Monday, June 7, 2010

OHSAS Management System

OHSAS Management system bases on standard methodology known as Plan – Do – Check and Action that can be briefly describe as follows:
  • Plan: establish the objectives and processes necessary to deliver results in accordance with the organization’s OH&S policy.
  • Do: implement the processes.
  • Check: monitor and measure processes against OH&S policy, objectives, legal and other requirements, and report the results.
  • Act: take actions to continually improve OH&S performance.
Many organizations manage their operations via the application of a system of processes and their interactions, which can be referred to as the “process approach”. ISO 9001 promotes the use of the process approach. Since PDCA can be applied to all processes, the two methodologies are considered to be compatible.