Audit 123 Level 2 Health and Safety in the Workplace Guidance Volume 1 of 2

This Audit 123 Level 2 Health and Safety in the Workplace – Volume 1 audit guidance publication accompanies the corresponding Audit 123 Level 1 Health and Safety in the Workplace workbook, providing auditor’s guidance to aid in depth analysis, assessment and decision making during audits, reviews and gap analysis.

The searching approach driven by this detailed guidance puts under scrutiny the risk control systems that lead to good workplace health and safety.  Enabling audits to identify the underlying aspects of good management that lead to compliance or analytically identifying the symptoms of ineffective management after an incident.

This guidance enables auditors to rapidly come to a conclusion on detailed analysis of the status of an organisation’s legal compliance, management of health and safety and control of specific risks.  It will assist in identifying gaps in compliance and the action needed to make improvements.

It will also provide a valuable resources for those looking for information, support and advice to enable them to implement risk control systems for workplace health and safety that meet good practice and legal compliance.

The auditor guidance for this audit package is in two volumes, each is designed to accompanying the appropriate checklist workbook in this package.

Volume 1, this volume, provides auditor guidance on the validation of the procedures and systems in place and the compliance of the organisation with appropriate legislation.

Volume 2 provides auditor guidance on the validation of the implementation of the risk control systems for the variety of risks found in the workplace.