Safety Audit Procedures
Audits provide an assessment of the current state of an organization's safety program and will identify specific areas where improvements to the system can be made. These audits can also support a company who believes their organization is ready to be independently audited to achieve COR™ Certification within the program mandate.
Presently, the program is being monitored by both internal audits and external audits.
Accreditation/Certification
Upon successful completion and passing of a NCSA audit, a company may apply for program certification. An external audit must be conducted by credited safety personnel whose credentials are approved by the NCSA program. This external audit must be completely out of the scope of the NCSA program. The company must pass this audit before they can receive a Certificate of Recognition and COR™ status.
Initial COR™ Certification
- Company self Audit
- NCSA Internal Audit
- External Audit
Year 2
- Company self Audit
- NCSA Internal Audit
Year 3
- Company self Audit
- NCSA Internal Audit
Year 4 (start process over)
- Company audit
- NCSA audit
- External audit
Audit Costs Companies requesting an external safety audit will be assessed a fee of $250 for that audit and each year thereafter that a company holds program certification. This annual fee will offset independent audit costs for accreditation with the balance of the costs being absorbed within the current NCSA operating budget.
COR™ Program Guidelines
It should be noted that all internal audit costs performed prior to the independent audit will still be absorbed from within the NCSA existing program budget.