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Steps to Quality Certification (ISO 9001)
We’re an accredited body ourselves, which ensures that we look at your management system from an independent angle, and our highly trained and experienced Client Managers bring their industry knowledge to bear to help you get the most out of ISO 9001.
If you’re new to CACS, don’t worry – the certification process is very simple.
Steps to Environmental Certification (ISO 14001)
Implementing a management system of any kind is a significant undertaking for any organization. However, there are some common tools you can use and a common process to follow during implementation and the route towards certification.
We offer a comprehensive range of services to help businesses understand and implement the internationally recognized environmental standard ISO 14001. These build on the requirements of ISO 14001 by breaking down the requirements into manageable steps.
Steps to Safety Certification (AS NZS 4801)
This alignment of the management system documents helps in the facilitation of Integrated management systems.
The following steps help form the basic structure of the management system and link into the structure of AS NZS 4801. Plan
During the planning stage you should:
- Ensure you have the commitment of top management
- Define, with the authorization of top management, your company's occupational health and safety policy
- Planning must be completed to establish a framework for identifying hazards, risk assessments and the implementation of necessary control measures
- Legal obligations must be identified and understood, objectives set and a management programme for achieving them implemented; this entire process should be documented
Implement your health and safety management system
At this point you should:
- Establish roles and responsibilities
- Develop procedures for the consultation and communication of OHS information to employees and other interested parties
- Document your processes and develop a system of document and data control
- Apply a system of operational control
- Establish plans and procedures for emergencies
- Check your management system and take any necessary corrective action
You should aim to continually improve your management system by:
- Introducing performance, measuring and monitoring practices
- Establishing and documenting responsibility and authority for accidents, incidents, non-conformities, and corrective and preventative action
- Establishing a procedure for records and records management
- Auditing and assessing the performance of the management system
- Performing management reviews of the system at identified and defined intervals
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