Category: Safety

The importance of internal auditing

At the recent AIHS ‘Visions’ Conference the Deputy Director General (DDG) of the Office of Industrial Relations (OIR), Craig Allen shared his…

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Spring cleaning

Health and safety management systems emerged in the 1990s with WHS / OHS legislation, statutory, advisory and industry standards guiding what should…

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Balancing subjectivity in assessing risks

The assessment of risk is enshrined within an array of safety and environmental legislation. Risk assessment is based on a function of…

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Time to get Professional

The auditing of safety-related competencies is relatively easy when we consider occupational licences and qualifications, making sure that those personnel that drive…

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Safe Work Method Statements – Tales From the Road

As safety professionals, QRMC consultants have seen a lot of Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS) in their time. It would be fair…

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Why do we look in the rear-view mirror so much?

When it comes to safety performance why do organisations persist in focusing mostly on what they have done and where they have…

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Safety auditing and professional judgement

The current version of the ISO 19011 Guidelines for auditing management systems includes the points that “Auditors should apply professional judgement during…

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Virtual Auditing

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged a great many tried-and-(no longer)-true systems of work. One of these is conducting external or third party…

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A ‘How To’ for Management Review

Management Review is one of the best explained and worst applied sections of the management system suite of International Standards (ISO9001:2015, ISO45001:2018,…

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