Australian Risk Services: The Safety Auditing Experts

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Australian Risk Services The Safety Auditing
Experts

• Workplace safety auditing does more than just
  ensure compliance with the various acts and
  regulations governing occupational health and
  safety (OHS) it ensures that employees are kept
  healthy, injury-free and productive.
• Australian Risk Services (ARS) has over 15 years
  experience providing strategic commercial risk
  management andsafety auditing services to a
  diverse range of industries.
• Minimising (OHS) risks in the workplace protects
  personnel and capital goods, and maximises
  productivity.
• Independent, external safety auditing can
  thoroughly and systematically

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• A Legal, Ethical and Financial Obligation
• From an organisational perspective, safety
  auditing is a crucial business process.
  Identification of hazards and the resulting
  planning
• Reduces legal risk you can avoid the costs and
  penalties associated with non-compliance, or
  worse, the issues resulting from the occurrence
  of an accident
• Is ethical as employers, there is a moral
  obligation to keep workers safe and healthy as
  far as is practicable
• Maintains productivity injured or ill workers
  are unable to be productive, and the downtime
  associated with accidents can be extremely costly
• Benefits of External Safety Auditing
• Although employees are most familiar with the
  layout and equipment used in their workplace, an
  independent viewpoint is important in order to
  ensure a truly comprehensive assessment.
• By engaging a specialist from ARS you benefit
  from
• An objective perspective, which is important in
  identifying all risks around the workplace
• Specialist knowledge and experience, which allows
  us to recognise hazards that you may not have
  identified as an OHS issue
• Specialist OHS expertise from a company that is
  dedicated to keeping up to date with the
  latest standards, legislation and programs

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• Industry Experience
• OHS risks are present in all work environments
  from schools to mines, from retail to logistics.
• ARS has provided safety auditing services for a
  diverse range of industries, including
• Event Management
• Transport, Shipping and Logistics
• Chemical and General Waste Management
• Mining
• Local Government
• Retail
• Clothing Manufacture
• Food and Drink Production

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• Range of Safety Auditing Services
• We provide our diverse clients with services that
  include
• Gap Analysis
• This pre-audit program identifies gaps in
  management systems and highlights areas that need
  improvement. This helps an organisation to meet
  Australian and international compliance
  standards.
• Desktop/Site Verification
• Through this program, we review your
  organisations documents and observe workplace
  activities, which helps evaluate your current
  management system and observe workplace
  activities.
• National Audit Tool (NAT) Audits for Self-Insured
  Organisations
• This program is built around a set of national
  audit guidelines based on AS/NZS 4801. It defines
  the criteria that relevant regulators will use
  within their jurisdictions to assess OHS
  management systems of self-insurers.
• Certification Preparation
• The purpose of this audit is to help a workplace
  achieve certification as per the following
  Australian and international standards
• AS/NZS 4801 OHS Management System Compliance
• OHSAS 18001 OHS Management System Compliance
• ISO 14001 Environmental Management System
  Compliance
• ISO 9001 Quality Management System Compliance

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• Integrated Management System Compliance
• Second Party Audits
• This program is tailored to meet organisational
  requirements, such as audits for
• Suppliers
• Contractors
• Risk Profiling
• Legislative Compliance
• This program is based on legislative compliance
  to assist with identifying, assessing and
  controlling workplace risks. It is designed to
  help lay the foundations for a systematic
  approach to managing Work Health and Safety
  (WHS).
• Property and Risk Compliance
• This program is designed to benchmark properties
  against risk and WHS parameters, while scoring
  the property for risk and compliance. The program
  assists owners, managers and supervisors involved
  in the management of facilities, buildings and
  other property, to demonstrate due diligence and
  achieve compliance through practical risk control
  recommendations.