Build a proportionate, legally compliant health and safety management system that protects your people — and your directors — and stands up to a UKAS-accredited certification audit.
ISO 45001:2018 is the international standard for occupational health and safety (OH&S) management systems. It gives organisations a structured way to reduce work-related injury and ill health, involve workers in decisions that affect their safety, and demonstrate to customers, insurers and regulators that safety is actively managed rather than just documented.
Because ISO 45001 shares the same Harmonised Structure as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, it integrates cleanly with your existing quality and environmental systems — many of our clients run all three as a single Integrated Management System with one audit cycle rather than three separate ones.
Higher-risk operations where customers, principal contractors or insurers expect a certified safety management system.
You've relied on informal safety management so far and need a system that scales as you take on staff and contracts.
An honest benchmark against ISO 45001:2018 with a costed, prioritised action plan.
A policy and measurable objectives that reflect how your business actually operates, not a template.
Practical mechanisms for consulting and involving your workforce, as the standard requires.
Your risk assessments and RAMS mapped directly into the management system.
An audit programme and management review process that catches issues before an external assessor does.
Preparation and support through your UKAS-accredited certification body's assessment.
We benchmark your current safety management against ISO 45001:2018 and agree scope and price.
We create your OH&S policy, risk framework and documentation around how your team works.
We train your team, run internal audits and hold a management review.
We support your certification audit and can retain to keep the system live and improving.
No, ISO 45001 certification itself isn't a legal requirement in the UK, but the underlying health and safety law (such as the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974) is. ISO 45001 gives you a recognised framework for meeting — and evidencing — those legal duties, and is increasingly required by customers and principal contractors.
Risk assessment is a core requirement of ISO 45001. Our risk assessment and RAMS service is often delivered alongside ISO 45001 implementation so the two are built as one coherent system rather than separate paperwork exercises.
Yes. Many clients retain us as their outsourced 'competent person' — the qualified safety adviser the law requires — even after certification. See our retained QHSE support page for details.
Three to six months is typical for a small or medium business starting from a reasonable baseline, depending on your current safety maturity and how much time your team can commit.
We quote every project on a fixed-scope basis after a free scoping call, so you have a clear proposal before any work begins.
Most of our clients need more than one of these — here's what tends to go together.
Practical risk assessments and method statements your teams can actually follow.
Control of substances and fire risk support to close common compliance gaps.
Root-cause investigation and RIDDOR reporting that stands up to scrutiny.
Independent audits and site inspections that give you an honest picture of compliance.
Your outsourced, retained health & safety adviser — the 'competent person' the law requires.
Run ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 as one lean, integrated system.
Book a free scoping call and we'll give you an honest view of what ISO 45001 certification will take for your business.
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