NSW Government Accreditation
For prequalification over $1M, NSW Government now require that contractors engage an independent OHS Auditor certified by a JAS-ANZ personnel certifier such as RABQSA or equivalent, as a Principal, Lead or Business Improvement OHS Auditor to certify that the contractors system complies with the NSW Government WHS Management Systems and Auditing Guidelines 5th Edition.
For prequalification over $10M and environmental sensitive projects, accreditation to the NSW Government Environmental Guidelines 3rd edition is also required. This is the same process as the WHS accreditation, but is completed against the NSW Government Environmental Guidelines and ISO14001:2004.
This means that as a contractor you need to engage an auditor who holds RAB-QSA accreditation as a Lead, Principal or Business Improvement OHS Auditor for WHS accreditation and Environmental Auditor for environmental accreditation. J2M Systems auditors hold current RABQSA accreditation as Lead OHS, Environmental and Quality Auditors and hence qualify to provide NSW Government WHS Certification and Environmental Certification. We provide this service as a flat rate fee regardless of whether there is follow up required to address non conformity. Many of our competitors charge for the WHS review and then keep charging to review non conformances they have raised. Watch out for this as your costs could quickly blow out from the original price you thought you were paying. To check if an auditor is qualified to do this work, you can visit this register of RABQSA accredited professionals.
We can also complete the WHS referee reports that you need on three projects for the prequalification scheme.
Feel free to call us if you need advise in this area. We are always happy to provide obligation free advise to ensure you are making an informed decision about what certification or accreditation needs you have. It is especially important to note the NSW Government do not accept AS4801 safety certification alone, it must be NSW Government Guidelines or Federal Safety Commissioner Accreditation.
ACT Government Accreditation
ACT Government require that contractors obtain either third party certification from a JAS-ANZ accredited certification body or 2nd party certification from a senior auditor who appears on the approved senior auditors list. J2M Systems have auditors approved by ACT Government for Quality, Work Health and Safety and Environmental Management System second party audits, or if you want full third party certification we can also organise this for you.
Government WHS and Environmental Accreditation
Download links
Download the NSW Government 5th edition guidelines appendix A WHS checklist here
Download the NSW Government Environmental Management System Guidelines audit checklist
The Steps to NSW Work health and Safety Accreditation or Environmental Accreditation:
Step 1: First you will need to get a copy of the latest version of the NSW Government Work Health and Safety Management System and Auditing Guidelines 5th Edition or NSW Government or NSW Government Environmental Management System Guidelines 3rd edition. These can be accessed from the NSW Government procurement website located here for WHS and here for environment.
Step 2: Read through the NSW 5th Edition WHS guidelines to get an understanding of what it requires. The NSW 5th edition guidelines are very detailed and require a corporate management system as well as a project safety plan and related documents. If you just have a Project WHS Management Plan and some SWMS then you will need to document a Corporate WHS Management System that addresses the requirements of the guidelines. You can do this yourself or if you need help give us a call
Step 3: When you have are satisfied your WHS or Environmental Management System is ready, use the NSW Government WHSMS Guidelines 5th edition Appendix A audit checklist or NSW Government Environmental Management Systems Guidelines 3rd edition audit checklist to check you comply
Step 4: You are ready for certification! Call J2M Systems to book in your review. To complete the review we will need you to send us a copy of your management system either electronically via email / drop box or in hard copy depending on what suits you best. We don't require you to fill out the audit checklist for us like other consultants do. That's our job!
Step 5: Pending successful review, J2M Systems will issue a completed audit report, and certificate for you to include with your tender. The certificate is valid for 3 years as this is the maximum time period the Government allows.
If you are in a rush for a tender submissions call J2M Systems now. Like you, we understand that time is of the essence and will work quickly to get it booked in and completed fast.