1.

a competent person is someone who has the necessary skills, experience and knowledge to
manage health and safety.
2. The audit scope should be consistent with the audit programme and audit objectives. It
includes such factors as physical locations, organizational units, activities and procedures to
be audited, as well as the interval period covered by the audit
3. The audit criteria are used as a reference against which conformity is determined and may
include applicable policies, procedures, standards, legal requirements, management system
requirements, contractual requirements, sector codes of conduct or other planned
arrangements
4. Increases Profit, Manages Business Risk, Increases Sales and Improves Employee
Performance
5. Listening, Talking, looking and Observation
6. Applicable management system documents and records, as well as previous audit reports.
7. OH&S requirements relevant to their visit & any personal protective equipment (PPE) that
needs to be worn (e.g. safety glasses)

8. relating to managements commitment to the OH&S management system (e.g.

programmes undertaken and resources committed to improving OH&S
performance), concerning the identification of hazards and risks (e.g. information on
process flows, materials in use, equipment specifications and observation of work
practices) and relating to incident investigation (e.g. the type of incidents that are
taking place, factors that can contribute to the occurrence of incidents, results of
incident investigations)
9.