Description
Health and safety issues now affect all organizations to the extent where the potential risks and legal obligations cannot be ignored. To comply with changes in legislation and to protect staff, more organizations are looking to reduce the risk of incidents and litigation by implementing an Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management System based on OHSAS 18001.
The course aims to provide a structured training to impart knowledge of effective OH & S internal audit, which serves as a valuable management tool. For any organization that wants to manage its OH & S system effectively and meet OHSAS 18001 requirements, this course will enable them to use the OHSAS 18001 internal audit approach to fine-tune their OH&S system.
Course Content
- Introduction to OH&S Management System
- Understanding the elements of OHSAS 18001
- OH&S System documentation
- Effective OH&S Management System Audit
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will:
- Acquire in-depth knowledge of OHSAS 18001 requirements
- Be able to plan, prepare and execute internal OH&S audit effectively
- Know the means of getting objectve evidence
- Be able to plan for appropriate hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control
- Develop the skills of evaluating significance of audit findings and developing appropriate corrective/preventive measure
Audience
Those responsible for planning and scheduling an audit program to OHSAS 18001 and those who has to perform audits to OHSAS 18001, or anyone desiring an understanding of the OHSAS 18001 requirements and audit process.