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a) Write your answer in the space given below.
b) Check your answer with the one given at the end of this Unit.
This standard is the core of the ISO 14000 series. ISO 14001
presents the elements of a EMS that organisations are required to
conform with, if they seek third-party certification. As mentioned
previously, ISO 14001 is the only standard in the ISO 14000
series intended to be used for third-party certification. All the
other standards in the series are intended as guidance only. In
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Clauses
Annexes
Note that these annexes are solely for information and not for
third-party certification. ISO 14001 is a management system
standard. It is not a performance or product standard, although the
framers developed it with the idea that the result of its
implementation should give better industry environmental
performance. The standard represents a shift towards holistic
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Environmental policy.
Planning.
Management review.
Continuous improvement.
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Registration
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ISO does not carry out ISO 14000 certificates (these are
issued by certification (registration) bodies independently of
ISO).
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Figure 7.4
Sector-Wise Distribution Of 14001 Certified Enterprises
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waste oil was transferred to drums and were sold. This sale
resulted in a revenue flow of Rs. 36 lakhs in the first year of
the organisation’s EMS implementation.
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Scope
This Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series
(OHSAS) specification gives requirements for an occupational
health and safety (OH&S) management system, to enable
organizations to control its OH&S risks and improve performance.
It does not state specific OH&S performance criteria, nor does it
give detailed specifications for the design of a management
system.
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Objectives
The organization shall establish and maintain documented
occupational health and safety objectives, at each relevant
function and level with the organization.
This needs to be quantified wherever practicable.
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Training personnel
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Documentation
The organization needs to establish and maintain information, in a
suitable medium such as paper or electronic form, that:
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Operational control
The organization shall identify those operations and activities that
are associated with identified risk where control measures need to
be applied. The organization shall plan these activities, including
maintenance, in order to ensure that they are carried out under
specified conditions by:
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Audit
The organization shall establish and maintain an audit program
and procedures for periodic OH&S management system audits to
be carried out, in order to:
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Organization
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Contract review
Design control
Purchasing
Customer supplied
product
Product
identification and
traceability
Process control
Handling, storage,
packaging,
preservation and
delivery
Servicing
Statistical
techniques
Emergency Emergency --
preparedness and preparedness and
response response
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7.8 BS 18004:2008
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SUMMARY
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SUGGESTED READING
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http://www.vanguardenvl.com/850iso.htm
http://www.osha-bs8800-ohsas-18001-health-and-
safety.com/ohsas-18001.htm
http://ohsas18001expert.com/2008/06/09/what-is-ohsas-
18002/
http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030
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http://www.emt-india.net/eca2007/Award2007_CD/
AwardBooklet2007/1Aluminium.pdf
http://www.afnorindia.com/manageme nt-systems-
certifications-services/ohsas-18001-health-and-safety-
management-systems/
http://questcertification.com/iso-18001.php
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Model Answers to Learning Activities
Lecture 7
Model Answers to Learning Activities
(i) Consensus – the views of all interested parties are taken into
account.
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