An OHS professional in manufacturing must be competent in understanding and managing different aspects of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS). An OHSMS is a crucial tool in the growth of any organization’s OHS practices because it provides the mechanism for evaluating OHS performance and ensuring the quality and continual improvement of an OHS program. An effective OHSMS encompasses health and safety policies, systems, standards, and records, and requires incorporating your health and safety processess into your other business processes.
Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems
Units of Competency
502 Demonstrate
Understanding of quality management processes and their integration with OHS
Prerequisites:
Understanding of quality management processes and their integration with OHS
Prerequisites:
505 Perform
OHS management system audits
OHS management system audits
506 Develop
Health and safety policy
Health and safety policy
507 Administer
An OHS management system
An OHS management system
508 Provide
OHS training and instruction
OHS training and instruction