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2015 Safety Group Advantage Program
November 7, 2014
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2015 Advantage Program
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2015 Registration: Improved flexibility
Advantage Program
• 4th and 5th year Safety
Group Participants
eligible for SGAP
• Sponsor approval
required
• Irrevocable decision
• Applies to any
subsequent years
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2015 Registration: Improved flexibility
Safety Group
• 6th year Safety Group
Participants eligible
for Safety Group:
• Not previously in
Advantage Program
• Select or Maintain
element A.6
• Maintain 25 elements
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2015 SGAP Requirements
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Written & Implement
HSMS Audit Standard
Internal Auditor
Training
Review of 2014 Audit
Complete the HSMS
Audit (with RTW
Section)
Develop and Start
Continual
Improvement Plan
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1. Write & Implement HSMS Audit Standard
 Format change
 Additional
clarity provided
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2. Internal Auditor Training
 Minor Change
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Eliminated duplication
regarding auditor
qualifications in the
standard
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3. Review of 2014 Audit
 Format change
 Minor changes
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4. Complete HSMS Audit
 Format change
 Reduced paper work
 Maintain RTW Focus
 Work Reintegration Review not
required for 2nd plus year SGAP
Program Participants
 1st year SGAP Program
Participants required to complete
WR Review
 RTW Section in HSMS Audit
required for all SGAP Participants
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5. Continual Improvement Plan
 Format change
 Minor changes
 Additional clarity
provided
 Initiate vs start
 Explanatory note on what
start means
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5. Continual Improvement Plan
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Validation Audits, p. 9
 More detail provided on what may be looked
at during a validation audit
Additional Notes, p. 11
 More clarity provided
on the auditing
activities expected
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Year-end Report Checklist/Audit
 Validation Audit Criteria outlined on pages 8 to
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 - Additional details provided for each requirement
 Following the 2014 Advantage Program Yearend Reporting Process
 SGAP Checklist submitted by January 19, 2015
 Audit List to be released by February 17, 2015
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Discussion / Questions
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