Occupational Health & Safety Management System
ISO 45001:2018 is the international standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OH&S). It helps organisations identify workplace hazards, manage OH&S risks, prevent work-related injuries and continually improve occupational health and safety performance.
ISO 45001 specifies requirements for an OH&S management system, with guidance for its use, so organisations can provide safe and healthy workplaces by preventing work-related injury and ill health, as well as proactively improving OH&S performance.
Discuss scope, objectives and current state.
Assess current practices against the standard’s requirements.
Build the policies, procedures and records the standard calls for.
Roll out the system and test it with an internal audit.
Leadership reviews performance and readiness for certification.
An accredited certification body audits conformance.
The certification body issues the accredited certificate.
Annual audits maintain certification status.
We don’t publish a fixed price, because cost depends on organisation size, number of locations, scope, process complexity, audit duration, consulting requirements and certification body fees. Request a scoped estimate and we’ll walk you through each factor.
Timelines depend on organisational readiness, scope and the complexity of your processes. A well-prepared, single-site organisation typically moves faster than a multi-site or highly regulated one — we’ll give you a realistic timeline after the initial gap analysis.
ISO 9001 manages quality and customer satisfaction; ISO 45001 manages the health and safety of your workforce. Both share the Annex SL structure, so organisations already certified to ISO 9001 typically find ISO 45001 implementation faster.
Independent confirmation that your occupational health and safety management system meets ISO 45001 requirements.
Generally voluntary, though it is increasingly required by clients in construction, manufacturing and engineering tenders.
Depends on organisational size and current safety practices — we’ll estimate this after a gap analysis.
See the Documents Required section above; the HIRA register is typically central to implementation.
Cost depends on organisation size, sites, scope and audit duration — request a scoped estimate.
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