Effectively administering an OHSM involves managing all of the organization’s individual health and safety programs using a coordinated approach within the complex interactive workplace environment. Individual health and safety programs are required to protect people from harm under occupational health and safety legislation in most Canadian jurisdictions, but full OHS management systems are generally not mandated. In order to act as an effective resource in their workplace, the OHS professional should be able to:

– Administer health and safety programs required by health and safety
– Communicate how an OHSMS integrates with existing operational processes
– Perform evaluations of performance and communicate results
– Develop an OHSMS which meets the requirements of an accredited standard