Health & Safety
Many organisations find managing health and safety to be an onerous and difficult process. The breadth of responsibility and the detail involved sometimes feels overwhelming. This does not have to be the case. Practical and simple solutions that achieve the outcomes required are needed. The key is to take a risk perspective rather than attempting to build a bureaucratic and cumbersome overhead.
At the end of the day, it is about exercising proper due diligence. To fulfil due diligence obligations from any perspective a system of management is needed, which is informed by a proper analysis of the risks within your organisation.
This needs to encompass
- Legal compliance;
- Managerial and Operational risk;
- A risk-based management system incorporating not only policy and procedures but also taking a risk perspective in the supervisory, communications, organisational knowledge, training and competency processes;
- A risk-based audit approach to ensure the system is sustained and robust;
- Review processes to ensure ongoing improvement, effectiveness and viability of the system.
This was the essential message of the Longford Royal Commission Report. It is when we embrace this perspective that clarity emerges.
With a focus on risk management, our forward thinking approach to heath and safety will enhance culture, reduce indirect and direct costs and genuinely improve the business, as your organisation continually improves.Where specific standards such as SafetyMAP or AS4801 are relevant, our experienced specialists, with registered auditor status, can help you to develop a suitable management system. Management systems that not only assure outcomes. They incorporate and comply with government legislation, regulations and codes of practice to provide you with the robust due diligence framework you need.
Quality Award Partners® will fully support your organisational health and safety endeavours with
- Health & Safety Systems
- Advice & Solutions
- Advent ManageR® risk management process
- Risk & Compliance Software
- Incident Investigation & Analysis
- Systems Integration
- Risk Based Positive Audit®
- Health & Safety Training
- First aid and Anaphylaxis Instruction
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