JISHA-ISOマネジメントシステム審査センター

From application to certification

  1. Application
    An applicant worksite submits a filled-in application form to the JISHA Management System Accreditation Center. Upon receipt, the Center returns an acknowledgement of application together with all the other necessary documents to the site.
  2. Self-evaluation
    The worksite evaluates itself according to the checklist given, and sends it back to the Center attaching the supporting data.
  3. Document inspection
    The assessment personnel in charge check and assess whether the OSHMS of the worksite conforms to the JISHA OSHMS Standards. If any minor failure is found, the Center will send a notice to the applicant to give an opportunity for correction.
    Document inspection list（PDF 164KB）
  4. Approx.1.5 months
  5. On-site inspection
    The assessment personnel visit the worksite to assess OSHMS operation status. Usually an assessment takes one or two days and consists of
    • Top management interview
    • Safety and Health Department Hearing
    • Worksite visit and hearing
    If any minor failure is found, an opportunity for correction will be given.
  6. Approx.1 month
  7. Review/Determination at the Certification Committee
    After compiling results of the review, the assessment personnel submit them to the Committee to determine whether or not to approve the certification. The Committee is held around once a month.
  8. Approx.1 to 2weeks
  9. Certification
    When the Committee approves the certification, the applicant is registered as a site certified according to the JISHA OSHMS Standards, then a certificate is issued. Also JISHA sends reports on the review to the worksite.
  10. Registration/Release
    Promptly after the certification, JISHA registers the worksite in the certified company list. The name is also released in the JISHA web site, and a certificate of registration is issued separately.

When a possible violation of law is found

Workplaces applying for certification are not considered violating any law. However, if an obvious violation is found either during inspection or at the Certification Committee, the assessment personnel will point out to the applicant to ask for correction. In case where JISHA determines the action subsequently taken is still inappropriate, no certification could be made on the ground for not meeting 6(2) or 6(3) of the JISHA Standards. Since the correction of law violations is not the aim of the JISHA accreditation, it does not mean that the assessment personnel will check the conformance status in full detail throughout the certification process.

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