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COURSE OBJECTIVE

Safety audits and workplace inspections are basic tools for establishing and maintaining safe conditions and discovering unsafe practices in the workplace. Systematic inspections are practical ways to identify and correct unsafe equipment, conditions, processes, and work practices. If unsafe conditions and unsafe acts are found to exist, prompt corrective actions must be initiated. They are an excellent way to prevent accidents from occurring and to safeguard employees. The main course objectives:

• To increase the safety awareness and understanding of the role of operational leaders – including supervisors – to drive continual improvement of safety.
• To detect and remove unsafe acts and unsafe conditions
• Review the Safety Commitment, philosophy and basic safety inspection and workplace audit to improve safety

‘LET NO HARM BE DONE’

Day 1

• Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety Auditing
• The OHSAS 18001 Series of Standard
• Occupational Health and Safety Auditing Defined
• Types of Occupation Health and Safety Audit
• OHS MS Audit Defined
• OHS MS Audit Objectives
• Who can Audit?
• Audit vs Inspection
• A review of the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System Standards
• Purpose of inspection
• Evolving to safety audit
• Initiating the audit
• Audit Objective
• Audit Scope
• Review Documentation
• Workshop – Prepare audit and Inspection checklist

Day 2

• Preparing and conducting the audit
• Opening Meeting
• Collecting Audit Evidence
• Review Audit Findings
• Non-conformities
• Closing Meeting
• Corrective Action
• Reporting the Audit
• Preparation of Audit Report
• Content of Audit Report
• Distribution of Audit Report
• Audit Completion
• Practical Workshop – Conducting Audit

This course is designed for safety and health committee, working project team for OHSAS 18001, managers, engineers, supervisors and workers.

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