Audits and Assessment

Audit and Assessment are essential processes in evaluating and improving various aspects of an organization i.e.Training & Awareness, particularly in fields like health, safety, environment, and compliance. Though the terms are often used interchangeably, they have distinct meanings:

Audit

An audit is a formal, systematic, and independent examination of an organization’s practices, policies, procedures, or systems in the safety, environmental, and compliance area.

The main purpose is to determine whether operations comply with established standards, regulations, or guidelines.

The audits help the industry to appraise their weaknesses and strengths in the domain to improve on for achieving excellence in the Safety Management system.

Assessment

An assessment is a broader evaluation that measures the current state or condition of something, usually to identify strengths, weaknesses, risks, and opportunities.

Unlike an audit, an assessment can be less formal and more focused on improvement rather than compliance.

Types of assessments include Risk Assessments, Ergonomic assessments, Health and Safety Assessments, Environmental Impact Assessments, and Safety Performance Assessments.

Both Audits and Assessments are crucial tools in ensuring an organization operates safely, efficiently, and within legal and regulatory frameworks.

Safetitude Training And Consultancy conducts Audits and Assessments in accordance to the national and International standards.

The referred Indian Standard is IS-14489 (2018) and International Standard OSHA (US), HSE(UK), OHS(Aus), ISO 45000 (2018), etc.