Practical guidance and advice in Risk Management. These resources help with the application of the ISO Management System standards and the risk management standard ISO 31000.
As someone controlling a workplace or business you are responsible for emergency plans and their testing. But how often should you test? There used to be clear guidance, but for most the requirements are now less prescriptive and suggest risk as the critical driver. This article which focuses on NSW Read more
The Model Code of Practice for Confined Spaces makes no reference to training expiring so does it expire? This article explores the facts and the fiction about confined space training. Repeating Confined Space training The following documents provide no clear indication of how often to repeat training: So how do Read more
It seems people are still not clear when they need a SWMS. This is in part due to legislative history, variations in requirements by situation and industry. This article aims to clear up any confusion.
A short article to help explain your psychosocial health management obligations and how they can be met.
A list of 13 typical business risks that all organisations face and all organisations aiming for ISO certification should consider
Are you considering using Google Drive to host your business data? If so, you might want to read this article about the security issues we have identified.
The following documents the history of development of the proprietary Training and Competence Matrix application designed and built by RKBC. The application is currently only licensed to existing RKBC customers. Version Date Comments 1.001 Mar 2014 Initial Version 1.002 Jan 2015 Updated to include department, fix some bugs and add Read more
When RKBC meets its customers, the first questions a customer asks is: What is the process for obtaining certification and how long will it take? This article aims to explain this process and explain why the time it takes is very difficult to quote for and why a consultant who provides a definitive timeline should not be trusted.
Management Systems authoring is not difficult, but it is time consuming. The following rules are to help you get it right first time and avoid some of the unnecessary time that so many previous system administrators have spent. Only document in your management system: knowledge you need to retain for Read more
Up until recently we would not have expected any other pandemic to feature in a Risk Register, but what about now? This article explores whether it should be on your risk register.