By taking this OSHAS course, you will introduce excellent health and safety management to your business. You will understand the principles of achieving the highest standard of working environment and understand legislation around occupational health and safety. It will help you promote a safe and healthy working environment by providing a framework that allows your organization to consistently identify and control its health and safety risks, reduce the potential for accidents, aid legislative compliance and improve overall performance.

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Gain an understanding of OHSAS 18001
• Understand the basic concepts of OHSAS 18001:2007
• Understand the terminology of OH&S management systems
• Gain an overview of the OHSAS 18001:2007 framework
• Gain a basic understanding of how an OH&S management system can be integrated into existing environmental management systems
• Understand the benefits of managing your own health and safety systems
• Establish the requirements of certification and how to implement these
• Learn how to implement and manage an occupational Health and safety management system to the OHSAS 18001 requirements
• Take a look at loss causation and control
• Understand risk identification, evaluation, and assessment methods

Occupational Health and Safety Professionals, Safety Consultants, Safety Officers, Operating and Staff Managers, Loss Prevention Managers, Engineers, Environmental or Quality Managers interested in implementing an OHSMS, Individuals recently tasked with implementing an OHSMS

 An Introduction to OHSAS 18001

• Managing risk through effective occupational health and safety management system
• Understanding loss causation and control in OH&S management system
• The structure of the OHSAS 18001 standard
• OH&S policy and exercises
• Daily review
• Planning
• Group risk assessments
• Training, awareness and competence
• Consultation and communication
• Documentation, document and data control, records and record
• Management
• Operation control
• Emergency preparedness and response
• Performance measurement and monitoring
• Audit
• Accident, incidents, non-conformance and corrective and prevention action
• Management review
• Managing occupational health and safety issues in an OH&S management system

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.