ISO 45001:2018 Awareness Training

Introduction

In any industry, there are always risks for workplace injuries, ill health, and damage to materials. Businesses have been put under pressure to ensure the operational costs are not overwhelming. Workplace injuries, ill health, and damage to materials are contributors to increased operational costs.

When safety is considered an investment for the company's profitability, it may be able to reduce the risks of workplace injuries, ill health, and damage to materials. ISO 45001:2018 is introduced to industries to ensure overall occupational safety and health performance in a systematic way. It also serves as a foundation to conduct improvement activities for occupational safety and health at the workplace.

This training has been specially designed to create awareness among the management and executives in the organization with the necessary basics about how the organization can handle occupational health and safety challenges and implement an effective occupational health and safety management system using ISO 45001:2018.

The participants will also be exposed to the relevant tools for improving occupational health and safety management at the workplace.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the external elements and the needs and requirements of interested parties that influence the decision-making process in an organization and apply their requirements to the business process and towards a sustainable OHSMS.
• Understand OHS and OHSMS risks and opportunities.
• Appreciate critical support functions in the organization in supporting the OHSMS.
• Understand effective operational control and planning and emergency preparedness and response.
• Understand how to benefit from internal audit programs.
• Appreciate the measures for success and the tools to manage improvement programs.

Key Content

Module 1: Important concepts in ISO 45001:2018

• Context of the organization
• Interested parties and their needs and expectations
• Scope of OHSMS
• The management system
• Leadership and commitment

Module 2: OHS policy

• Organizational roles, responsibilities, and authorities
• Managing risks and opportunities
• Managing change
• Managing company resources
• Operational planning and control

Module 3: Emergency preparedness and response

• Monitoring and measuring success
• Managing improvements
• Implementation and certification
• The way forward

Target Audience

Managers and executives in all areas in the organization. This training program is also for those who are actively involved in various occupational health and safety management system implementation and maintenance processes.

Methodology

This training program uses adult learning methods such as lectures, group discussion, Power Point presentations and games. Participants will spend half of the time in individual or group activities that allow them to appreciate the ISO 45001:2018 for eventual implementation. The trainer will share his knowledge and actual experience and will draw real examples from the actual industry setting to reinforce learning.