ISO 14004:2016
Operation – ISO 14004:2016

ISO 14004:2016 8.1.3: Establishing operational controls

Guidance: operational controls can take the form of procedures, work instructions, physical controls, competent personnel or a combination, chosen to suit the skills of the people doing the work, how complex it is and how environmentally significant it is. A common approach is to choose a method of control, select acceptable operating criteria (machine settings, measurements, weights, temperatures), establish processes defining how operations are planned, carried out and controlled, document them as needed (instructions, signs, forms, videos, photos) and apply technological options such as automation, materials, equipment and software. Controls may build in ways of measuring, monitoring and judging whether the operating criteria are being met. After the controls are in place, the organization should keep checking that they are still applied and still work, and act where necessary.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 5 controls across 1 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ISO 19011:2018 · 5 controls

  • 5.2 Establishing audit programme objectives
  • 5.4 Establishing the audit programme
  • 5.4.3 Establishing extent of audit programme
  • 6.2.2 Establishing contact with auditee
  • 7.3 Establishing auditor evaluation criteria

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Other controls in Operation – ISO 14004:2016

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