Safety Management Systems
Without a safety management system there is nothing holding all the pieces together. The procedures, the policies, the schedules, the forms, registered and checklists and risk assessments and all the other components are all managed through the establishment of a Safety Management System.
The system is the businesses guidebook for safety, providing the organisation with a fluid process to implement, track and measure performance and accountability in regard to their specific WHS duty requirements.
What Elements Make a Good Safety System
The best safety system is one that contains the core elements of a standard safety management structure e.g. ISO45001 and critically, is developed and structured to fit your business operations, risks and activities specifically.
A safety management system is only effective, and your investment is only repaid when the safety system is utilised, referred to, reviewed and improved on a regular basis. This can only happen when the system is developed in-line with your business requirements and the content is written in plain English. For the system to be fully utilised in the business you rely heavily on building a strong and consultative safety culture, this is highly dependent on the workers understanding the systems and ensuring the tools are relevant and practical for them to use.
This is why a bought off the shelf / internet (cookie cutter) safety manual without any customisation is a poor investment and ineffective in covering your duty of care.
Developing and Implementing Your Safety Manual
As Safety Advisors we can help you assess and identify the elements you need to include in your safety manual, including assisting you to review current practices/policies/operations, develop new processes in-line with your business management needs, then develop and implement the safety management system into your business operations. This is an effective solution, removing the pressure on internal staff who are already busy and providing a structured process with a supporting hand during the development and implementation.
Our systems are designed for SME clients providing a balance of legislative and industry requirements against practical language, to make implementation and usability a standout feature. Our systems are used by trades, manufacturers and service providers in all industries including oil and gas, infrastructure and rail projects, and have passed stringent pre-qualification requirements in these industries.
We also provide a service to transform your paper-based forms, registers, checklists and workflows into a digital format created on an App platform accessible from mobile devices. Go to the website.