The ACC Workplace Safety Management Practices programme is designed for medium-sized employers. If you are a medium-sized employer and put in place systems and processes for managing and improving workplace safety, you may be eligible to receive discounts on your ACC WorkPlace Cover levies. There are four stages to joining the ACC Workplace Safety Management Practices programme. If accepted, you will be one of over 2000 employers who have taken advantage of the ACC Workplace Safety Management Practices programme.
Self-assessment
The first step to joining the Programme is to complete a self-assessment of your workplace.
To do this, use ACC442 Workplace Safety Management Practices Audit Standards (PDF517K) and consider how you meet each requirement. It may take around one day to complete the self-assessment.
Complete the application form
If you are satisfied that you meet at least the primary level requirements in the Audit Standards, you should complete ACC4028 Workplace Safety Management Practices application form (PDF54K) and forward it to:
P O Box 242
Wellington 6140
The employee and senior management representatives who performed the self-assessment must sign the application form.
The application form asks for information about your business, such as the number of employees and the nature of the business activities carried out.
We use this information to decide which parts of your business operations will be audited.
Independent workplace audit
ACC will pay for an independent audit of your workplace.
You select the auditor from our list of approved auditors, then arrange a time to take the audit.
The audit will be based on the ACC442 Workplace Safety Management Practices Audit Standards (PDF517K) and includes:
- a systematic review of your workplace safety systems and processes
- site visits and group interviews with staff and management.
Download audit documents
The ACC Workplace Safety Management Practices focus group permission forms you will need for the audit:
ACC1684 Focus Group Interview Consent Form (PDF50K)
ACC1685 Focus Group Interview Employer Declaration (PDF39K)
For further information:
ACC1683 ACC Workplace Safety Management Practices Audit Process Fact Sheet (PDF50K)
ACC4679 ACC Workplace Safety Management Practices Audit Guidelines (PDF188K)
ACC Audit Guidelines - Injury Management Practices (PDF145K).
Auditor’s report
The auditor will write a formal report on their findings, and send it to ACC.
We will write to let you know whether you’ve been accepted into the programme, and the level of discount you’ll receive (10%, 15%, or 20%).
You will receive a copy of the auditor’s report.
If there is a minor reason why you do not meet the entry requirements, you have 30 days to address the problem and have it verified by the same auditor. The auditor will then complete their report and send it to us.
If you fail to meet the entry requirements this time, you can re-apply for entry to the ACC Workplace Safety Management Practices programme after 12 months from the date of the audit.
Last updated:15December2008