This limited edition book by Christel Fouché titled “Discussing SHE&Q Issues” was compiled due to various requests from industry SHEQ professionals to assist them with day-to-day problems that they encounter.

Christel now share her thoughts on these issues.

Over the past two years the articles was also published in various SHEQ-related magazines in South Africa. This book is not an A-Z SHEQ implementation guide, but designed to touch on various SHEQ topics.

“I trust you will benefit from the content of this book and make a positive change towards saving employees’ lives, improving employee health, adopting a sustainable environmental management approach and realizing the importance of quality in not only workplace systems, but also as a part of your everyday life.” said Christel

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1- STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

• The King Report on Corporate Governance
• Strategic and Business Planning in the Context of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Management Systems
• S.H.E. and Your Business Explained
• How committed are you to Safety, Health, the Environment & Quality?
• An incapable SHEQ leader can demoralize the best of employees
• Are you a good Health & Safety Leader?
• Effective SHEQ Leadership Qualities
• Occupational SHEQ and the Human Resources Department working together – an ISO & OHSAS perspective
• Making the mind-change to Integrated SHEQ
• Changing your attitude & changing corporate culture to improve Health & Safety
• Give a man a fish and you feed him for one day – teach a man to fish and you feed him for the rest of his life!
• Changing Attitudes
• It is ALL about teamwork
• Personal and Business Ethics

CHAPTER 2 – IMPLEMENTING A SYSTEM : SELECTED TOOLS

• Compiling a SHE Manual
• SHE Plan: Guideline to content
• Work Permits
• Writing a Procedure that the employee can follow
• Workplace Inspections: Fake or Fact?
• How to prepare for an inspection
• The Incident Reporting/Investigating Process: A True and Fair Reflection of your current SHEQ status?
• Reportable Industrial Incidents
• Key Data to be Covered in Incident Reports
• Manual Material Handling
• Fall Protection Plan: Guideline to content
• Emergency Preparedness & Response
• How do we get what we ask for?
• Manual Handling and Carrying Risks

CHAPTER 3 -ENTERPRISE WIDE RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK ASSESSMENTS

• Enterprise Wide Risk Management: Explained
• Risk Assessments
• Risk Assessments: Baseline versus Issue Base
• The value of mini-risk assessments

CHAPTER 4 – OHSAS 18001 & INTEGRATION WITH OTHER STANDARDS

• Integrating Safety, Health, Environment & Quality (SHEQ)
• BS8555: A Project Plan Tool to assist in Health & Safety or Environmental Management System Implementation
• Converting to OHSAS18001
• Implementing OHSAS18001: Tips & Traps
• OHSAS18001: 2007 – The changes that will affect your current Occupational Health & Safety Management System

CHAPTER 5 – ISO 14001 & THE ENVIRONMENT

• Environmental Aspects & Impacts
• Sustainable Development
• Waste
• Recycle, Re-use and Redesign
• Pollution
• Global Warming
• Ozone Depletion – The Hole in the Sky
• ISO14000 & Environmental Management
• Ecosystems
• Cleaner Production

CHAPTER 6 – LEGISLATION AND LIABILITY

• SHEQ Legislation
• SHEQ and Management Liability
• Addressing and Occupational Health Issue : Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 75 of 1997
• Corporate Governance & Carbon Credit Trading
• Environmental Legal Registers
• Regulations for transport of Dangerous Goods – NRTA

CHAPTER 7 – ISO 9001 AND QUALITY

• Quality Management Systems
• QMS: Charting the Journey
• ISO9001: 2008 – The proposed new changes
• Quality Services in South Africa
• Integrating ISO9001, ISO14001, SANS16001, OHSAS18001, ISO22001 & ISO27001

CHAPTER 8 – SHEQ KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER (TRAINING)

• Outcomes-Based Education and Training (OBET)
• Career-path Development of the SHEQ Professional
• How effective is your SHEQ Training?
• The Changing Role of Training
• Sharing Knowledge is Power
• The Fine Art of Learning
• The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot Learn, unlearn, and relearn. – Alvin Toffler
• Addressing the need of the illiterate SHEQ Representative
• When Do We Assess Learners?
• Role and Functions of SHEQ Practitioners in Skills Development
• How effective is your SHEQ Representative Training?
• Looking at Learners outside of the Classroom

CHAPTER 9 – AUDITING

• SHEQ Management System Audits
• Auditing: the different types of SHEQ audits
• Auditors are those people who get to the battlefield after it is over and stabbing the wounded
• Auditing and Auditors: Window-dressing or adding value?
• Good Audit Report Writing: A guidance tool for success

CHAPTER 10 – OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

• Coping with Stress
• The Elements of an Ergonomics Programme
• The standard for HIV and AIDS Management System SANS16001
• HIV/AIDS and the Transport Sector
• Using soccer as a game plan for HIV/AIDS prevention

CHAPTER 11 – CONTRACTORS

• What Your need to do When Identifying a Need for a Contractor on Site
• Contractor relationships
• A “Competent Person” & the Construction Regulations
• Contractors and PPE

CHAPTER 12 – ISO 25001 : BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND ISO 27001 : INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

• Business Continuity & ISO25001
• Elements of a Business Continuity Management Lifecycle
• Information Security Management Systems – Requirements – ISO27001: Explained
• Information Security Management Systems – Requirements – ISO27001: Explained Further

WHERE TO GET IT

Please contact the office on +27 (0)12 8094210 or send an email for further information on how to order your copy.