OHSAS 18001 - ‘Occupational Health and Safety Management Specifications’ is an international occupational health and safety management system specification. An Occupational Health and Safety Management System provides a framework for managing OHS responsibilities. The framework is designed to allow companies to become more efficient and operate in a more integrated manner.
The OHSAS specification is applicable to any organisation that wishes to:
- Establish an OH&S management system to eliminate or minimise risk to employees and other interested parties who may be exposed to OH&S risks associated with its activities
- Gain competitive advantage
- Implement, maintain and continually improve an OH&S management system
- Assure compliance with its stated OH&S policy
- Demonstrate such compliance to third parties, suppliers, stakeholders etc
- Seek certification/registration of its OH&S management system by an external organisation
- Make a self-determination and declaration of conformance with this OHSAS specification
ISO Auditor Training - ISO 9001:2008 is part of the ISO 9000 family of international quality management standards and guidelines that has earned a global reputation as the basis for establishing quality management systems. When you purchase a product or service from an organization that is registered to the appropriate ISO 9000 standard, you have important assurances that the quality of what you receive will be as you expect. In addition, with the year 2000 revision of the standard, quality objectives, continual improvement, and monitoring of customer satisfaction provide the customer with increased assurances that their needs and expectations will be met.
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