Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) refers to the health, safety, and welfare-related matters in the workplace. It consists of the laws, standards, and programs whose objective is to make the workplace safer for an organisation’s workers, clients, and all other stakeholders.
Context, Leadership and Worker Participation, Planning and Operation, the most important steps for OHS certification in New Zealand, ISO 45001 New Zealand
ISO 45001:2018 provides a state-of-the-art framework to increase safety, reduce workplace risks and enhance health and well-being at work, enabling an organisation to proactively improve its OH&S performance by specifying the requirements for an OH&SMS and giving guidance for its use, to enable organisations to provide the safest and healthiest workplaces possible.
The most evident advantage of ISO 45001 is that it has the potential to lower workplace illnesses and injuries. In New Zealand alone, 183 workers died on the job in 2020 — more than one death every two days — according to Safe Work New Zealand. The ISO 45001 standard equips your organisation with the necessary tools to save lives and prevent injuries.
Requesting a formal quote from us will provide you with an accurate cost of certification to the ISO45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems certification standard. As a round figure, it costs SME’s from $4,000 for the ISO 45001 certification. Check “ISO 45001 Cost” for more information.
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ISO 45001 requirements are broadly defined as guidance for its use to enable an organisation to proactively improve its OH&S performance in preventing injury and ill-health.
The first standard that will be required is to determine the context of the organisation as it applies to OH&S.
Leadership participation is crucial in all ISO standards, but ISO 45001 takes leadership responsibility to a whole new level.
Companies must begin to plan for the actual development and implementation of their ISO 45001 compliant OH&S management system.
The implementation of an effective OH&S management system requires support from the entire organisation.
Organisations are required to establish processes and implement controls to ensure that those processes are consistently working toward their OH&S goals.
Measuring the effectiveness of a newly-developed OH&S management system is paramount to its success.
True workplace improvement and cultural changes happen through continuous examination and proactivity for future progress.
For every process, there should be a data-gathering system that provides information about that process’ performance which can be used to determine if there are any needs for corrective action or improvements. When attempting to identify OH&S objectives and planning for an action plan to achieve desired OH&S results, it is always key to design activities geared towards the effective management and improvement of the planning process.
The purpose of the internal audit is to provide objective assurance that your governance, risk management, and internal control processes are operating at an optimal level. Your organisation is required to plan, establish, implement and maintain an audit program, which includes information on the frequency with which audits are taking place and the methodology and protocol utilised, which must broadly conform with the ISO 19011:2011.
Edara helps organisations obtain ISO 45011 accreditation on their behalf, at a fast turnaround time, and with zero financial risk, in order to grow their businesses, win tenders, and improve their quality, OHS, and environmental management systems.
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