Municipal Auditing

General

• What is a health and safety audit?
• Why conduct health and safety audits?
• Is an audit the same as an inspection?

Definitions

• What is an "auditor"?
• What is "documentation review"?
• Who is considered to be a "manager"?
• What is meant by the term "supervisor"?
• Who is a "worker"? 

Auditor Training and Maintenance

• Who can conduct municipal health and safety audits for PIR/COR?
• What training is required to become an AMHSA-certified auditor?
• What if I'm certified through another certifying partner?
• Once certified, how do I maintain my auditor certification?
• What happens if my AMHSA auditor certification expires before I attend the Auditor Recertification course?
• What happens if I don't perform the required number of audits in the 3-year period?

Auditor Qualification (Certification) Audits

• When do I conduct my certification audit?
• What kind of audit do I conduct to become certified? 
• What do I submit to AMHSA with my certification audit?
• How do I ensure I've completed Table 2 - Determining Interviews correctly?
• What if I have questions as I conduct my certification audit?

External Audits

• When must municipalities have external audits?
• What is the external peer audit system?
• How are arrangements made for external audits?
• How do I request an external audit?
• How does AMHSA decide which municipality audits where?
• Who is responsible for external audit expenses?
• How should we prepare for the external auditors?
• What is required to pass an external audit?

Quality Assurance Reviews

• What happens once an auditor submits an audit to AMHSA?
• What happens if I don't score at least 80% on my quality assurance review?
• What is AMHSA looking for during the quality assurance review?
• What are the most frequently required revisions?
• Who should i contact if I have questions about my quality assurance review or required revisions?
• Where can I find more information about quality assurance?