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Building an ISO 45001 Safety Management System

Learn how to build an ISO 45001–based safety management system

ISO 45001:2018 aims to raise occupational health, safety, and risk-awareness levels, and strongly activates an organization’s leadership to encourage staff toward better safety performance. It also has a positive impact on employee satisfaction, operational efficiency, and managing the costs that come from workplace incidents.

In an ISO 45001–based safety management system, consulting and involving employees plays a significant role in building, maintaining, and improving the system.

“A really good training — participants were encouraged to take part in just the right way. The group was small, which made it easier to join the discussion.”

What you’ll get from this course

  • You’ll learn the requirements of ISO 45001:2018 and how to apply them when building an OH&S management system.
  • You’ll get ideas for developing modern safety management.
  • You’ll also get ideas around Lean thinking — how to actively involve staff in development and in building a safety culture.
  • You’ll extend process thinking in your own organization by bringing OH&S topics into your processes.
  • You’ll learn how to integrate quality, environmental, and safety matters into one coherent way of working for your organization.

Who’s it for?

  • Safety directors and managers
  • Quality and environmental managers
  • Project managers and directors
  • Specialists responsible for building, developing, and maintaining a safety management system

Learning methods

  • This is a one-day course combining theory, discussion, practical examples, and organization-specific deep-dive discussion.
  • Participants receive a rich set of materials — models and form templates for building, maintaining, and developing an ISO 45001:2018–based safety management system.

Explore the course content below

Sample schedule and content

09:00 Opening of the course
  • Introductions
  • Program and objectives for the day
  • The structure of an OH&S management system and the stages of building it
The Plan stage
  • Exploring the “why”: why does the organization want to commit to an OH&S management system?
  • The OH&S project team and steering group
  • Training needs
  • The organization’s internal and external operating context, including stakeholder needs and expectations
  • The scope of the OH&S management system
  • How to bring OH&S topics into your processes
  • Principles that demonstrate top management’s leadership and commitment
  • What the safety policy needs to cover, as required by the standard
  • Responsibilities and authorities for key roles
  • Procedures for consulting and involving employees, plus statutory cooperation procedures
  • Other processes: risks, improvement opportunities, managing change
  • Hazards (physical, ergonomic, etc.) and the related OH&S risks
  • Binding obligations
  • OH&S objectives: how to define indicators and the process for achieving them
11:30 Lunch break

12:15 The Do stage
  • The resources needed to implement and maintain the OH&S system, including line management’s specific responsibilities
  • The competencies, awareness needs, and induction requirements needed both for the OH&S system and for the organization’s legal and regulatory requirements
  • Internal and external OH&S communication
  • Creating, updating, retaining, and managing documented information
  • The operational-control process models needed to meet the OH&S system’s requirements
  • Potential emergency situations and the responses needed (safety plan / emergency plan)
The Check stage
  • Monitoring, measuring, analyzing, and evaluating OH&S performance and levels
  • Assessing whether binding OH&S obligations are being met
  • Guidance on internal auditing
  • Templates for the OH&S management review
The Act stage
  • Processes for recording safety incidents, near-misses, and nonconformities, handling root causes, and carrying out corrective actions
  • Continual improvement of the suitability and effectiveness of the OH&S system
  • The readiness level needed for certification
16:00 End of course


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