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New Health & Safety Laws 2012: New Parties
According to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulator of NSW, WorkCover NSW, some of the key changes of the Workplace Health and Safety legislation planned for 2012, is the creation of new parties or entities:
PCBU
The harmonised…
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Environmental & OHS Auditing
Whether conducting a Quality (QMS), Environmental (EMS) or Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) audit, the key to gaining the most benefits is through thorough planning.
Many organisations develop a management system ‘audit program’. This program may include a…
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Environmental and OHS Management System Auditing
According to AS/NZS ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems – Fundamentals and Vocabulary, an audit is the “systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which audit criteria are fulfilled”.…
Read More Model Work Health and Safety Act: Reasonably Practicable
As discussed in previous News & Articles, the role “reasonably practicable” should play in Australia’s future Occupational Health and Safety legislation polarised the 242 written submissions on the “harmonised” Model Work Health and Safety Act. In fact, out of…
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Environmental and OHS Inspections | 5 Tips for Developing an Effective Checklist
Purpose of Inspection
How do you know that your organisation is actually doing the things you say you do if you don’t check?
Inspections play an important checking or ‘monitoring’ role within quality, environmental and OHS management systems.…
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