Acronyms and Abbreviations used in HSE - A

Acronym: Description
AAIAC *: Adventure Activities Industry Advisory Committee
AALA: Adventure Activities Licensing Authority
AALS: Adventure Activities Licensing Committee
ABCA: Military standards body for US, UK, Canada and Australia
ABCB: Association of British Certification Bodies
ABCL: Automatic barrier crossing, locally monitored
ABE: Association of Building Engineers
ABM: Activity based management
ABNT: Associacao Brasileira de Normas Tecnicas (Brazil)
AC: Advisory committee
AC: Asbestos cement
ACA: Association of Consultant Architects
ACAI: Alkali and Clean Air Inspectorate (see IAPI) now Environment Agency
ACAS: Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
ACDP *: Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens
ACDS *: Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances
ACE: Association for Consultancy and Engineering
ACES: Amusement Catering Equipment Society
ACGM *: Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification
ACL: Approved Carriage List
ACM: Asbestos-containing material
ACOP: Approved Code of Practice
ACP: Advisory Committee on Pesticides
ACRE: Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
ACTS *: Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances
AD *: Area Director now Operations Manager
ADI: Acceptable daily intake
ADN: European provisions concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by inland waterways
ADR: Accord dangereux routier (European agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road)
ADS *: Approved Dosimetry Service
AEAT: AEA Technology PLC
AENOR: Asociacion Espanola de Normalizacion y Certificacion
AFAIRP: As far as is reasonably practicable
AFCD: Automatic flue closing device
AFFF: Aqueous film forming foam
AFNOR: Association Francaise de Normalisation
AFP: Alphafetoprotein
AGR: Advanced gas-cooled reactor
AHB: Automatic half barrier
AHERA: Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
AI: Active ingredient
AIA: Asbestos International Association
AIAC *: Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee
AIB: Asbestos Insulation Board
AIC: Active instability control
AIDII: Associazone Italiana Degli Igienisti Industriali
AIDS: Acquired immunedeficiency syndrome
AIFTA: Anglo-Irish Free Trade Agreement
AIOSH: Associate of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
AIRMIC: Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce
AIST: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
AIT: Auto(geneous) ignition temperature
ALARA: As low as reasonably achievable
ALARP: As low as reasonably practicable
ALG: Association of London Government
ALI: Annual limit of intake
ALIBI: Assessment of LPG installations for Bleve incidents
ALPI *: Asbestos Licensing Principal Inspector
ALU: Asbestos Licensing Unit
AM *: Administration manager
AMAG: Agricultural Machinery Advisory Group
AMFO: Arbetsmiljofonden (Sweden)
AMPS: Association of Management and Professional Staff
ANC: Association of Noise Consultants
ANEC: Association Normalisation Europeenne pour les Consommateurs
ANFO: Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil
ANHMRC: Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
ANPAT: Association Nationale pour la Prevention des Accidents du Travail (Brussels)
ANPR: Automatic number plate recognition
ANSI: American National Standards Institute
AO *: Area office now Regional office
AOCL: Automatic open crossing, locally monitored
AOCR: Automatic open crossing, remotely monitored
AOCTs: Associated Overseas Countries and Territories
AOPD: Active opto-electronic protection device
APAU *: Accident Prevention Advisory Unit now Operations Unit
APB: Auditing Practices Board
APBL: Automatic power boom lowering (system)
APE: Aerosol photoemission
APE: Association of Planning Engineers
APELL: Awareness and preparedness for emergencies at local level
API: American Petroleum Institute
APOSC: Assessment principles for offshore safety cases
APPA: American Public Power Association
APS: Association of Planning Supervisors
AR: Acoustic reflex
ARC: Accelerating rate calorimetry
ARC: Audit Registration Committee
ARCA: Asbestos Removal Contractors Association
AREC: Association of Research Ethics Committees
ARL: Department of Community Services and Health Australian Radiation Laboratory
ARPS: Association of Railway Preservation Societies
ARTPR: Approved Requirements for Transportable Pressure Receptacles
ASAC: Asian Standards Advisory Committee
ASB: Accounting Standards Board
ASFP: Association for Specialist Fire Protection
ASHRAE: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
ASHW: Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act 1956
ASI: Architect and Surveying Institute
ASLI: Automatic safe load indicator
ASLIC: Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations
ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASNT: American Society for Nondestructive Testing
ASO: Assistant Scientific Officer
ASP: Accident sequence precursor
ASQ: American Society for Quality
ASS: National Board of Occupational Safety and Health (Sweden)
ASSE: American Society of Safety Engineers
ASTA: Association of Short-circuit Testing Authorities
ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials
ATC: Automatic train control
ATEX: Atmosphere Explosiv (used in the context of two European Directives, 94/9/EC and 1999/92/EC)
ATO: Automatic train operation
ATP: Automatic train protection
ATR: Approved Tank Requirements
ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ATV: All-terrain vehicle
ATWS: Anticipated transient without scram
ATWT: Anticipated transient without trip
AU: Accounting unit
AURPO: Association of University Radiation Protection Officers
AWE: Atomic Weapons Establishment
AWS: Automatic warning system