Guideline on Safety Audit Annex 4  REFERENCE READING MATERIAL  *Environmental Audit Handbook Ministry of the Environment and National Council on the Environment ICC Guide to Effective Environmental Auditing International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) *Environmental Auditing United Nations Environment Programme *Environmental Auditing An Introduction and Practical Guide British Library ISO 14000 Standards 14001 - Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Specification 14004 - EMS - General 14010 - Environmental (Env) Auditing - General 14011 - Env Auditing Procedures 14012 - Env Auditors Safety Audit for the Safe Handling of Hazardous Chemicals ISO 14000 Guide Complete Guide to ISO 14000 NB: * - These references are available at the Woodland Regional Library. If your company is going to conduct safety audits for the first time, it is advisable that you engage a consultant accredited by NEA. INDUSTRIES UNDER MINISTRY OF MANPOWER'S SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND NEA'S SAFETY AUDIT SCHEME As of 1st Mar 2001, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has extended its Safety Management System (SMS) scheme to cover oil and petrochemical industries and wafer fabrication plants. As NEA's Safety Audit elements are covered under MOM's SMS scheme, there shall not be a need for industries covered under both schemes to carry out a separate safety audit for NEA subject to the following procedures: Industries engage 3rd party auditors registered with both MOM and NEA or 2nd party auditors from their companies' corporate HQs with the approval of both MOM and NEA to carry out MOM-SMS once every 2 years; and The SMS reports shall be submitted to MOM with a copy to NEA. NEA will accept MOM-SMS as NEA-SA.