ISO 45001 Clause 5 in 45 minutes – Leadership

• Clause 5.1 Management Commitment
• Clause 5.2 The OHS Policy
• Clause 5.3 Roles, Responsibilities and Authority
• Clause 5.4 Worker Consultation & Participation

5.1. Management commitment

• Take accountability and responsibility
• Set direction and objectives and review performance
• OHS integration, importance communicated
• Provide resources support, direction and protection
• Positive OHS culture and climate
• OHS committee meetings
• Effective work consultation and participation

5.2. OHS policy

1. Top management commitments should

• provide safe and healthy work conditions
• prevent work-related injury and ill-health
• fulfil legal and other requirements
• Eliminate hazards and reduce OHS risk
• Continual improvement of OHS management System
• Worker consultation and participation

2. The policy must be relevant and appropriate to the organisation
3. The policy must be well documented, communicated and available as information

5.3. Organisational roles, responsibilities and authorities

It is important to assign responsibility to ensure the OHS conforms to ISO45001 and reports on the OHS performance to top management.

 5.4. Worker consultation and participation

The company is to provide time, training resources, access to information, identify barriers and remove any obstacles

Consultation includes:

1. OHS policy
2. Needs of I and AP
3. Assigned roles and responsibilities
4. Compliance
5. Planning and objectives
6. External providers
7. OHS performance
8. Audit Programme
9. Improvements

Participation includes:

1. How to participate and consult
2. Risk and opportunities
3. Hazard elimination and risk reduction
4. Competency
5. Communication
6. Risk Controls
7. Investigations

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