1              Overview

Occupational Health and Safety Management (OHS) systems can be designed to comply with a number of framework standards:

      - SafetyMap (Initial or Advanced levels)

      - AS4801

      - OHSAS18000/BS8800

      - Safety-Wise®

OHS compliance is one of the biggest issues confronting businesses today.  There is a growing awareness and expectation in the community that “everyone deserves a safe job, and come home at night un-hurt”.  Many western countries are now introducing legislation which will make supervisors, managers, directors and board, accountable for unsafe work environments.

Safety-Wise® has been designed for small companies who do not have the resources to seek full certification.  Safety-Wise is based on AS4801requirements which provides a framework, within organisations, that will identify hazards, quantify the risks, and put it place control methods to eliminate, reduce or control these risks.

This also needs to be done within a system environment: this means an organisation needs to have sound systems for dealing with issues such as:

• Training, induction and competence recognition
• Planning, and keeping on top of legislation,
• Internal audits
• Communications
• Document control
• Incident reporting etc

Due diligence may also be improved if compliance with this framework is maintained.

2              In simple terms

In essence, Safety-Wise® is a small business focused certification.  It reflects an organisation’s commitment to the environment, leadership, systems and sound and stable processes, which can protect the environment and its communities from adverse events.

If you care about our planet, you are organized and you can prove it, Safety-Wise® should be a simple, yet important step.  Certification will assist you prove and demonstrate that you have sound systems, and you are keeping them up to date, and in continued compliance.

3              Specific program conditions

The program is only open to small businesses (less than 20 FTE staff), with low risk processes and products.  Should Global-Mark take the view that a client or potential client does not, or no longer qualifies within this category, the client will be notified in writing and given 12 months to upgrade to full As4801 certification.  After 12 months, the Safety-wise® certification will be cancelled.

  4                Requirements of the standard to be addressed for Safety-Wise®

The following clauses of the standard need to be fully addressed, in all aspects of the client’s business, activities and processes (within the scope of certification):

5              What documents/records are needed to understand this program

In order to understand our program, you should also access and be aware of the following documents:

·         G-00: Client Pack

·         MSP-00: Introduction to our management systems

·         MSP-01: Nomenclature and definitions

·         MSP-24 Appeals