Hidalgo, Texas (TX) – ISO 45001

There’s no doubt about it. The previous facts we gave you about the standard tell you a lot about why it is so necessary. But do you actually understand everything it involves for your company?

At IQC The ISO Pros, we are aware that you want to save as much time and resources as you can, especially if you’re just starting with your business. It isn’t simple to invest in certain standards that might not be within your plans, but you have to consider the pros and cons of going for it. When it comes to ISO 45001, the pros will always be more than the cons of using your resources on it. First, you will be able to improve your occupational health and safety management system or to establish it—to begin with—in order to offer more to your workers and even visitors.

Having your employees in a much safer and healthier workplace will lead them to be more productive, efficient, and all of them will very likely look forward to continuing working in the organization. You need amazing employees to keep it running, and the least you can do to guarantee them you value their efforts is to provide optimal and safe conditions. On the other hand, your clients or possible ones, really value how much you concern about the workplace and working conditions of your workers. Also, keep in mind the safety and health measures aren’t only for the employees but also visitors, which means you are showing them how much you care about everyone’s well-being.

Everything that means improvement and is good for any area of your company can bring more value. But as we mentioned, it is about determining how much you should invest in it or not. Some standards aren’t as good as ISO 45001, which is why you need to know very well where your organization stands with it and if it is worth the investment. In our experience, we can tell you with all confidence that you won’t regret investing in this one. Besides, in some states and cities, ISO 45001 is a mandatory requirement that also helps you to meet other regulations.

What we would recommend to any company is to just meet all legal requirements in this area or system by implementing the guidelines established in this ISO. In this way, you won’t have to double invest in almost the same regulations or more for another certification that could have been covered with ISO 45001 certification alone. Therefore, the short answer would be—again—: yes, it is completely worth investing in it and you should do it without hesitation.

A lot of time and work. Implementing ISOs isn’t an easy task since it takes time to be familiar with all the requirements and guidelines. Then, you need to have a very good concept and ideas of your company’s needs and goals to focus the normative in the right areas and aspects of the management system it is aiming, in this case, the OH&SMS. Proper training is required to be able to implement a standard correctly and ensure that when your company goes through its audit, it will get its certification. Otherwise, you’ll have to spend more time and resources preparing for another audit and being limited in certain processes and tasks.

With that said, where should you start with it? By reading the documentation? It sounds like a great plan. Standards for this type of system not only provide guidelines for the actions you need to take but also, the changes and additions to the documentation. When you’re establishing a new system in the organization, you need to establish all the norms and regulations in the correct documents. Yes, part of implementing an ISO lies in the documents you have to create in order to have an order of how things will proceed, establish the system properly, maintain it, and aim for improvement.

It is very similar when you compare it to quality standards since you have to create Quality Policies, Regulations, and more documents. For an occupation health and safety management system, things aren’t that different since you need to implement measures, and having a record while also your own guideline to establish them is part of the process. Fortunately, our team of consultants, trainers, and professionals at IQC The ISO Pros is ready to start the process and provide you and your organization with everything necessary to succeed. And this includes helping you from the very start with the documents and move onto the actions that need to be taken.

With that said, during our training, we will make sure to go through the entire standard and show you how to implement it based on your company’s occupational health and safety management system. Once we are over with this, we’ll start implementing it with or for you. You can either choose to leave the entire job to our experts or be part of the process even if you decide to not go for the training. Or if you need help by determining a few aspects and a right-hand to clear doubts and answer questions, you can have us as your consultants in order to ensure the success of the implementation.

The entire concept of getting ISO 45001 doesn’t end with the piece of paper alone. Standards are made—most of the time—to ensure the continuous improvement of a management system in a company. The system will vary and some may not aim for this part of a company but rather another one. However, in the case of this occupational health and safety standard, you need to maintain and improve your system over the years and meet any new requirements established in the future versions of the ISO.

Revisions and updates will always be required. Not often but rather frequently to ensure that the organization continues to meet the implemented measures and if it doesn’t, take action to get it back on track. We know it may sound a bit too much work when you think not only about the standard and the process of getting certified but also everything else. Staying updated, working around new needs and safety measures, guaranteeing improvement, and everything else we have mentioned so far. Just thinking about it guarantees you there’s a lot to do and you won’t be able to just implement it, later on, stop investing and paying attention to it. However, we don’t want you to look at it as something bad for your company but rather the opposite.

Since it is a great addition for it, you only obtain more benefits when you work around the standard, which means there’s no need to worry about how much you will spend and invest. Instead, we encourage you to train properly and keep the ISO in mind whenever there’s a change to your occupational healthy and security management system or any other area of your organization that could influence it. All this is a lot of work, which is why you can still contact us and count on our experts to help you with every step. Our role and help in this process don’t finish when we implement it and you obtain the certification. You can always request a consultation and more training in the standard.

For this, you can find our experts in our offices in Hidalgo and other cities in the state of Texas. Count on us for everything regardless of the size, type, and activities in your company since ISO 45001 is destined for everyone interested in improving this system in particular. As a recommendation, we encourage everyone to get ISO 45001 certified to obtain all its benefits, prevent future problems with the law, and guarantee the companies fulfill every requirement established in other normative and mandatory regulations.