SA 8000 Social Accountability Standards - Lead Implementer Course

Description

The SA8000 Standard is the world’s leading social certification program. It provides a holistic framework allowing organizations of all types, in any industry, and in any country to demonstrate their dedication to the fair treatment of workers. The SA 8000 standard is based on internationally recognized standards of decent work, including the universal declaration of human rights, ILO conventions, and national laws. SA8000 applies a management-systems approach to social performance and emphasizes continual improvement—not checklist-style auditing. An effective implementation is essential if organizations are to maximize the cost saving, performance, and customer satisfaction benefits of SA 8000 2014 standards. SA 8000 2014 lead implementer course is good for those who need an overview on the SA 8000 2014 standards, or those who will be involved in the implementation of SA 8000 2014 standards within an organization. SA 8000 2014 implementation course will guide you through the implementation process by explaining the requirements of SA 8000 2014 standard and how they can be applied using international best practices and methods. Using a step-by-step approach, you will learn how to develop an implementation plan, create the necessary documentation, monitor the social accountability management system, and achieve continual system improvement.

Who Should Attend?

• Anyone responsible for implementing SA 8000 2014 standard
• Those who want to learn how to interpret the requirements of SA 8000 2014 standard
• Managers or executives involved in delivering SA 8000 2014 standard
• Heads of various departments in an organisation
• Anyone looking to gain skills and knowledge to improve their career performance 

Key Benefits

• Understand concepts and importance of the SA 8000 2014 management system principles.
• Grasp the application of risk-based thinking, leadership and process management
• Interpret requirements of SA 8000 2014 standard and its effective application for managing and improving the functioning of an organization through process approach. 
• Understand and develop skills for implementation of management system to manage processes of the organization.
• Build stakeholder confidence by managing processes in line with the latest requirements
• Understand and develop problem solving skills 
• Maintain and continually improve your social accountability management system
• Learn techniques to create and manage documents and records relevant to SA 8000 2014 social accountability management system , critical to the products and services delivered and those required to meet customer and regulatory requirements
• Learn skills in human resource management, supplier management, customer management , operations management, inventory management, laboratory management, production planning and logistics management
• Learn to identify and mitigate internal and external issues relevant to businesses
• Learn to identify stakeholder expectations and prepare action plans to fulfill them
• Learn to define and optimize the processes in your organisation
• Understand the methods to develop a employee focus approach in an organisation
• Identify improvement objectives and plans to achieve them
• Develop an effective employee communication plan 
• Learn to develop and assign roles and responsibilities to implement and follow SA 8000 2014 standard
• Learn to implement  the documentation and record keeping practices for SA 8000 2014 standard
• Learn to implement the techniques to prevent child labor, employee discrimination and forced or compulsory labor 
• Learn to implement the techniques to implement health and safety, freedom of association & right to collective bargaining requirements
• Learn to implement the inspection and verification techniques to ensure compliance to the requirements of SA 8000 2014 standard

Learning & Evaluation Method

This is  a live and interactive course.  Once you purchase the course, our team will contact you to plan the training. No matter where you are located, we schedule the classes based on your convenience and time zone. You can plan to attend the training in sessions of 4 or 8 hr duration, based on how much time you can spend in a day.

Buy for group Are you planning to buy this course for a group? We have the best prices for you! Select ‘Buy for Group’ option and add to the cart. You will get a discount of 60 – 75% for a group of up to 10 participants. To make a group purchase, create your group name and add individual emails of up to 10 participants. Each participant will get the access to the course materials, exam and the certificate. We will arrange one live-online session for the entire group.