Closing the Loop: Using the COR® Maintenance Action Plan to Drive Continuous Improvement

About this episode

This episode discusses the COR® Maintenance Action Plan and its role in enhancing health and safety standards.

This episode of the IHSA Safety Podcast discusses COR®’s Maintenance Action Plan (MAP) and features Peter Smith, Lead COR® Auditor at IHSA, and Margaret Hart, health and safety program administrator at Hart-Well Electrical. The MAP, which was introduced in Alberta in 2016 to improve health and safety standards, is a new option for mature COR®-certified organizations in Ontario to enhance health and safety without the burden of repetitive internal audits. Peter explains that following a recertification audit a company has the option to participate in a MAP instead of completing an internal maintenance audit. The company would submit a MAP proposal to IHSA that outlines five objectives for continuous improvement. Once IHSA approves, the company has nine to 10 months to address the outlined objectives and provide evidence to IHSA 60 days before their certification anniversary date. Once IHSA signs off, the MAP effectively replaces the internal maintenance audit for that recertification year, and a letter of good standing is issued to the company. Margaret discusses her team’s experience with MAP, and she and Peter offer tips on the MAP process for companies that may be considering…

People in this episode

Guests: Peter Smith, Margaret Hart

Topics covered

• health and safety
• continuous improvement
• COR certification
• audit process
• MAP process

Keywords

• COR
• Maintenance Action Plan
• health and safety
• continuous improvement
• internal audits

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IHSA, Hart-Well Electrical

Products: COR®, Maintenance Action Plan (MAP)

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