Business continuity planning (BCP) is the process of ensuring that a company is robust regarding its ability to respond to and recover from potential threats. This plan ensures that workers and organizational resources are protected and able to respond appropriately in the event of a disaster. It is important to be able to understand and facilitate the integration of occupational health risk management into the wider OHS management systems. OHS professionals can support the delivery of the organization’s well-being agenda through collaboration with others to develop business continuity plans which support the ongoing process of developing workplace safety. In order to act as an effective resource to the organization, an OHS professional should be familiar with aspects of business continuity plans such as:

– Emergency preparedness
– Knowledge management in the face of worker turnover
– Training and education of new or newly promoted workers, managers, and executives
– Implementation of and evaluation of emergency response plans