Work health and safety exists to keep people safe, not just to produce a compliance record. WHS legislation and ISO 45001 give that a framework; SCG helps you meet the intent behind them, not just the paperwork.
SCG supports clients to design, improve and review WHS management systems, ISO 45001 frameworks, critical risk controls and occupational hygiene programs. Engagements span WHS consulting, system uplift, critical control verification, contractor assurance, serious injury and fatality (SIF) risk reviews, targeted audits and occupational hygiene support where exposures and controls need to be assessed in practice.
SCG has delivered WHS and critical risk work across government, defence, construction, transport, aviation, retail, resources, and oil and gas, including multi-site assurance programs, contractor readiness reviews and occupational hygiene support. Where independent confirmation is required, SCG also provides audits, inspections and evidence-based reporting, including NATA ISO/IEC 17020 endorsed outputs where the work is within accredited scope.
SCG supports WHS, critical risk and occupational hygiene engagements across:
Particular expertise is applied in high-consequence and contractor-intensive environments, where governance interfaces, control ownership and operational discipline require structured verification to confirm that critical controls are functioning as intended.
Engagement outputs are structured to support compliance, governance and assurance. Depending on scope, deliverables typically include:
Where inspection activities fall within SCG’s accredited scope, reports may be issued in accordance with ISO/IEC 17020 requirements.
No conflict of interest — SCG is an independent inspector, not a certification body, so findings are not shaped by certification revenue or client retention
NATA-accredited inspection body (ISO/IEC 17020) within defined scope
Specialist experience in critical risk, SIF exposure pathways and contractor assurance
Occupational hygiene capability, including exposure assessment and control verification
WHS outputs structured for officer duty discharge, regulator engagement and board-level assurance — traceable to the evidence, not just the finding
Direct access to senior practitioners, with no handoff layers
An independent WHS audit typically includes a defined scope and criteria (legislation, codes of practice, internal requirements and, where relevant, ISO 45001), review of objective evidence, site verification through sampling and interviews, and a report with risk-prioritised findings and actions. Evidence traceability is provided where due diligence or scrutiny requires it.
A WHS compliance audit assesses conformance to obligations and system requirements. Critical control verification assesses whether the controls that prevent fatality or serious injury are properly designed and operating as intended in practice. Many organisations use both: compliance audits to confirm baseline obligations, and control verification to confirm effectiveness in high-consequence areas.
SCG focuses on evidence of how work is controlled in practice, including field verification, sampling, observation, control testing and traceable records, rather than documentation volume alone. Where systems are overly complex, requirements are simplified so that critical controls are clearer, easier to apply and easier to verify.
Evidence typically includes confirmation of control presence and performance at the point of work, including verification records with meaningful observations, competency evidence linked to tasks, maintenance and testing records, supervision and permit controls, and closure evidence for corrective actions. Traceability is essential: what was checked, what was found, what changed, and whether the change has been sustained.
Common triggers include the development or redesign of a WHS management system, preparation for certification, integration of new sites or contractors, response to repeated findings, or assurance results suggesting that controls are not operating consistently. SCG focuses on practical system design and targeted uplift so that the management system improves how risk is controlled, not merely how compliance is documented.
Yes. Occupational hygiene support includes occupational health risk assessments, exposure assessment planning, workplace monitoring (including noise, dust and hazardous substances), interpretation against relevant exposure standards, and practical controls advice. Outputs can be prepared for WHS governance and assurance purposes, including evidence suitable for internal or external scrutiny.
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