PECB ISO-45001-Lead-Auditor Exam With Confidence Using Practice Dumps

ISO 45001 Clause 7.2 Competence requires the organization to:

determine the necessary competence of workers that affect or can affect OH and S performance;

ensure workers are competent, including the ability to identify hazards;

where applicable, take actions to acquire and maintain competence and evaluate the effectiveness of those actions; and

retain appropriate documented information as evidence of competence.

Based on that wording, C is clearly correct because the clause explicitly says workers must be competent, including having the ability to identify hazards. If there is no evidence of that ability, this directly supports a nonconformity against Clause 7.2.

F is also correct because Clause 7.2 requires the organization to determine the competence needed for roles and ensure workers meet it. If there is no evidence that workers’ knowledge and skills are assessed against role requirements, the organization cannot demonstrate that competence has been determined and verified.

H is the third correct answer because Clause 7.2 requires the organization to retain documented information as evidence of competence. Attendance on OH and S training is not, by itself, full proof of competence, but the absence of training records can still support a finding that the organization lacks documented evidence related to competence development and maintenance.

Why the others are not Clause 7.2 findings:

A belongs to Clause 7.3 Awareness, which requires awareness of the consequences of not conforming.

B also relates more to Clause 7.3 Awareness, which includes awareness of the ability to remove themselves from imminent and serious danger.

D is also Clause 7.3 Awareness, because workers must understand their contribution to the effectiveness of the OHSMS.

E relates to consultation and participation under Clause 5.4, not competence.

G refers to quality policy and objectives, which are not ISO 45001 OH and S competence requirements.

ISO 45001 requires an organization to determine the external and internal issues that are relevant to its purpose and that affect its ability to achieve the intended results of the OH and S management system. This is established in Clause 4.1 – Understanding the organization and its context. External issues are typically conditions arising outside the organization, such as market conditions, social conditions, legal environment, economic factors, and technological developments. Internal issues are those related to the organization’s people, structure, culture, ownership, competence, and operational arrangements.

D. New technology available on the market is an external issue because it exists in the external business and technological environment. It is not created inside the organization, but it can affect how the organization manages OH and S risks and opportunities, for example by introducing safer equipment, automation, or new control methods. ISO 45001 guidance in Annex A recognizes that technological environment can be part of context analysis.

F. Average salaries in the business sector is also an external issue because it relates to the wider economic and labor-market environment, not the organization’s own internal arrangements. This kind of issue can influence recruitment, retention, competence availability, and worker welfare conditions, all of which may indirectly affect OH and S performance. It is part of the external economic context.

Why the other options are not external:

A. Increased number of outsourced processes is mainly an internal organizational decision about how work is arranged and controlled. Although outsourced providers are external parties, the increase in outsourcing is part of the organization’s internal operating model.

B. New owners of the organisation is an internal issue because ownership and governance are part of the organization’s internal structure and direction.

C. Workers joined a trade union is generally treated as an internal workforce/industrial relations issue, because it directly concerns the organization’s workers and participation arrangements.

E. Recently hired workers with limited command of the local language is an internal issue because it concerns the competence, communication, and workforce characteristics within the organization.

Therefore, the two options related to external issues are:

D, F

The three correct responses are A, B, and G.

A is correct because ISO 45001 Clause 5.3 requires top management to ensure that the responsibilities and authorities for relevant roles are assigned, communicated and understood at all levels within the organization, and that they are maintained as documented information. So if top management asks whether responsibilities and authorities for relevant roles have to be documented, the correct answer is yes.

B is correct because Clause 5.1 Leadership and commitment requires top management to ensure that the resources needed to establish, implement, maintain and improve the OH and S management system are available. Therefore, the auditor’s “Yes, you do” is correct.

G is correct because Clause 5.1 also requires top management to promote continual improvement. This is stated directly as part of top management leadership and commitment responsibilities under ISO 45001.

Why the others are not correct:

C is incorrect because top management does have to ensure that processes are established for consultation and participation of workers. Clause 5.4 makes this a requirement, so “No, you do not” is wrong.

D is incorrect as written. Top management must establish, implement and maintain the OH and S policy, but ISO 45001 does not state that top management personally has to “write” it. The wording in the option is too specific and not how the standard states the requirement.

E is incorrect because top management does have to ensure that the OH and S management system achieves its intended results. Clause 5.1 says this directly.

F is incorrect because top management must ensure OH and S objectives are established and compatible with the strategic direction, but ISO 45001 does not require top management personally to “write” the objectives.

H is incorrect because the organization must determine the scope under Clause 4.3, and top management remains accountable for the OH and S management system. Saying “No, you do not” is not correct in this context.