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Good evening.
My name is Keith and I would like to ask if anyone would be able to provide me with some real life experience in implementation of ISO 18001.
I am looking for employment in Health and Safety and I see a gap which continually keeps cropping up, and that is ISO. I am currently between jobs and would like to use this time effectively if anyone would provide this experience in ISO I would be extremely grateful.
Age:55
Industry experience: 25 years working in the Construction Industry.
15 years working in Education teaching Construction,CSCS, and IOSH courses.
Worked as senior lecturer and responsible person (Reg 7 MHSWR 1999) in school setting.
Qualifications in regard H&S:
NEBOSH General Certificate (Credit)
NEBOSH Construction (Distinction)
NEBOSH Fire Safety and Management (Distinction)
NEBOSH Diploma (Credit)
SRSC Level 1 and 2
I live in the Merseyside area.
Thank you for your consideration Keith
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Hi Kieth,
18001 is to be replaced by BS EN ISO 45001 which is currently out for comment, I haven't looked closely but I don't see huge changes from 18001 in the content.
Alignment to management PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) cycle, as per HSG 65 2013 changes.
In the short term if you re-familiarise yourself with 18001 you won't go far wrong.
I have worked with it, if you have been exposed to 9001 (and derivatives) it is the same process of identify what you do, write what you do, check that you do what you write, audit and improve.
Good luck.
S
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Hi S, thanks for your response it is greatly appreciated, I am aware that 18001 is to be replaced by 45001 later this year and have been actively following the developments. I have worked with HSG 65 and Plan Do Check Act,I haven't been part of accreditation to ISO and. I would like to experience this process. I am familiar with the requirements of 18001 as it was an integral part of unit A in my Diploma, I like to cover all bases. S, your explanation in the last sentence was most helpful it explained quite explicitly and I thank you.
Thanks once again for taking the time to help. Kindest regards Keith
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Hi Keith,
I have been successful in implementing 18001 to a few of my previous clients, mainly SME.
Be prepared to for the development and implementation to take quite a bit of time, you need to be completely ready for the accreditation or you will fail. What I mean by this is that you need to be compliant with both the framework and your own standards of achievements. An also once your system is imbedded you need to then self audit and again this takes a lot of time.
Also management commitment including the directors is key. 18001 cannot be achieved with out reporting and action from top management.
18001 is a good management system - even If you do not choose to go for official accreditation I think most companies could benefit from following this framework for their management systems.
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You could go on an internal auditing course ! as well as ISO9001 it is also similar to ISO14001.
If implementing a system it is best to try and not reinvent the wheel. Look at what the company does and think would that meet the clause 4.??? etc. You do your gap analysis and go through each clause one by one and ask do we do it.
Some of the big auditing names have free info on their site to aid people putting systems in place, if you have not read then may be a good idea.
Most of what these systems require is common sense and company's already have ie RAs , SWP, which are documented and controlled, therefore documents in the system etc.
Note you only have to do what the clause states, not what the auditor thinks you should be doing. They will test your knowledge of the standard sometimes to see if they can run rings around you. You don't need to know clause numbers, but must understand what each clause means.
IMHO
Chris
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To be precise, "18001" is not an ISO Standard and it is not correct to prefix it with ISO, hence the current proposal for ISO 45001.
"18001" started off in 1999 as OHSAS 18001 and was titled as a "Specification" after lack of consensus and not getting more that two thirds majority to form a project committee. The 2007 revision of OHSAS 18001:1999 became BS OHSAS 18001:2007--at least a British Standard. It became the "de-facto" standard at global level, but it is only after there was more than two thirds majority at ISO level that work for ISO 45001 commenced.
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