How to become certified
The 2024 TruckSafe Safety Management Systems (SMS) have been designed to be simple and straightforward to create, implement, and maintain in a business.
Follow these steps to become certified to a 2024 TruckSafe SMS.
1. Visit trucksafe.com.au and sign up to become a TruckSafe member
Use the online application form to sign up for TruckSafe membership. Being a TruckSafe member gives you access to a wealth of resources to assist with planning, creating, implementing, and maintaining your TruckSafe CoR safety management system (SMS).
2. Visit the Learning SMS website to get in depth information on how to create your TruckSafe SMS
As a member you have access to an entire website devoted to understanding and creating a CoR SMS at your disposal. Here you will be able to get valuable information on the various SMS elements and gain an understanding of what resources you need, and what you already have that you can use. Putting your CoR SMS together isn’t about reinventing the wheel.
3. Conduct a gap analysis of your systems
Now that you are armed with the knowledge gathered from the Learning SMS website its time to complete a gap analysis of your safety systems. Use the form we have available for our members to methodically and systematically go through your existing systems to find and record any gaps you have.
4. Go to the Member Access portal and download your policies, procedures, process, and forms. There are also other tools you can use to assist with managing your membership
With your gap analysis complete its time to head on over the Member Access portal, where you can download everything you need to fill in the gaps for your TruckSafe SMS. There are also other tools and services available to you including our Member Benefits program where our partner providers offer discounts just for our members. We also have a list of GP clinics for AFTD medicals and other health services that is constantly growing.
5. Create your TruckSafe SMS and implement it into your business
After downloading the materials you need, put your SMS together, updating your existing policies, procedures, processes, and forms or add new ones before testing and implementing them into the day-to-day activities of your business.
6. Request an audit and have it approved
Once you are confident that your systems meet the TruckSafe SMS requirements, are complete, and are working as expected, complete the audit request form to advise us you are readyincluding who the auditor is and the date that you have chosen for your entry audit. We will perform some checks and if everything is in order we will approve your audit.
7. Complete your audit and have it assessed
Your chosen auditor (if approved) will visit your business and complete your TruckSafe SMS. They will advise if your systems has any weaknesses or parts missing and request you fix them before finalising your audit and handing it to us. We will assess your entry audit and if everything is in order, issue you with a provisional certificate.
8. Congratulations you are now certified to the 2024 TruckSafe SMS
Congratulations! Once you have been issued with a provisional certificate you can proudly promote your business as being amongst the safest in the road transport industry. You can use your certificate when tendering for contracts and to give your customers and supply chain partners confidence you are actively taking steps to minimise or eliminate risks in the workplace.
9. When your certificate is close to expiring request another audit to continue your certification
6 months after your provisional certificate is issued you will need to complete an ongoing audit after which our independent expert panel will make an assessment, and if satisfied will issue you with a certificate for full certification for up to 18 months. Successive certificates issued after an external ongoing audit will be up to 2 years in duration. We will let you know when your audit is due well in advance to ensure you make arrangements to obtain a new certificate before your current one expires.
These ongoing external audits are to ensure your systems continue to work and evolve in line with your business.
If you have any questions on the certification process please do not hesitate to contact us.
