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Australian Risk Services offer a number of safety and environmental auditing programs. Some of those are listed below: Companies are audited against the specification requirements for AS 4801. The adoption and implementation of a range of effective occupational health and safety (OHS) management actions in a systematic manner can contribute to optimal outcomes for all interested parties. Organisations of all kinds and sizes adopt a systematic approach to managing OHS and develop OHS management systems (OHSMS) within the context of: - The general growth of concern from all interested parties about OHS matters
- Changes to legislations
- Other measures to foster sustained OHS improvement
There are many reasons why organisations implement an OHSMS including legal imperatives, ethical concerns, industrial relations considerations and to improve financial performance. Implementation of an effective OHSMS should, however, primarily lead to reduction of workplace illness and injury, minimising the costs associated with workplace accidents. OHSMS are also used by some organisations to demonstrate, internally and in some cases externally (via self-declaration or self certification/registration as appropriate), that they are systematically controlling the risks to all persons affected by the organisation's activities, products or services.
SafetyMap has been developed by the Victorian WorkCover Authority to enable organisations to assess their health & safety policies and procedures, plan improvements, benchmark and gain recognition for the achievement of standards. In achieving all two levels of SafetyMap you will achieve Australian Standards for OHS Management Systems and what is considered best practice. The Victorian WorkCover Authority has indicated that those organisations that meet Initial Level of SafetyMap should be meeting their legal obligations. SafetyMAP (Safety Management Achievement Program) is an audit tool that provides the means to undertake an independent audit and review of an organisations health and safety management system. This helps to establish safer working environment that will protect people at work by eliminating, or better managing, health and safety hazards. This is consistent with the requirements of health and safety legislation. The audit criteria within SafetyMAP enable an organisation to: - measure the performance of its health and safety program;
- implement a cycle of continual improvement;
- compare its health and safety system to a recognized benchmark; and
- gain recognition for the standards achieved by its management of health and safety.
The audit criteria describe features one might observe in a robust health and safety management system. However an organisation may not require all of these features to have an effective health and safety management system. The system components should be based on organisational needs, circumstances and risk exposure, not an audit tool. A health and safety management system audit is a systematic examination to determine whether health and safety activities and related results comply with planned arrangements’. It should evaluate whether these arrangements are implemented and will effectively achieve the organisations objectives. The audits should identify procedures that are not fully effective and provide information that will assist the organisation to improve. The scope of the audit will vary according to the needs of the organisation. organisations may choose to focus their audits on critical areas, or they may do regular audits of the entire management system.
InjuryMAP is an assessment program designed to assist you to improve the management of injured workers in your workplace, and help return injured workers to work quickly and safely. It can also assist you as an employer to improve your management of workers' compensation claims. InjuryMAP assessment criteria: - measure the performance of a workplace's occupational rehabilitation management system
- measure the performance of a workplace's claims management system
- help employers to achieve continuous improvement in claims and injury management
- benchmark a workplace's performance in the management of injured workers and their claims
InjuryMAP provides a set of audit criteria that you can use to assess your workplace's current performance. It also enables you to identify areas where you can improve the management of injured workers and their WorkCover claims. InjuryMAP's assessment process helps to determine priorities and allocate resources in a way that best suits your workplace's needs. InjuryMAP is based on Victoria's workers' compensation legislation but can be adapted to suit workplaces throughout Australia. InjuryMAP is based on the principle that the management of injured workers and their compensation claims are not isolated form the way a workplace conducts its day-to-day business: injury management should be fully integrated with other management functions such as health and safety and human resources. InjuryMAP can be used by all types of workplaces. Level 1 measures compliance with basic legislative requirements. Together, levels 1 & 2 measure complete injury management systems.
We assist our clients to: - Establish an environmental policy appropriate to itself
- Identify the environmental aspects arising from the organisation's past, existing or planned activities, products or services, to determine the environmental impacts of significance
- Identify the relevant legislative and regulatory requirements
- Identify priorities and set appropriate environmental objectives and targets
- Establish a structure and (a) program(s) to implement the policy and achieve objectives and targets
- Facilitate planning, control, monitoring, corrective action, auditing and review activities to ensure both that the policy is complied with and that the environmental management system remains appropriate
- Be capable of adapting to changing circumstances
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