Occupational health and safety management systems
ISO 45001 certification
Shows that your organisation manages health and safety risk systematically.
What ISO 45001:2018 is
ISO 45001:2018 sets out the requirements for an occupational health and safety management system. It gives a framework for identifying and controlling health and safety risks and for reducing the potential for incidents. It replaced OHSAS 18001:2007, which was withdrawn in 2021.
What certification addresses
- Identifying and controlling health and safety risks
- Reducing the potential for incidents
- Meeting legal and other requirements
- Integrating health and safety with other management requirements
- Improving overall health and safety performance
Who it is for
- Organisations with field, plant or site based work
- Contractors working to a client's health and safety requirements
- Organisations moving from OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001
- Organisations with a formal duty of care to report against
At a glance
| Standard | ISO 45001:2018 |
|---|---|
| Certificate validity | Three years |
| Surveillance | Each year |
| Certification body | NQC, accredited by IAS, certificate MSCB-364 |
The process
Enquiry, Stage 1, Stage 2, certification decision, certificate issue, then surveillance each year.
What we need from you
To quote for your certification
Your scope
The activities and products or services to be covered.
Your sites
How many locations, and where they are.
Your headcount
Total employees, including shifts and part time.
Your current position
Whether you hold certification already, and with whom.
NQC is a third party certification body. We do not provide consultancy, internal auditing or management system implementation to the organisations we certify, and certification decisions are taken independently of the audit team. Read our impartiality policy.
Request a quote for ISO 45001 certification
Send us your scope, your sites and your employee numbers and we will come back with the audit time and the fee basis.