Safety Audit & Site Inspection
Course Code: HS12
Course Objective
- Understand the legal background
- Appreciate all Audit activities
- Gain knowledge about the elements of a Safety Management system
- Successfully undertake site inspections
- Assess the Safety Culture of the organization
- Evaluate the Emergency Plans of the Organisation
Target Audience
- All supervisors and line management who have assigned responsibilities within the organisation’s Safety Management System (SMS)
- Maintenance personnel
- HSE personnel
- Staff involved in Contractor work
Course Outline
DAY 1: Introduction to Audits, Legislation & Contractors
- Introduction to safety audits and inspections
- The Legal Aspects
- Seveso, COMAH and PSM 1910.119
- Construction Design & Management (CDM) regulations & ILO C-167
- Directive 92/57/EEC – temporary or mobile construction sites
- Contractor Selection & Induction
- Risk Management & Risk Assessments
- Evaluating Risk Assessments
DAY 2: Elements of a Safety Management System – Audits
- Types of Safety Management Systems
- Mechanical Model
- Socio Technical Model
- Elements of Safety – Management Systems
- SMS Policy – Elements of SMS policy statements
- Proactive and reactive monitoring of performance
- Measurement Techniques
- The Auditors’ qualifications
- Audits
- Pre Audit Activities
- On Site Activities
- Post Audit Activities
- Classification of Findings
DAY 3: Inspections
- Observation Techniques
- Specific audit / inspection systems – physical inspection of the site
- Confined Space Entry
- Lifting Equipment
- Work at height
- Scaffolding
- Ladders
- PPE
- Chemicals
- Fire Assessment
- Work Permit Systems
DAY 4: Safety Culture
- Safety Culture and Behavioural Safety
- Motivation – Taylor, Herzberg, Vroom, Gueller, Maslow
- Natural Penalties and Consequences
- ABC Analysis
- What drives behaviour
- Auditing the Safety Culture
- Improving the Culture
DAY 5: Emergencies
- Internal Emergency Plans
- External Emergency Plans
- Auditing emergency plans
- Audit Reports
- Course Review
- Evaluation
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