Certification proves quality MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ASSET INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS provider, Stork Technical Services New Zealand Ltd (Stork) has been certified ISO 45001: the global occupational health and safety management system standard in August 2019. Introduced in 2018, ISO 45001 provides a framework to develop health and safety management systems which improve employee safety, reduce workplace risks and create better, safer working conditions.

The company offers asset integrity solutions to clients in the oil & gas, petrochemical, renewable energy, food, agriculture, crane and fabrication industries.

Janice Halliburton, HSEQ Manager at Stork said when ISO 45001 was published last year, the company chose to upgrade from its previous accreditation AS/NZS 4801. “Following a year of hard work by our team, integrating the system into our way of life, we underwent a three-day audit and were certified as compliant with no nonconformance through auditing body Telarc.”

Areas covered by ISO 45001 include: Hazard identification, risk and opportunity assessment; emergency preparedness and response; communication; as well as monitoring, measurement, analysis and performance evaluation. The standard also adopts Annex SL a management system format that allows for easy consolidation of an integrated management system with ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015.

“Integrity and client satisfaction are of great importance to us. Through our head office in New Plymouth, we now have a fully integrated management system being certified for Quality: ISO 9001: 2015, Environment: ISO 14001:2015, Health & Safety: ISO 45001 and accredited with IANZ,” says Rob Sullivan, General Manager and Director at Stork.

The ISO certifications supports the company’s IANZ accreditation, proving the company has a quality management system. “Clients can have confidence in our consistency of service quality, delivery and credibility,” concludes Sullivan.

ROB SULLIVAN