Develop and implement health and safety audits

This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to develop and implement health and safety audits.

It covers

1. preparing systems for health and safety audits;
2. implementing health and safety audit systems;
3. evaluating compliance of health and safety management systems of your organisation with operational and technical standards and procedures specified by management; 
4. evaluating compliance with, and relevance of, health and safety performance standards of your organisation;
5. evaluating compliance of health and safety management systems of your organisation with relevant health and safety statutory requirements; and
6. recommending changes to improve performance of health and safety management systems of your organisation

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1. define purpose, objective, nature, scope and frequency of health and safety audits for your organisation
2. define operational and technical standards and procedures and performance standards for health and safety in your organisation
3. identify health and safety statutory requirements relevant to scope of audits following industry best practice
4. identify competent auditors (in-house or external) and suitable audit tools following industry best practice
5. agree audit programmes and reporting procedures with relevant stakeholders following industry best practice
6. carry out audits in your organisation to meet agreed specifications following industry best practice
7. review and evaluate health and safety documentation of your organisation following industry best practice
8. carry out physical inspections and behavioural observations following industry best practice
9. modify audit programmes to meet unexpected situations and requirements following industry best practice
10. keep records of health and safety audits following industry best practice
11. prepare written health and safety audit reports following industry best practice
12. quantify results of audit reports following industry best practice
13. make recommendations to improve health and safety performance of your organisation, including realistic implementation timescales following industry best practice
14. present audit reports to directors and/or senior managers following standard operating procedures
15. advocate acceptance of recommendations made to improve the health and safety performance of your organisation to relevant stakeholders

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1. health and safety management systems
2. health and safety management operational and technical standards and procedures
3. health and safety audit questionnaires
4. health and safety documentation
5. nature and scope of audits
6. how an audit system can be reviewed
7. advantages and disadvantages of in-house and bought-in audits
8. competency of auditors and companies offering audits
9. plan, do, check, act model and how this is researched and evaluated as part of the audit function
10. effective written communication
11. health and safety statutory requirements
12. industry best practice
13. quality management requirements for documentation

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01 Jan 2023

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Proskills

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PROHSP9

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Health and Safety Managers, Health and Safety Officers, Occupational Health Workers, Occupational Hygienists and Safety Officers (health and safety)

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Occupational health and safety; health and safety; develop; implement; audits

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