Compliance Auditing
Saturday 04th, November
Complaince Auditing, - Appropriate to the size of your workplace and the nature of the work.
As an employer you are required by law to comply with the Health & Safety legislation, Approved Codes of Practice, your company Safety Statement, your Risk Assessments and your Safety Management System. An accurate workplace Health & Safety report will highlight the positive aspects of your Health & Safety Management as well as the areas of non-compliance. It is imperitive the non conformances are addressed and signed off to reduce the risk of accidents and incidents in your work place.
Auditing is carried out in the following manner.
- The audit is arranged with senior management.
- Existing Safety Statement, policies, incidents, etc are communicated to auditor
- Take a guided walk through the work place,
- Take an unaccompanied walk through the work place,
- Review H&S documentation
- Meet with the designated client contact,
- Discuss the issues in the work place.
- Prepare a report and issue to the Client.
- If required a program can be provided to address non conformances.
Note: regular auditing of the work place may not follow all steps 1-8 as the auditor will have much of the information required from the previous audit. However points 4 - 9 are always applicable.
As an employer are you satisfied that your workplace is compliant with the following:
Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act 2005
Safety, Health & Welfare at Work (General Application) Regs 2007
Industry Specific Regulations such as,
Safety, Health & Welfare at Work (Construction) Regs 2006
Other industry specific Regulations and codes of Practice.