HSE Auditing

Course details

Safety audit is an independent objective and systematic review of departmental safety management.

Auditing assists organizations to monitor performance in a range of company activities, from finance to quality management. Safety & Risk Practice apply the auditing principles to the measurement of Safety and Environmental compliance for a range of different industries.

Audit systems are essential for an organization to identify management system faults, and required corrections. This prevents failures resulting in personnel injury or

significant loss. The overall aim of the HSE compliance audit process is to reduce the risk of injury within an organization by ensuring compliance with the relevant

legislation and internal systems.

Objectives:

• This course will provide you with an understanding of the principles of auditing occupational health and safety management systems and will provide you with the skills required to conduct effective HSE audits.

Learning Outcome:

• Fully understand Audit different systems.
• Implement and manage an occupational health and safety management system to the international safety auditing requirements such as OHSAS 18001.
• Measure, monitor and internally audit your own occupational health and safety management system for compliance and continual improvement.
• Identify gaps in your organization's occupational health and safety management system.
• Understand hazard identification, evaluation, and control issues.

Course Outlines:

• Background on the development and foundations of Health and Safety Auditing systems such as OHSAS 18001 (2007).
• What is safety audit
• Preparing for the audit.
• Self assessment tools.
• Fundamental principles of effective occupational risk management and loss control.
• Legal interpretation and risk management systems with respect to HSE auditing.
• Auditing techniques and the auditing process.
• The relation between Accident and incident investigation and HSE auditing.
• Evaluating company training program and HSE Auditing.
• Non-compliance and corrective actions.