Why choose QSA? QSA Awards QSA with its training, consultancy and user support network provides employers with the lifeline they will require if they are to survive the radical changes still taking place in the world of safety management. There are no short cuts or easy options for employers, but right from the very first audit, the information will be available to enable the path to success to be identified. How the system works? The audit examines an organisation’s safety management system against the elements listed in HSE guidelines for best practice and BS 8800 and incorporates the clauses of OHSAS 18001. The question set leads the auditor through a detailed examination of both documented procedures and the way activities are actually being controlled in practice. The use of pre-set questions enables an audit team to operate at different sites and at different times and still come to comparable conclusions with regards to the management of health and safety. A numerical score is allocated to each question and all the points are awarded for a yes answer, but none for a no answer, so reducing the subjectivity in scoring. The points awarded reflect the degree of importance of the question. A total score is obtained for each element and this is used to calculate a score which represents the overall performance of the organisation. This score is called the health and safety performing rating. Under the heading of Organising, the Audit examines the way in which responsibilities within the safety management system have been allocated to policy makers, planners and implementers and that there is supporting documentation for these activities. In essence, the QSA system adopts the HSE guidelines for best practice as its base. Procedures which describe how an organisation can meet the required performance standards fall into the main categories described in these guidelines for best practice. Those which describe how the organisation will develop its safety culture under the heading of the four Cs: • Control • Co-operation • Communication • Competence Those which describe how the organisation will control risks and relate to: • To provide an incentive for the use of the QSA system and to recognise levels of achievement in health and safety management, there is the option of inclusion in the RoSPA QSA Award scheme in which many organisations have chosen to become involved. There is no pass or fail in QSA, rather the system reveals levels of performance in managing health and safety effectively. Corporate planning, with the setting of objectives for the organisation • Operational planning, centered around the assessment of risks and the setting of control measures In addition to addressing the risk assessment process in its own right, QSA also examines performance in ten key sets of risk control issues, focused on specific legislation and selected from a library of question sets to reflect the activities and risk profile of your organisation. 70 Telephone +44 (0)121 248 2233 Email training@rospa.com Visit www.rospa.com
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