See the exposure.
Identify legal, operational, and client-related gaps before they become incidents, failed audits, or liabilities.
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Compliance audits that find gaps before they cost you.
See where legal duties, workplace controls, and evidence no longer line up, then act on the exposure that matters most.
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An audit should make the next decision easier.
A useful audit goes beyond a checklist. It tests what the business says it does against what is happening in the workplace and what the records can prove.
Test the evidence.
Connect documents and records to the controls, behaviours, and responsibilities operating on site.
Know what comes first.
Separate urgent corrective action from longer-term improvement so resources go where risk is highest.
What we look for.
The scope is agreed around the operation, its applicable requirements, and the decision the audit needs to support.
- Requirements
- Applicable legislation, client standards, internal commitments, permits, and project conditions.
- Workplace reality
- Whether the controls described on paper are understood, available, and used where work happens.
- Responsibility
- Clear appointments, authority, competence, consultation, supervision, and escalation.
- Evidence
- Current inspections, training, incidents, actions, maintenance, reviews, and supporting records.
- Follow-through
- How findings are assigned, tracked, verified, and closed without losing accountability.
Findings that can be acted on.
The report should tell leaders where control is weak, why it matters, who needs to act, and what evidence will demonstrate closure.
Immediate exposure
Serious gaps that need prompt control, escalation, or management attention.
Act nowPriority improvement
Weaknesses that can grow into incidents, non-compliance, or repeated audit findings.
Plan and assignEvidence to maintain
Controls that are working and records that should remain current, visible, and reviewable.
Keep currentOne audit, scoped to the real question.
Start with a specific concern or review the wider management system. The depth follows the risk and the decision you need to make.
Discuss the right audit scopeLegal compliance review
Assess the business against applicable occupational health and safety duties and supporting evidence.
Workplace or site audit
Test controls in the environment where employees, contractors, equipment, and changing conditions meet.
System effectiveness audit
Review whether governance, risk control, competence, records, and management review work together.
Client and project readiness
Identify gaps before a client audit, tender, mobilisation, project milestone, or operational change.
Before the audit begins.
Clear scope produces useful findings. These are the questions businesses usually ask first.
How do we know which audit we need?
Start with the business decision, concern, or requirement driving the review. SMG can then define the sites, activities, standards, records, and people that belong in scope.
Will the audit disrupt normal operations?
The review is planned around the workplace. It may include document review, interviews, observation, and sampling, with timing agreed to limit unnecessary interruption.
What do we receive after the audit?
You receive clear findings, supporting context, practical recommendations, and a priority structure that can be assigned and tracked.
Can SMG help close the findings?
Yes. Support can continue through corrective-action planning, document updates, implementation, training, and follow-up verification.
What needs a closer look?
Tell us what is driving the audit. We’ll help define a practical scope and a clear route from findings to control.
Discuss your audit