Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality Auditing

Terri Andrews is a systems consultant with a focus on the development, implementation, improvement and assessment of HSEQ Management Systems within a diverse range of industries. Terri is the co-author of the book, Integrated Management Systems: Leading Strategies and Solutions. For almost 25 years, Terri has guided dozens of organizations through the design, management and improvement of operational and management policies, procedures and documentation across all organizational functions including: strategic and upper management, human resources, procurement, design, construction & fabrication, service delivery, production, QHSE system management and quality improvement (corrective action, incident management, lessons learned systems, auditing, etc.) Her work has spanned a wide range ofprivate and public sectors includingoil & gas, manufacturing, research & design, service, aviation, education, government, tourism, aquaculture and medical and laboratory facilities. Wayne Pardy is a graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland and is currently the HSEQ Manager with Quality Plus Inc. For the past 35 years he has assisted many organizations develop and enhance their HSEQ management systems as a consultant, trainer, author, speaker and auditor. Prior to joining Quality Plus Inc. Wayne was the Vice-President of Safety and Quality for Q5 Systems, helping bring that company from a high-tech start up in 1999 to a multi-million-dollar high tech safety and quality software and HSEQ service company with a global client base. Some of the Q5 audit software success stories are referenced in this book based on Wayne’s international HSEQ audit experience with Q5. An international award-winning safety professional, Wayne is author of the book, Safety Incentives: The Pros and Cons of Award and Recognition Programs (Padro Communications and Moran Associates) and co-author of quality book, Integrated Management System: Leading Strategies and Solutions (Bernan Press), as well as a contributing author of the book, A Guide to Health and Safety Management: 20 Proven Programs (published by Southam Business Communications Inc.). This is his 5th HSEQ book as an author or contributing author.

ACKNOWLEGEMENTS

CHAPTER 1: PERSPECTIVES IN HSEQ AUDITING

CHAPTER 2: GOVERNMENT AND REGULATORY PERSEPECTIVES

CHAPTER 3: LEGAL CONSIDERATIONSCHAPTER 4: ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL HSEQ AUDIT PROGRAM

CHAPTER 5: IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON HSEQ AUDIT PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 6: A REVIEW OF SOME TYPICAL HSEQ AUDIT PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 7: BENCHMARKING HSEQ AUDIT PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 8: COMPENTENCIES, CHARACTERISTICS, AND TRAINING OF HSEQ AUDITORS

CHAPTER 9: CONDUCTING THIRD-APRTY EVALUATIONS OF HSEQ AUDIT PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 10: LEVERAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR HSEQ AUDITS

CHAPTER 11: MANAGING AND CRITICQUING AN HSEQ AUDIT PROGRAM

CHAPTER 12: CONDUCTING AN HSEQ AUDIT

CHAPTER 13: CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE OPENING AND CLOSING MEETING AND CONFERENCES

CHAPTER 14: DRAFTING AND WRITING QUALITY HSEQ AUDIT REPORTS

CHAPTER 15: PLANNING TO ACHIEVE HIGH QUALITY HSEQ AUDITS

CHAPTER 16: HSEQ AUDIT GUIDANCE

CHAPTER 17: AUDIT REPORT GUIDANCE

CHAPTER 18: INTEGRATED HSEQ MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AUDITING

APPENDIX A1: Canadian Federation of Construction Safety Associations COR® audit program

APPENDIX A2: COR® Accreditation Standard - Audit Definitions and InterpretationsAppendix B: ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Audit Tool

Appendix C: SAMPLE Audit Notification and Plan

Appendix D: Sample HSEQ Audit Report template

Appendix E: Quality Plus Integrated HSEQ Management System Audit course

Appendix F: ChatGPT generated integrated HSEQ Audit checklist.

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