CAS Safety Auditors

Various Types of Audits

Safety and Health Management System (SHMS) Audit
ConSASS Audit
Safety and Health Management System (SHMS) Review
Occupational Health and Safety Compliance Audit
WSH Awards audit (SHARP, WSHPA, bizSAFE)
bizSAFE Audits/Risk Management Audits
RoSPA Award Audit
Green Award Audit
Surveillance Audits / Review
Expert auditor review of system

IMPARTIALITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY POLICY

We recognize the importance of impartiality and confidentiality in carrying out management system auditing through highly competent auditors to ensure the objectivity and confidentiality of its auditing activities.

We ensure all audits are conducted impartially and all clients records and information are managed confidentially and secured;

We shall feedback or declare any situation that may have a conflict of interests.
We shall not allow commercial, financial or other pressures to compromise impartiality.
We shall manage all information and records, obtained or created, confidentially and secured

AUDIT OBJECTIVES

To confirms and ascertain that the Risk Management / Safety and Health management system (SHMS) with the requirements of audit criteria and the applicable WSH legal requirements;
To confirm and ascertain that the company/project audited has effectively implemented its planned arrangements;
To determine the implementation of the company’s/project’s RM/SHMS; the capability and effectiveness of the overall RM/SHMS in driving for continual improvements.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Only conflicting issues directly related to the scope of audit shall be considered as conflict of interest and the following cases apply:

Examples of conflict of interest:

The same person / Auditing Organization develops the any corporate management systems and conducts SHMS audit for any projects or at corporate level
The same person / Auditing Organization develops any corporate management systems and conducts SHMS for the project; or
An Auditing Organization provides a WSH officer for Project A of ABC organization and conducts a SHMS audit for Project B of ABC organization;
An Auditing Organization is part of a parent organization and the parent organization is audited by the Auditing Organization;
An Auditing Organization audits a subsidiary of the same parent organization as the Auditing Organization though the subsidiary has influence over the decision making process of the Auditing Organization;
The same person / Auditing Organization provides WSHO consultancy and conducts SHMS audit for the same project;
An Auditing Organization provides WSH officer(s) to the same organization;
The management of the Auditing Organization (including directors and shareholders) is part of or whole of a consultancy organization (including managerial capacity) which provides any management system consultancy and auditing to the same organization.

A recognized mitigation of this threat is:

Personnel / Auditing Organization shall not be used to conduct the audit for a minimum of two years following the end of the consultancy of the any corporate management systems, or
Personnel / Auditing Organization shall not be used to conduct the audit for the duration of the project where consultancy was provided.

In order to ensure that there is no conflict of interest, personnel including individual external auditors who have provided management system consultancy to the organization and including those acting in managerial capacity, shall not be used by the Auditing Organization to take part in an audit if they have been involved in providing any management systems consultancy to the organization for the past 2 years. The Auditing Organization shall not provide auditing services to a organization if any of the Auditing Organizations external auditors:

is currently employed by the organization on contract of service or contract for service; or
has been involved in providing any management systems consultancy of the organization for the past 2 years.

AUDIT PROCESS

1 : APPLICATION BY APPLICANT ORGANIZATION

Applicant organization submit the request for quotation for auditing service. Information to be provided by applicant organization:

Relevant details of the applicant organization, including its name and the address(es) of its site(s), its processes and operations, human and technical resources (total manpower), functions, relationships and any relevant legal obligations;
The desired scope of the audit;
The standards or other requirements for which the applicant organization is seeking auditing services;
Identification of outsourced processes used by the organization that will affect conformity to requirements;

2 : APPLICATION REVIEW

Upon receiving the application from the applicant organization,CAS Safety Auditors will conduct a review of the application and supplementary information for auditing to ensure that

Any known differences in understanding between CAS Safety Auditors and the applicant organization is resolved;
CAS Auditors has the competence and ability to perform the audit activities;
After reviewing the application, CAS Safety Auditors will inform the applicant organization's authorized representative formally through email, whether the application has been accepted or declined. Where the application is declined, the reasons for declining the application shall be documented and made clear to the client.
The site(s) of the applicant organization's operations, time required to complete audits and any other points influencing the auditing activities are taken into account (Environment, language, safety conditions, threats to impartiality, etc.).
If the application is accepted, CAS Safety Auditors will determine the number of auditors for the audit, the competences needed to be included in the audit team and the audit duration (Based on SAC C17 requirements).

3 : DETERMINING AUDIT TIME

a) The minimum time for conducting an audit will be determined in compliance to the requirements stipulated in below table as per Annex 2 to Appendix 1 of SAC CT 17 - ConSASS.

b) The minimum time for conducting an audit will be determined in compliance to the requirements stipulated in below table as per Annex 2 to Appendix 2 of SAC CT 17 - RM audit.

4 : AUDIT PLAN

An audit plan is established for each audit to provide the basis for agreement regarding the conduct and scheduling of the audit activities. The audit plan will be communicated, and the dates of the audit agreed upon, in advance, with the client.

5 : AUDIT SCOPE

Audit Preparation;
Conducting the opening meeting;
Familiarization tour;
Communicating during the audit;
Collecting and verifying information;
- Review of Documents / Records
- Physical Inspection
- Interview of Key Personnel including workers and sub-contractors
Generating audit findings;
Preparing audit conclusions ;
Conducting the closing meeting.

6 : AUDIT REPORT AND TESTIMONY

A written audit report will be provided to the audited client/s.
Audit testimony will be provided to the audited client/s upon request.

7 : USE OF CAS NAME AND MARK OR LOGO:

The Auditee client should strictly follow the following requirements, failing which the AO CAS will take legal action on the client: -

For the use of the auditing organization CAS’s name and mark or logo, prior approval shall be obtained from CAS Safety Auditors;
the client must not use or permit the use of the AO’s audit report or testimony or the AO’s mark in communication media such as the Internet, brochures or advertising, or other documents;
the client must not make or permit any misleading statement regarding the audit;
the client must not use or permit the use of an audit report or testimony or any part thereof in a misleading manner.

8 : REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & COMPLAINT/FEEDBACK

Request for addition information may be directed to : rajcas12@yahoo.com.sg Complaint or feedback may be directed to : info@casaudits.com An acknowledgement of receipt of the request, complaint or feedback will be sent to the sender.

Additional information requested may be approval at the discretion of. For complaint received, CAS Safety Auditors will evaluate the complaint and take necessary action(s) to address the complaint. CAS Safety Auditors will feedback to the complainant on the action(s) taken.

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