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NVIRONMENTAL
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ANAGEMENT
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XCLUSIONS
None.
O
BJECTIVE
Encourage development of systematic building management systems
that embrace safety, health and environmental performance.
C
REDITS
A
TTAINABLE
1 + 1 BONUS
P
REREQUISITES
None.
C
REDIT
R
EQUIREMENTS
1 credit where the building management operates an Operational Health
and Safety Management System certified to OHSAS 18001 or an
Environmental Management System to ISO14001.
1 BONUS credit where both a certified OHSAS and a certified EMS are
in place.
A
SSESSMENT
The Client shall provide documentation supporting any claim to having a
certified OHSAS [1] and/or certified EMS [2] in place, plus a commitment
confirmed at directorate level of management that the intention is to
renew certification(s) when next due.
As an alternative, where no certified OHSAS or EMS is in place the onus
shall be on the Client to demonstrate that the key elements of a certified
OHSAS and certified EMS are incorporated within the systems of
building management that already exist.
Appropriate policies, objectives and targets, communications,
responsibilities, actions taken, results/outcomes, etc. shall be outlined in
summary form. The Applicant shall provide documentation and
photographic evidence.
B
ACKGROUND
The importance of managing Occupational Health and Safety is
recognised by all interested parties: employers, employees, customers,
suppliers, insurers, shareholders, the community, contractors, and
regulatory agencies. OHSAS 18001:1999 [1] was released in April 1999.
OHSAS 18002 [3] is the Occupational Health and Safety Management
Systems Guidelines for the implementation of OHSAS 18001. OHSAS
18001 was developed in response to urgent customer demand for a
recognisable occupational health and safety management system
standard against which their management system may be assessed and
certified. OHSAS 18001:1999 is compatible with ISO 9001:1994 and ISO
14001:1996.
The specification takes a structured approach to OH&S management.
The emphasis is placed on practices being pro-active and preventive, by
the identification of hazards and the evaluation and control of work
related risks. OHSAS 18001 can be used by organisation of all sizes
regardless of the nature of their activities or location. Organisations can
now achieve third party certification for their Occupational Health and
Safety management system.
OHSAS 18001 features include the following elements:
OH&S policy;
1 British Standards Institution. OHSAS 18001:1999. Occupational health and safety management systems — Specification.
2 International Organization for Standardization. ISO 14001: Environmental management systems – Specification with guidance
for use.
3 British Standards Institution. OHSAS 18002:2000, Occupational health and safety management systems –Guidelines for the
implementation of OHSAS 18001.