized eyewear designed to reduce glare from surfaces such as water, snow, and glass.

 

Footwear

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Footwear

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Foot icon_Comp Toe Cap
Foot icon_Steel Toe Cap 200J impact
Foot icon_TPU PU Sole Construct
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Foot icon_TPU PU Sole Construct
Foot icon_300C Heat Resist
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Foot icon_Light Weight Comp Toe
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Foot icon_Elastic shoelace
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EN ISO374-1:2016
(Protective gloves against dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms)

 

PART 1: Terminology and Performance Requirements for Chemical Risks:

The chemicals break through the glove material at a molecular level. The breakthrough time is here evaluated and the glove must withstand a breakthrough time of at least:

Type A - High protection, with a permeation resistance of at least 30 minutes for at least 6 test chemicals.

Type B - Medium protection, with a permeation resistance of at least 30 minutes for al least 3 test chemicals.

Type C - Basic protection, with a permeation resistance of at least 10 minutes for at least 1 test chemical.

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EN407
(Protective gloves against thermal risks)

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Icon indicates glove has been tested to limited flame spread (LFS)

 

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Icon indicates glove has not been tested to LFS, I.e. glove has protection against heat without flame

 

 

 

  1. Burning behaviour
  2. Contact heat
  3. Convective heat
  4. Radiant heat
  5. Small splashes of molten metal
  6. Large quantities of molten metal

 

 

EN388:2016 (Mechanical Risks Protection for gloves)

 

EN388 standard covers main areas of concern for mechanical hazards, and these areas are graded by a number, as per the table below: 1 is the lowest rating, and highest rating as below.

  1. Abrasion (1-4)
  2. Cut [Coup Test] (1-5)
  3. Tear (Rating 1-4)
  4. Puncture (1-4)
  5. Cut [TDM-100 Test] (A-F)

 

EN 12477:2001
(Protective Gloves for Welders)

 

This standard applies to gloves that provide hand and wrist protection in welding and similar work situations. Welding gloves are tested according to EN388:2016 (Mechanical Risks Protection) and EN407 (Thermal Risks Protection)

The Gloves are also assessed according to its design and purpose:

TYPE A refers to gloves with thigh protection against heat but with lower flexibility and dexterity.
TYPE B refers to gloves with lower protection against heat but with greater flexibility and dexterity.

 

 

EN 511 (Protective Gloves Against the Cold)


This standard applies to any gloves to protect the hands against convective and contact cold down to -50 degrees Celsius
The pictogram will be accompanied by a 3-digit code.
  1. Resistance to convective cold (0-4)
  2. Resistance to contact cold (0-4)
    Higher performance level
    = better insulating capacity
  3. Permeability to water (0 or 1)
    0 = Water penetration after 30 min
    1 = No water penetration after 30 min

 

EN342 (Ensembles and garments for protection against cold)


This standard applies to any garments to protect the wearer against cold weather. Garments with EN 342 are rated for the following:

  1. Thermal Insulation (Any value)
  2. Air Permeability (1-3)
  3. Water Penetration Resistance (1 or 2)