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Good afternoon everyone,
I'm currently in the process to creating a H&S Management System. I've created the template procedure document but I would like to use the correct revision standard but I'm not sure how this works if there is a correct way that is recognised or if I just need to create one.
I'm hoping that there is a recognised way but thought I'd come here to ask members what you use.
I've seen document control from a previous employed such as A1,2,3 to C1,2,3, but I've also seen D1 for Draft and and F1 for Final.
Thanks
SG
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There is no one standard way of doing it.
The best thing is to be consistent with whatever other document control method is used in your organisation. (If there is a quality department, ask them.) If there isn't any existing document control on anything, then the best thing to do is to adopt one that will work for you.
It can be as simple as 'draft', 'issue 1', 'issue 2'. And why complicate it?
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Hi
Kate is right you can do what ever you like really, I tend to use Version 1.0 - July 16 etc (I like to use dates on mine).
If your going for a quality systems make sure you put in a version log to keep track of any changes.
Its your system so keep it as simple as you can, seen some overly complicated systems that become unmanageable!
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Just make sure that whatever version it is, you have that detailed on each page [usually in the footer]
This way, you can always check that is work is being carried out to the latest version, even when they have just printed off the relevant pages of a document, rather than the whole thing
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I apply what I learned in previous careers (drawing office design teams).
Alpha issue or suffix for drafts (lower and upper case are available to you for different review stages)
Numeric for formal issue. Numeric increase for MAJOR change, decimal update for minor revision. Thus:
issue o.a first draft
issue 0.A first round of stakeholder review at draft status
issue 1.0 for first formal issue
etc.
More importantly, focus on right-first-time approach. It can be very off-putting to have constant revision to a document, and can lead to lack of confidence in the document and the author.
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