Environmental Health and Safety Audits Course

“What you do not measure you cannot improve on”; every system however good on paper needs to be checked if it works in practice. How much more important is this need when what is at stake is not only money but human lives?

This highly interactive training course will cover the essentials of Audits.

Delegates will learn that an Audit is about examining the systems within a company and verifying firstly that the systems do exist and secondly that these systems are within the legislative requirements. Within this essential training course, the focus will also be on methods of identifying gaps that should be filled and or improved upon.

In this Safety Audit and Site Inspection training course, participants will learn about document searches, interviews and actual Site Inspections. Audit and Inspection findings are facts and not opinions and this is emphasised throughout the course.

In this training course, participants will learn to:

• Conduct effective Company and Contractors Safety Audits
• Appreciate the importance of pre-audit questionnaires
• Understand the legal aspects of audits
• Improve your knowledge on safety issues
• Improve your skills in undertaking Site Inspections

Training Objectives

By the end of this training course, participants will:

• 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

• This course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
• All Supervisors and Line Management who have assigned responsibilities within the organisation’s Safety Management System (SMS)
• HSE personnel
• Operations personnel
• Maintenance personnel
• Staff involved in Contractor work

Daily Agenda

Day One: Introduction to Audits, Legislation and Contractors

Competency Description: It is a necessary to understand legal and best practice before undertaking Audits and Inspections

Topics to be covered

• Introduction to safety audits and inspections
• The Legal Aspects
• Good Practice for the Oil and Gas Industry
• Directives on- temporary or mobile construction sites
• Contractor Selection and Induction
• Risk Management and Risk Assessments
• Evaluating Risk Assessments

Day Two: Elements of a Safety Management System – Audits

Competency Description: The Auditor must be aware of the types of Safety Management Systems

Topics to be covered

• 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
• ANSI/API 754 Process Safety Indicators for the Refining and Petrochemical Industries
• The Auditors’ qualifications
• Audits
• Pre-Audit Activities
• On Site Activities
• Post Audit Activities
• Classification of Findings

Day Three: Inspections

Competency Description: The physical Inspection of the Plant is part of the Audit.

Topics to be covered

• Observation Techniques
• Specific audit / inspection systems - physical inspection of the site
• Confined Space Entry
• Work at height
• Scaffolding
• Ladders
• PPE
• Fire Assessment
• Chemicals
• Work Permit Systems